Difference between pages "Georgios Tsolakoglou" and "Paraskevas Antzas"

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[[Image:tsolakoglou-signs-surrender.jpg|thumb|160px|Gen. Tsolakoglou signs the surrender to Germany in [[WWII]]]]
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'''Paraskevas Antzas''' is a former [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] defender.
  
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'''Georgios Tsolakoglou''' was a Greek military figure and Axis-appointed Prime Minister during the German occupation of the country.
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Antzas was born on [[August 18]], [[1976]].  He began his football career at [[Pandramaikos FC|Pandramaikos]] before joining [[SKODA Xanthi FC|Skoda Xanthi]]  in [[1995]]. In [[1998]], he transferred to [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] where he played until [[2003]]. He quit after the season was over, citing "family reasons", to move back to [[Drama]] to play for [[Football C Division|C Division]] club [[Doxa Drama FC]]. The following year, he rejoined [[SKODA Xanthi FC|Skoda Xanthi]] and, in the summer of [[2007]], moved back to [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
  
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Tsolakoglou was born in April [[1886]], in Rentina, [[Karditsa prefecture]] and entered military school. He saw action during the [[Balkan Wars]], [[World War I]], the Ukraine expedition and the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]].
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On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. Antzas' decision did come as a bit of a shock. The defender didn't give e reason for his decision.
  
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When the [[Second World War]] broke out, Tsolakoglou commanded troops on the [[Epirus]] front. He was the general who signed the surrender of the Greek forces to the Germans. The Germans then appointed Tsolakoglou to head a Greek "quisling" government on [[April 30]], [[1941]]. Archbishop [[Chrysanthos]] of Athens preferred to resign rather than swear in the new government and was later replaced by [[Archbishop Damaskinos]].
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Antzas played his last game on [[May 3]], [[2009]].
  
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After the war, Tsolakoglou was tried for treason and condemned to death. His penalty was commuted to life imprisonment. Tsolakoglou died on [[May 22]] of [[1948]].
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He was capped 26 times with the Greek [[National Football Team]].
  
  
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[[Category:1886 births|Tsolakoglou, Georgios]]
 
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[[Category:Prime Ministers of Greece|Tsolakoglou, Georgios]]
 
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Revision as of 20:16, September 11, 2011

Paraskevas Antzas is a former Greek football defender.

Antzas was born on August 18, 1976. He began his football career at Pandramaikos before joining Skoda Xanthi in 1995. In 1998, he transferred to Olympiakos where he played until 2003. He quit after the season was over, citing "family reasons", to move back to Drama to play for C Division club Doxa Drama FC. The following year, he rejoined Skoda Xanthi and, in the summer of 2007, moved back to Olympiakos.

On June 15, 2008, he announced his retirement from international soccer -- hours after Greece's early exit from Euro 2008. Antzas' decision did come as a bit of a shock. The defender didn't give e reason for his decision.

Antzas played his last game on May 3, 2009.

He was capped 26 times with the Greek National Football Team.

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