Greekaroos Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Here's just one of three goals scored by 35 year old veteran Greek striker Theofanis Gekas in FC Sion's 3-1 win over FC Lugano in overnight Swiss Super League action. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2NsBlx70HRI Edited April 24, 2016 by Greekaroos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbxk508 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 phenomenal goal scorer at club level... let's not forget he went from top scorer of a decent Greek league to topping Bundesliga top scorer in the following year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikod Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Never quite sure how he was so prolific given that there's not really one aspect of his game that stands out. The Greek Inzaghi, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekaroos Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) 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. Edited April 25, 2016 by Greekaroos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 That was a friendly. The wide open goal against Colombia was a bigger miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbxk508 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 (edited) 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. Edited April 26, 2016 by kbxk508 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 he's got an in-form in fifa to an 80. him & mitroglou are really nice up top at 80+ lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Gekas (who came on as a substitute in the second half) and Sion missed a spot in next years EL. A win would have been enough. Instead they drew against Zurich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Wrong info. The final matches of the Swiss League are today. So Fanis and Sion have still a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Gekas just scored the 0-1 for Sion. Sion now virtually in the qualification rounds of EL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 And Gekas just made it 0-2. But Grasshopper took the lead against Basel and are now virtually in the Q of EL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) 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? Edited May 25, 2016 by Dutch Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Gekas continued where ended last year: scoring. Still at Sion (now, that is a surprise) he scored the last goal of the friendly against Zenit St. Petersburg. FT 3-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko77 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nice header Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekaroos Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Greek veteran striker Theofanis Gekas is at again with two goals in Sion's 5-1 home win to Lugano in Swiss Super League action overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikod Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Surely an NT recall can't be too far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Quit a weapon that throw in (the third goal of Sion). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekaroos Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Could had a hat trick with that other chance he nicely created. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Back to Turkey? http://www.league-news.gr/2016/12/blog-post_44.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 his new team is sivasspor untill the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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