Tasos Schizas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 18 February 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
?–1996 | Poseidon Ilision | |||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2002 | Ethnikos | |||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2014 | Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anastasios Schizas (born 18 February 1977) is a Greek retired water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place). [1] Schizas was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach. [2]
Schizas started his career at Poseidon Ilision and then played for Ethnikos Piraeus. In 2002 he signed for Olympiacos where he had a long and successful career, playing for twelve consecutive seasons (2002–2014) and winning 21 major titles (1 LEN Super Cup, 10 Greek Championships and 10 Greek Cups). [3] [4]
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