 Gekas training for Bayer Leverkusen in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Theofanis Gekas | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Larissa, Greece[1] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Toxotis Larissa | ||
| 1998 | AEL | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | AEL | 61 | (16) |
| 2001–2005 | Kallithea | 100 | (44) |
| 2005–2007 | Panathinaikos | 41 | (23) |
| 2006–2007 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 32 | (20[3]) |
| 2007–2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | 50 | (13) |
| 2009 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 2010–2012 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 48 | (23) |
| 2012 | Samsunspor | 11 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Levante | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 15 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Konyaspor | 24 | (13) |
| 2014–2015 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 24 | (12) |
| 2015 | Eskişehirspor | 10 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Sion | 30 | (13) |
| 2017 | Sivasspor | 10 | (2) |
| Total | 480 | (210) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2014 | Greece | 78 | (24) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Panegialios | ||
| 2022 | Akhisarspor | ||
| 2023 | Darıca Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2023–2024 | Tilikratis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Theofanis "Fanis" Gekas (Greek: Θεοφάνης "Φάνης" Γκέκας; born 23 May 1980) is a Greek professional football official, coach and a former player, who played as a striker.[4]
He has been the top goalscorer of Superleague Greece and the Bundesliga in previous seasons. Most of his career has been spent in those two countries and Turkey, but he has also played top-flight football in England and Spain.
At international level, Gekas represented Greece at two European Championships and as many World Cups, earning 78 caps between 2005 and 2014. He was the top goalscorer of the European section of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification with 10 goals. With 24 goals for his national football team, he is Greece's third highest all-time goalscorer.
- ^ "Theofanis Gekas" (in Dutch). VI. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Gekas Theofanis". fc-sion-live.ch (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Theofanis Gekas". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Theofanis Gekas Sivasspor'dan Ayrıldı". markafutbol.com (in Turkish). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.