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Savvas Gentsoglou
	Gentsoglou playing for AEK Athens
Personal information
Full name	Savvas Gentsoglou
Date of birth	19 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Alexandroupoli, Greece
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, Center back
Youth career
2005–2006	AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2012	AEK Athens
2007	→ Panachaiki (loan)
2008	→ Nea Ionia (loan)
2012–2014	Sampdoria
2012–2013	→ Livorno (loan)
2013–2014	→ Spezia (loan)
2014–2015	Ergotelis
2015–2017	Bari
2016–2017	→ Hajduk Split (loan)
2017–2018	Hajduk Split
2018–2020	APOEL
2020–2021	Al-Adalah
2021–2023	Lamia
2023–2024	Kavala
International career
2008–2009	Greece U17
2009–2010	Greece U19
2010–2012	Greece U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

Savvas Gentsoglou (Greek: Σάββας Γκέντσογλου, pronounced [ˌsavas ˈɡent͜soɣlu]; born 19 September 1990) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

AEK Athens

Savvas Gentsoglou was promoted from the AEK Athens youth system to the senior side in 2006, but didn't make his first appearance for AEK until the 2008–09 season. On 25 June 2008, Gentsoglou renewed his contract with AEK until 2014. Gentsoglou was first used as a central defender by coach Dusan Bajevic. Gentsoglou moved to the defensive midfield position in the middle of the 2009–10 season and became a key player of the starting eleven. Gentsoglou scored his first goal for AEK against Atromitos in a 3–2 home win. The following week Gentsoglou scored the equalising goal against Kavala. On 20 May 2010, Gentsoglou signed a new four-year deal.^[1]

Sampdoria

On 19 January 2012, Gentsoglou joined Italian side Sampdoria.^[2] Gentsoglou did not feature for Sampdoria in the 2011–12 season, and was sent out on loan the following season to Serie B squad Livorno to gain playing experience.^[3] Gentsoglou made 35 appearances for Livorno, as the side won promotion to Serie A.

Gentsoglou then returned to Sampdoria for the 2013–14 Serie A season, but after again failing to establish himself in the Doria first eleven, he moved on loan to Serie B side Spezia Calcio in January 2014.^[4]

Ergotelis

On 30 August 2014, Gentzoglou returned to Greece to continue his career in the Greek Super League, playing for Ergotelis,^[5] signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.^[6]

Bari

On 23 June 2015, the Serie B club Bari announced the signing of Gentsoglou till the summer of 2018 for an undisclosed fee.^[7]^[8]

Hajduk

On 8 August 2016, the Prva HNL club Hajduk Split announced the signing of Gentsoglou on a twelve-month loan deal from Bari 1908.^[9] On 14 August 2016, Gentsoglou made his Hajduk debut, the 5th round of the Prva HNL, playing the first 66 minutes in a 1–1 draw with NK Osijek at Stadion Gradski vrt, before being substituted for Toma Bašić.^[10]

On 27 June 2017, after spending a year on loan at Hajduk, Gentsoglou signed a two-year contract with Hajduk,^[11] finalizing his move from Bari. On 23 July 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a Prva HNL 2–2 away draw against Inter Zaprešić. On 18 March 2018, he scored in a 3–3 away draw game against NK Osijek.^[12]

APOEL

On 16 July 2018, Savvas terminated his contract with Hajduk, eventually joining APOEL on a two years' contract for an undisclosed fee.^[13]

Al-Adalah

On 29 January 2020, Savvas Gentzoglou solved his contract with APOEL and signed with Saudi club Al-Adalah until the end of the season, and the contract will be renewed if the club remain in the country's 1st division.^[14] On 10 July 2020, he renew his contract with the club until the summer of 2021, with a contract worth €900,000.^[15] On 20 August, he opened the score with a penalty kick in a 2–4 home loss against Al Wahda FC.

Lamia

On 12 June 2021, Lamia from the Greek Super League 1 announced a two-year contract with Gentzoglou.^[16]

International career

Gentsoglou was first called up to the Greece U-19 in 2007; he featured in all of Greece's games in qualifying for the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.