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Kleanthis Maropoulos

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Born in [[Tuzla]], [[Asia Minor]], in [[1919]], '''Kleanthis Maropoulos ''' was arguably the best player of his period (late [[1930s]] - early [[1940s]]) known affectionately as the "Blond Eagle of AEK".
Maropoulos came to [[Greece]] with his family at age 3 - after the [[Asia Minor Disaster]] and settled in [[Kalamata]]. At age 12 he joined the local football club Prasina Poulia. When his parents moved to [[Kalogreza]] in the [[Athens]] area, he signed for Ethnikos Kalogreza. In [[1934]], he was spotted by [[AEK FC|AEK]] who placed him in their youth team. In [[1936]], he was promoted to the first team.

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