Theofanis Gekas
Gekas training for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Theofanis Gekas | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Larissa, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sivasspor | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Toxotis Larissa | ||
| 1998 | AEL | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | AEL | 61 | (16) |
| 2001–2005 | Kallithea | 100 | (44) |
| 2005–2007 | Panathinaikos | 41 | (23) |
| 2006–2007 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 32 | (20) |
| 2007–2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | 50 | (13) |
| 2009 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 48 | (23) |
| 2012 | Samsunspor | 11 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Levante | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 15 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Konyaspor | 24 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 24 | (12) |
| 2015 | Eskişehirspor | 10 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Sion | 30 | (13) |
| 2017– | Sivasspor | 5 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2014 | Greece | 78 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2014 |
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Theofanis "Fanis" Gekas (Greek: Θεοφάνης "Φάνης" Γκέκας; born 23 May 1980) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for TFF First League club Sivasspor.
He has been the top goalscorer of Superleague Greece and the Bundesliga in previous seasons. Most of his career has been spent in those two countries and Turkey, but he has also played top-flight football in England and Spain.
At international level, Gekas represented Greece at two European Championships and as many World Cups, earning 78 caps between 2005 and 2014. He was the top goalscorer of the European section of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification with 10 goals. With 24 goals for his national football team, he is Greece's third highest all-time goalscorer.
Gekas started his professional career in the summer of 1998 at his hometown-based club AEL (then of the Greek Second Division).
In the summer of 2001, and after three years at Larissa, he moved to Kallithea. In his first season with the club, Kallithea was promoted to the Greek top division. Gekas scored 14 goals in 26 league matches and became top goalscorer of the 2001–02 league. Also, Gekas in 87 second division matches with Larissa and Kallithe scored 30 goals.
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