Anastasios Venetis

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Tasos Venetis

| fullname = Anastasios Venetis

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|3|24}}

| birth_place = Larissa, Greece

| height = 1.88 m

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = –1996

| youthclubs1 = Apollon Larissa

| years1 = 1996–1997

| years2 = 1997–1999

| years3 = 1999–2003

| years4 = 2003

| years5 = 2003–2004

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2006–2008

| years8 = 2008–2009

| years9 = 2009–2013

| years10 = 2013–2017

| clubs1 = Iraklis

| clubs2 = AEL

| clubs3 = Dundee United

| clubs4 = Ross County

| clubs5 = Akratitos

| clubs6 = Kallithea

| clubs7 = AEL

| clubs8 = OFI

| clubs9 = AO Kerkyra

| clubs10 = AOK Kerkyra

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 41

| caps3 = 57

| caps4 = 9

| caps5 = 23

| caps6 = 24

| caps7 = 19

| caps8 = 5

| caps9 = 89

| caps10 = 104

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 3

| goals10 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2000

| nationalteam1 = Greece U21

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 1 October 2017

| ntupdate = 10 October 2000

}}

Anastasios "Tasos" Venetis ({{langx|el|Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Βενέτης}}; born 24 March 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender.{{cite web|publisher=Hellenic League|script-title=el:Β Εθνική / ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ Α.Ο. ΠΑΕ / ΒΕΝΕΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΣ|url=http://www.epae.org/player.fds?categ=2&team=79&player=4640&pagecode=04.02.02&langid=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301232746/http://www.epae.org/player.fds?categ=2&team=79&player=4640&pagecode=04.02.02&langid=1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 March 2012|language=Greek|accessdate=2009-11-12}}

Club career

Born in Larissa, Venetis began his career with Apollon Larissa, and transferred to Iraklis at 16. The next season moved to AEL after failing to make an appearance. After two years, he moved to Scotland and spent three-and-a-half years with Scottish Premier League side Dundee United, with a further six months at Ross County.{{cite web|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Keepers join Raith and Brechin|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/2688145.stm|date=23 January 2003}} At Ross County he scored once against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2793959.stm

|title=Inverness CT 1-5 Ross County

|publisher=BBC

|date=25 February 2003 |accessdate=25 November 2016}} Venetis moved back to his homeland Greece in 2003, where he would play for Akratitos, Kallithea, AEL and OFI in the Superleague.{{cite web|work=The Guardian|title=Stats Centre: Tassos Venetis Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=31&CPID=76&TEID=6390&PLID=44141&pStr=Player|accessdate=2008-12-22}}

Venetis played for the Greece national under-21 football team, making his debut in 2000.{{cite web|publisher=The Heralds (Glasgow)|title=Injury-hit Hughes ruled out|author=Robertson, Rob|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/52131832.html?dids=52131832:52131832&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+01%2C+2000&author=Rob+Robertson&pub=The+Herald&desc=Injury-hit+Hughes+ruled+out&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715025545/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/52131832.html?dids=52131832:52131832&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+01,+2000&author=Rob+Robertson&pub=The+Herald&desc=Injury-hit+Hughes+ruled+out&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|date=1 April 2000}}