Tryfon Tzanetis

Tryfon Tzanetis
Personal information
Date of birth 1918
Place of birth Turkey Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 1998
Place of death Greece Athens, Greece
Playing position Striker, Center back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932-1933 Greece Eleftheroupoli F.C.
1933-1950 Greece AEK Athens
National team
1949 Greece 1 (0)
Teams managed
1950-1952 Egaleo FC
1952-1957 AEK Athens
1960-1961 Greece
1961-1962 AEK Athens
1962-1964 Greece
1965-1966 AEK Athens

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Tryfon Tzanetis (Greek: Τρύφων Τζανετής) was a Greek football player and coach. Born in 1918 in Izmir, he was a best known as a center forward for AEK Athens FC during the 1930s and 1940s, partnering Kleanthis Maropoulos in AEK's front line.[1] Late in his career he was converted into a center back by his coach.

During his playing career Tzanetis was capped once by Greece.

After his playing days were over, Tzanetis took up coaching and was AEK's coach in: 1952, 1955, 1961, 1962 and 1966. In between his stints with AEK he was also coach of the Greek National Football Team (1960, 1961, 1963, 1964) with a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.

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