A player who has spent a decade in professional football in Greece -
and has racked up almost 100 games in the Greek Super League - is set to
be included in Anthony Hudson's next All Whites squad to face South
Korea later this month.
In the traditions of Winston Reid's
discovery, New Zealand Football hope they have uncovered another gem,
with their global scouting efforts of the last six months about to pay
off.
Mark down the name of Themistoklis Tzimopoulos. It's
understood the 29-year-old defender has New Zealand heritage through his
mother, and is eligible to represent this country.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11409832
Ok, folks...Hudson has been looking at this guy since early October....yes he is a guy that is good on the "air" not afraid to "go forward" has scored 4 goals in his last 6-7 games.... scored a brace in one of them....and yes he is a guy that can make a difference for the AW's. As to why he wasn't "found" earlier well that's another story for the previous administration...!! anyway I made a post back in Nov 14 indicating this.......and yes I am biased...!! Let's give him a chance and you never know....I am sure he will add stability to our backline and together with some of the other guys we can start rebuilding the AWs.
Now as for his name.....Just call him " Themis" ....!!! as for his surname "Tzimopoulos" well its a kind of TZ a profound Z with a hint of a small "t" in front of it...!!!!!!
Now the history...he played for the Olympic juniors for a season (obviously quite a few years ago...so yia we are claiming him...!!)...and his uncle was the probably one of the best defenders in the old days for Olympic..( he even played for the Olympic masters recently when they won the national title....( Baz your 5 min of fame starts now...!!!).
Look let's give these new guys a chance and you never know....as for Hudson...hat off to him for "asking and yes daring to do something different" by exploring different options.