Thanasis Karagounis

Fokikos

Karagounis started his professional career in 2008 with Fokikos, making 30 appearances in the Football League 2 and scoring 4 goals.

Atromitos

In summer 2009 he joined the newly promoted Beta Ethniki champions Atromitos,. He was part of the Atromitos team who were runners-up of the 2010–11 Greek Cup, after losing 0–3 to AEK Athens. Thanasis only made 2 appearances in Atromitos' way to the final, one as a starter against Anagennisi Giannitsa for the fourth phase and one as a substitute against Diagoras for the second leg of the quarter-finals. He scored his first goal with the club on 3 May 2014 in an away loss 2–1 against Twente.

Zwolle

In January 2014, he signed a 2.5-year contract with PEC Zwolle for a transfer fee of €300,000. He made his debut with the club in January, 18th as a substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Vitesse Arnhem. Karagounis injured on his lip during the Dutch cup match between PEC Zwolle and NEC Nijmegen at the IJsseldelta stadium on 26 March 2014 in Zwolle. On 25 November 2014, Karagounis injured again suffering a cruciate ligament rupture losing the rest of the 2014–15 season. In July 2015, after a very difficult year for the defender marred by injury (185 days to be exact), according to Voetbal International, Karagounis' return was postponed when there was a setback during his rehabilitation from a cruciate ligament injury. It remained a question whether there is a need for another operation. Eventually he lost…

Thanasis Karagounis made 7 appearances for Greece U19. He is currently a member of the under-21 team, making 9 appearances for them so far.

Club

As of 30 April 2021

His brother, Vasilios, is also a professional footballer, who is currently playing for [Greek] second division club Kalamata. Although he shares the same surname as Giorgos Karagounis, the former captain of Greece, it was revealed at a joint interview of both players that they are not related.