Konstantinos Rougalas

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Kostas Rougalas
Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Rougalas
Date of birth (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Patras, Greece
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Diagoras
Number 4
Youth career
2007–2013 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2013 → Ergotelis (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Fostiras (loan) 21 (1)
2014 → Atlético Madrid B (loan) 2 (0)
2015 Iraklis 6 (0)
2015–2016 OH Leuven 17 (0)
2017 Târgu Mureș 10 (0)
2017–2018 Westerlo 16 (0)
2018–2019 Doxa Drama 19 (0)
2019–2020 Panachaiki 7 (0)
2020 Dunărea Călărași 1 (0)
2020– Diagoras 21 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Greece U17 10 (1)
2010–2012 Greece U19 19 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July 2015

Konstantinos "Kostas" Rougalas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Ρουγκάλας; born 13 October 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League 2 club Diagoras, for which he is captain.

Club career[]

Born in Patras, Rougalas first played football for Thyella Patras F.C. He joined Olympiacos' youth setup in 2007, aged 14. In September 2013, he moved to Ergotelis in a season-long loan deal.[1]

After making no appearances for Ergotelis, Rougalas moved to Fostiras on 25 January of the following year, also in a temporary deal.[2] He made his professional debut six days later, starting in a 3–0 home win against Asteras Magoula.[3]

Rougalas scored his first professional goal on 16 March 2014, netting the first of a 2–0 away win against Paniliakos.[4] He appeared in 21 matches during the campaign, as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs.

On 13 August 2014 Rougalas moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Atlético Madrid in a one-year loan deal. He was assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[5]

On 9 February 2015, Rougalas penned a two and a half-year deal with Football League side Iraklis.[6][7] On 1 July 2015 he was released by Iraklis [8] and one day later he was signed by Oud-Heverlee Leuven, where he was reunited with his former Fostiras' coach Jacky Mathijssen.[9] On the summer of 2016, he released his contract in a mutual content with Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

On 20 January 2017, he signed a six months' contract with the Romanian club Târgu Mureș for an undisclosed fee.[10] On 28 June 2017, after six months in Romania, he signed a two years' contract with Belgian First Division B club Westerlo for an undisclosed fee.[11] On 31 August 2018, he signed a contract with Football League club Doxa Drama for an undisclosed fee [12] and the next season for another Football League club Panachaiki. In 2020 he joined the hellenic football club Diagoras.

References[]

  1. ^ "Στον Εργοτέλη ο Ρουγκάλας" [Rougalas to Ergotelis] (in Greek). Sport FM. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Στον Φωστήρα ο Κώστας Ρουγκάλας!" [Kostas Rougalas to Fostiras!] (in Greek). Patra Goal. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Περίπατος του Φωστήρα επί του Αστέρα Μαγούλας" [Fostiras' routing against Asteras Magoula] (in Greek). Contra. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Πανηλειακός – Φωστήρας 0–2: Χωρίς κίνητρο..." [Paniliakos–Fostiras 0–2: Without motivation...] (in Greek). Proti News. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Kostas Rougalas, new Atlético B player". Atlético Madrid's official website. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. ^ Υπογράφει ο Ρουγκάλας (in Greek). sport24.gr. 8 February 2015.
  7. ^ Υπέγραψε στον Ηρακλή ο Ρουγκάλας (in Greek). sport-fm.gr. 9 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Λύση συνεργασίας με Κώστα Ρουγκάλα" (in Greek). Iraklis FC. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ^ "OHL trekt twee nieuwe verdedigers aan" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Υπέγραψε στην Τάργκου Μούρες ο Ρουγκάλας" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Στην Βέστερλο ο Ρουγκάλας" (in Greek). www.novasports.gr. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Στη Δόξα Δράμας ο Ρουγκάλας" (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.

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