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| years = 2005 - 2007 </br> 2007 - Present
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| clubs = [[VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach|Bor. Mönchengladbach II]]<br /> [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| clubs = [[VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach|Bor. Mönchengladbach II]]<br /> [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps(goals) = 23 (0)<br> 10 (4)
| caps(goals) = 23 (0)<br> 15 (9)
| nationalyears = 2006 - Present
| nationalyears = 2006 - Present
| nationalteam = [[Greece national under-21 football team|Greece U21]]
| nationalteam = [[Greece national under-21 football team|Greece U21]]

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Kostas Mitroglou
Personal information
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Olympiacos
Number 22
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Konstantinos "Kostas" Mitroglou (Template:Lang-el, born 12 March 1988) is a Greek footballer who is currently playing for Olympiacos Piraeus.

Club career

Olympiacos

Mitroglou was born in Kavala in 1988, but soon after he and his family moved to Germany, there he was signed to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach youth team in 2002,and in 2005 made it to the first team. After impressing in the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, Mitroglou was signed by Greek champions Olympiacos CFP. Making a few substitute and starting 11 appearances for the Piraeus based team in his first season, Mitroglou scored his first Super League goal for the club against Levadiakos and more notably scored the only goal in the Greek Super Cup clash against AEL 1964. The promising striker has been instrumental for Olympiakos during the last fixtures of the season 2007-2008 netting several goals and helping towards the claim of the league trophy.

On 16 September Konstantinos Mitroglou scored the first goal in the 2-0 UEFA Cup 1st round, 1st leg victory away against FC Nordsjælland.

Honours

International career

Greece

He is a member of the Greece national under-21 football team. Mitroglou began his career with the Greek international side in the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where he scored 3 times for the national team, including one against Germany in the semi-finals of the tournament which saw Greece win 3-2 in dramatic style after going a man down earlier in the second half.[1]

References

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