Alexandros Tabakis
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Alexandros Tabakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ταμπάκης; born 8 December 1992), also known as Alex Tambakis, is a Greek professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for USL Championship side FC Tulsa.
Career
He started playing football for Takis Oikonomopoulos's academy, in Artemida, Attica, from there, he moved to Paiania (training ground) to be a member of Panathinaikos's youth academies. He was promoted to the first team on 1 July 2011, signing a contract which would keep him in Panathinaikos until 2016. He made his debut as a player of the first team on 23 April 2012 at a 4–0 win against Panetolikos F.C., replacing Kotsolis on the 86th minute of the game.
On 2 February 2015 Tabakis was loaned to Eerste Divisie side VVV-Venlo until the end of the season, but he did not make an appearance with the first team before returning. He made two appearances with the Under-21 side, and he was also named to the squad for Venlo's first-round promotion playoff matches against Oss, ahead of Eric Verstappen.
On 25 January 2016 Tambakis transferred from Panathinaikos to Atlanta United FC on a free transfer. He became the first player to be signed by the club, who were set to make their debut in the 2017 season. He was immediately sent on loan to third division with Charleston Battery. Tambakis made 19 appearances for the Battery in 2016, as well as 2 in the postseason, keeping 6 clean sheets. Tambakis was loaned back out to Charleston ahead of the 2017 season, and was recalled multiple times by Atlanta throughout the season. Tambakis made his first teamsheet with Atlanta on 18 March, listed ahead of Kyle Reynish as the reserve goalkeeper.
On 3 October 2017 Tambakis made his MLS debut, coming on as a substitute for Reynish, who was sent off for denying Minnesota United forward Abu Danladi a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Entering the game at a 1–0 deficit, Atlanta would score two goals before conceding two more in the 3–2 defeat. Tambakis was in the squad because first-choice goalkeeper Brad Guzan was away at international duty, and second-choice Alec Kann was out injured.
After his option was declined following the 2017 season, Tambakis' rights were traded by Atlanta on 10 December 2017 to Sporting Kansas City along with Kenwyne Jones's rights and a 2021 MLS SuperDraft pick in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, Kevin Oliveira, and Tyler Pasher.
On 2 March 2018 Tambakis joined USL side North Carolina FC.
On 11 March 2021 Tambakis joined New Mexico United. He was named New Mexico United's Defensive Player of the Year following the 2022 season.
On 9 January 2026, FC Tusla announced that Tambakis signed with the team for the 2026 season.
Career statistics
As of match played 10 July 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Panathinaikos F.C. | 2011/12 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013/14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014/15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Niki Volos F.C. (loan) | 2014/15 | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| VVV-Venlo (loan) | 2014/15 | Eerste Divisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta United FC | 2017 | MLS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Charleston Battery (loan) | 2016 | USL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| North Carolina FC | 2018 | USL | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | USL Championship | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 77 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 80 | 0 | |||
| New Mexico United | 2021 | USL Championship | 31 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 101 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 105 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 211 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 0 |
Honours
Panathinaikos
External links
- at Soccerway.com
- at WorldFootball.net
- at Soccerbase.com
- at FBref.com
- at Major League Soccer
- at AS.com(in Spanish)