Giórgos Tzavélas is a Greek

Greeks

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 international footballer who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

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.

Kerkyra

Tzavelas began his professional career with Kerkyra in a home match against Larissa (0–0).

Panionios

After signing for Panionios, Tzavelas was given the number 31. He made his debut on 13 September 2008 in the 0–1 away win versus Panserraikos

Panserraikos F.C.

Panserraikos F.C. , the All-Serran Football Club, is the football club of Serres in Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos was formed in 1964 when two local clubs, Iraklis and Apollon, merged. Their current home ground is Serres Municipal Stadium, built in 1926...

. He scored his first goal on 7 December 2008 in the 45th minute in the 1–1 draw with Larissa. In his first full season, Tzavelas went on to make 17 appearances, scoring two goals. The 2009–10 season began brightly for Tzavelas as he cemented his place in the squad. In his second season with Panionios, he made a total of 24 appearances, starting all 24, but not scoring.

Frankfurt

On 3 June 2010, the Left back signed a three-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

. He soon became a member of Eintracht's starting eleven. On 12 March 2011, Tzavallas scored his first Bundesliga goal during an away match against Schalke. He managed to beat German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer

Manuel Neuer

Manuel Neuer is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the German national football team.-Schalke 04:Neuer signed professional terms in 2005 after progressing through every age group at his hometown club. He made his Bundesliga debut when he came on to substitute the...

 with an effort from 73 meters, the longest distance a Bundesliga goal was ever scored from.

During the Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen on 8 April 2011, Tzavellas suffered a partial rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee. He missed the remainder of the 2010–11 season.

Greece

After his impressive performances for Panionios, Tzavellas was called up to the Greek national football team

Greece national football team

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 on 15 November 2009 by Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel

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 to face Ukraine

Ukraine national football team

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 in the second leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification playoffs

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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. However he did not feature in this game. On 11 May 2010, Tzavelas was named in Rehhagel's 30 man provisional World Cup squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

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.

He made his international debut in a Euro 2012 qualifier

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

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 against Croatia

Croatia national football team

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 on 7 September 2010.

Career statistics

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|2006–07||rowspan="2"|Kerkyra||Super League

Super League Greece

The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

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|2007–08||Beta Ethniki||10||1||0||0||0||0||10||1
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|2008–09||rowspan="2"|Panionios||rowspan="2"|Panionios||17||2||0||0||0||0||17||2
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|2009–10||24||0||0||0||0||0||24||0
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|2010–11

2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga

The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter...

||rowspan="2"|Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

||rowspan="1"|Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

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|2011–12

2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

The 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012...

||rowspan="1"|2. Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

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External links

• Giórgos Tzavélas at the Hellenic Football Federation