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Just did a quick calculation and he's bagged 171 goals in 377 matches from 2005-06, incl. all matches played in domestic leagues, cups and internationals. That's an average of 15.5 goals a season. That is quite an achievement when you consider that Sion is his 13th club over that time.

 

His strike rate in domestic leagues is 138 goals in 198 matches, 69% and at internationals 24 goals out of 78 matches, 31%. If only he could have matched that domestic strike rate in internationals.

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Clearly the aspects of his game that stands out is getting into goal scoring areas, knowing how to find the back of the net & just seems to have hunger for goals. His record at international level isn't too bad also considering it took him quiet a while before he scored his first goal. He currently is Greece's 3rd top all time goal scorer with 24 goals in 78 caps which many were a few minutes of the bench.

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Kala, he was completely out of form in that Bolivia match. It was the first match I was watching in over a year and I was just shocked at how poor he was finishing. He should have scored at least 5 that day.

In the Colombia match he hit the bar with a header on an open goal. It was 2-0 then. If he scored then it would have been very interesting.

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I remember Gekas scored 4 vs Latvia in 2009. They were going in from everywhere that day. Then 0 goals in WC South Africa, comes back and gets 14 in 3 months for Eintracht Frankfurt who are in top 4 by Christmas, only to then score just 2 more for the rest of the season and Frankfurt ends up getting relegated.

 

Gekas is hot or cold, a sort of enigma. As soon as you like him he lets you down, then you forget about him and he pops up with a hatrick, just like last week. At his best, he can save a team from certain relegation, as in 2013 at Akhisar. At his worst, he misses open nets.

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Sion made an owngoal and conceeded the equalizer in stoppage time.

No EL for them and Gekas. A win would not have been enough though as Grasshopper won.

Where will he play next year to repeat his tricks?

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Why does Gekas bounce around to so many teams his last few years? Since 2012 he has not played more than 1 season, but in most cases less than a season at each team he has joined.

Even though his scoring rate is usually about 1 goal every 2 games which is pretty good i think.

 

Does he have trouble working with coaches or other players?

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