Tasos Bakasetas

Anastasios Bakasetas was born on the 28th of June 1993 and currently plays for Superleague Greece club Panionios as a forward. Anastasios came through the youth teams of Asteras Tripoli, and was promoted to the first team in the 2010-11 Superleague season, for which he was assigned squad number 12. He made five league appearances for the club that season, four of which were as a substitute, and two in the Greek Cup. His Superleage debut was in a starting position against Xanthi on 28 November 2010, a match Asteras Tripoli lost 2-1 despite taking the lead. In the Greek Cup, he made his first start in a 1-0 defeat to Olympiakos on 22 December 2010. His final appearance for Asteras Tripolis in the 2010-11 season came as a second-half substitute in a 3-0 league defeat against AEK Athens on 16 January 2011. At the end of January 2011, he went on loan to Thrasyvoulos Filis in the second division Greek Football League. He played ten league games for Thrasyvolous, scoring his first senior goal against Ethnikos Asteras in a 2-0 win on 28 February 2011. He returned to Asteras Tripolis at the end of the season in July 2011. At the end of December 2013, he went on loan to Aris for helping the club to avoid relegation. He made his debut to his new team in an away loss from Levadiakos scoring two goals. At the beginning of 2014/15 season he returned to Asteras Tripoli, playing against RoPS for the UEFA Europa League scoring his first international club goal. On 28 January 2015, Bakasetas signed a two years’ contract with Panionios. He started the 2015-16 season in amazing fashion scoring 2 goals in the opening 3 matchdays including the winner against Iraklis F.C. and Panathinaikos. On 17 October 2015, he scored the two goals of his club in a 2-0 home win against Kalloni. Anastasios has represented Greece at youth international level. He was selected in the Greece under-19s squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship along with Asteras Tripoli teammate Nikolaos Skondras. He made his under-19 debut in one of the two opening games of the tournament, as a 55th-minute substitute in a 2-1 defeat against the Republic of Ireland under-19s on 20 July 2011. He made his first start in the second group game, a 1-0 victory against the Romania under-19s on 23 July 2011