{"id":868428,"date":"2025-07-21T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20250721-xronia-polla-antoni\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:24:39","slug":"20250721-xronia-polla-antoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250721-xronia-polla-antoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Antonis!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"boldlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/profiles\/antonis-tsiftsis-a-team-en\/\"><strong>Antonis Tsiftsis<\/strong><\/a>, born in Giannitsa on July 21, 1999, attracted attention from an early age at the\u00a0<strong>Asteras Tripolis<\/strong>\u00a0academies. The\u00a0<strong>Greek<\/strong>\u00a0goalkeeper made his professional debut in a 4\u20130 home win against\u00a0<strong>Platanias<\/strong> on 2 April 2018. 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