{"id":636871,"date":"2021-07-28T09:39:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T06:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20210728-xronia-polla-alexandre\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:50:33","slug":"20210728-xronia-polla-alexandre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20210728-xronia-polla-alexandre\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Alexandre!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Born in\u00a0<strong>Athens<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>July 1989,\u00a0<\/strong>he began playing football at just six years old as an attacker. Three years later he \u00abmoved\u00bb between the sticks and found his true calling.<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>\u00a0years of age he joined the\u00a0<strong>\u0391\u0395\u039a\u00a0<\/strong>youth academy, but the long distance between his home and the training center proved a major problem and the young goalie left the club. Just one year later\u00a0<strong>Olympiacos<\/strong>\u00a0invited him for a trial and like what they saw, and so signed him.<\/p>\n<p>At 15 he left\u00a0<strong>Piraeus<\/strong>\u00a0and signed his first professional contract with\u00a0<strong>Ilioupouli\u00a0<\/strong>in the Greek third tier<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After two years with the club he was invited for a trial by\u00a0<strong>Galatasaray.\u00a0<\/strong>He traveled to\u00a0<strong>Sweden<\/strong>\u00a0to take part in a pre-season training camp, where he played in several matches for the \u2018B\u2019 team. The\u00a0<strong>Turkish<\/strong>\u00a0club were keen to sign him but because\u00a0<a class=\"boldlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/profiles\/alexandros-paschalakis-team-en\/\">Paschalakis<\/a>\u00a0would take up a vital spot as a foreign player, the move did not go through.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 he became a free agent and signed a contract with\u00a0<strong>Levadiakos<\/strong>. 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That did not stop\u00a0<strong>PAS Giannina\u00a0<\/strong>from going after him, and he joined the Ioannina club who had just sold\u00a0<strong>Markos Vellidis<\/strong>\u00a0to PAOK.<\/p>\n<p>He did not make a single appearance for the Epirus side in his first six months there. In the following summer, however, he was given a place in the starting XI after an injury to Peristeridis, and he produced a strong of impressive displays. He ended the season with 27 appearances under his belt in all competitions, including the Europa League, Super League and Greek Cup.<\/p>\n<p>His appearances with\u00a0<strong>PAS<\/strong>\u00a0attracted the attention of\u00a0<strong>PAOK<\/strong>, who signed him in the summer of 2017. 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