Taxiarchis Fountas

AEK Athens

Taxiarchis Fountas was scouted by Toni Savevski, the head of AEK Athens' youth academy at the time. On 17 March 2012. Fountas made his senior debut for AEK Athens against Asteras Tripolis being the youngest player to play for AEK Athens in a Super League game aged 16 years 6 months and 13 days old. He played 31 minutes in this game. He made his first start for the club on 22 April on the final day of the 2011–12 regular season against Doxa Drama, completing the whole 90 minutes. Fountas scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Platanias on 28 October 2012, thus becoming the youngest player to score for AEK at the age of 17 years and 54 days. He scored another goal against Veria on 18 October 2012 and another one against PAS Giannina on 3 November 2012. He was also awarded the MVP award after this match. He scored his 4th goal again against Veria on 16 March 2013 with a fine left foot shoot. When the club was relegated, the player was released. He also scored a snipe against Everton in a friendly match in the summer of 2012.

Red Bull Salzburg

In June Fountas was linked with a move to Red Bull Salzburg. A potential transfer was complicated by the financial problems of Fountas' club AEK Athens which was on the verge of financial collapse. In September 2013, he joined the club on a four-year contract. After the signing of his contract, Fountas joined FC Liefering of the Austrian Football First League on a six-month loan. In January…

Fountas made his international debut for Greece on 13 June 2015, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier away to the Faroe Islands. In the 2–1 loss, he came on in the 81st minute for Panagiotis Kone. Fountas went uncapped for almost exactly five years from September 2015 to 2020. He scored his first international goal on 17 November 2022, coming on for Dimitrios Pelkas and equalising in added time at the end of a 2–2 draw away to Malta.

Club

As of match played 20 August 2026

International

As of 20 March 2025

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2013–14 Austrian Cup: 2013–14 OFI

Greek Cup: 2025–26 Greek Super Cup: 2026 Individual

Best Greek Player playing Abroad: 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2019–20 Rapid Wien Best Player Award: 2019 MLS All-Star: 2022