Alexandros Paschalakis

Alexandros Paschalakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Πασχαλάκης; born 28 July 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PAOK and the Greece national team.

Club Career

Early career

Paschalakis started playing football in Terpsithea. He was at the youth team of AEK for a year and then at the youth team of Olympiakos for 2 years (2003–2005). He moved to the team of Ilioupoli. At the age of 17 he transferred to the youth team of Galatasaray but he couldn't sign a contract due to restrictions on the number of foreign players.

He signed for Levadiakos in the summer of 2008. He signed for PAEEK in the summer of 2012. Akhisar was interested in Paschalakis but he didn't want to move there. After returning to Greece and spending six months in limbo, he signed for Panthrakikos on January 2014, but played just 13 matches until January 2016.

PAS Giannina

He signed for PAS Giannina on 26 January 2016, to replace Markos Vellidis' transfer to PAOK. He didn't play at all in his first six months in Ioannina. On 25 July 2017, the 28-year-old goalkeeper that was bound by a contract to the club until the summer of 2018, had made an appeal due to a delay in his annual salary. The Athenian goalie had an outstanding season playing in 27 games, out of which four in UEFA Europa League. PAOK, along with Asteras Tripoli and Panathinaikos expressed interest in his acquisition, having 9 clean sheets. On 1 August, Paschalakis was released from PAS Giannina.

PAOK

On 7 August 2017, he signed a year contract with PAOK for an undisclosed fee. On 2 December 2017, he made his debut in a 3–0 away win against Xanthi A day later he renewed his contract with the club till the summer of 2020. The 28-year-old goalkeeper has increased his earnings and the release clause will be set in the region of €5 million.

It was initially planned that he would be back-up to Argentinian Rodrigo Rey, but since head coach Razvan Lucescu gave

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