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Mike Thalassitis
Michael Thalassitis (19 January 1993 – 15 March 2019) was an English-
Mike Thalassitis
born Cypriot footballer and television personality, who played as a striker.
He was also known for his appearances on the third series of ITV2 reality Born 19 January 1993[1]
series Love Island and the fourth series of E4 dating series Celebs Go Edmonton,
Dating. England[2]
Die d 15 March 2019
Thalassitis signed a professional two-year contract with Stevenage in May
(aged 26)
2011, having joined the club's Centre of Excellence ahead of the 2010–11
Edmonton,
season, just after Stevenage's promotion to the Football League. He made
England
his first-team debut in August 2011. Two months later, Thalassitis joined
Caus e of Suicide by
Conference South side Boreham Wood on loan, returning to his parent club
de ath hanging
in January 2012. He was loaned out once again a month later, signing for
Hayes & Yeading United on a one-month loan deal. During the 2012–13 Occupation Footballer ·
season, Thalassitis was briefly loaned out to Cambridge United in television
September 2012, before joining Bishop's Stortford on loan two months personality
later. He then spent the remainder of the season on loan at Boreham Wood, Ye ars active 2010–2019
his second loan spell at the club. Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Thalassitis Know n for Love Island
joined Ebbsfleet United on a season-long loan. In 2017, Thalassitis (2017)
appeared on the ITV2 reality series Love Island. He retired from football in Celeb s Go Dating
December that year.[3] (2018)
Contents
Club career
Stevenage
Non-league
International career
Outside football
Death
Career statistics
References
External links
Club career
Michael Thalassitis
Stevenage
Pe rs onal inform ation
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two further substitute appearances for the club during the latter stages of the season.[23]
Thalassitis made his first appearance of the 2012–13 season in Stevenage's first game of the season, coming on as a
second-half substitute in a 3–1 home win over AFC Wimbledon in the League Cup.[26] He scored his first goal for
Stevenage in the following round of the competition, scoring a consolation strike in injury-time as the club lost 4–1 to
Premier League side Southampton on 28 August 2012.[27] A month later, Stevenage announced that Thalassitis had
signed a three-year contract extension, and would also be going out on a one-month loan deal to Conference National
side Cambridge United.[28][29][30] During the brief loan spell, Thalassitis made just two appearances, both of which
were as a late substitute.[31] He was loaned out once again in November 2012, the fourth loan spell of his career,
joining Conference South side Bishop's Stortford on a one-month loan agreement.[32] The loan was later extended until
January 2013, with Thalassitis making eight appearances in all competitions during his two-month spell. [33]
Thalassitis was loaned out almost immediately following his return from Stortford, joining Boreham Wood on loan for
the remainder of the 2012–13 campaign.[34] He began his second spell at the club by scoring the first goal in a 3–0
victory over Hayes & Yeading on 28 January 2013.[35] Thalassitis went on to score seven times in 19 appearances
during his second loan spell with Boreham Wood, returning to Stevenage at the end of the season. [36]
Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Thalassitis was loaned out to Conference South side Ebbsfleet United on a season-long
loan deal.[37]
Non-league
On 30 October 2015, Thalassitis joined Chelmsford City after departing Bishop's Stortford.[39] Thalassitis scored his
first goal for the Clarets in a loss against Gosport Borough on 5 December 2015.[40] Thalassitis left on 2 January 2016
to join Concord Rangers. Less than a month after joining Concord, on 29 January 2016, Thalassitis signed for St
Albans City.
On 27 May 2016, Thalassitis joined Margate from St Albans City.[41] On 26 October 2016, Thalassitis joined Hemel
Hempstead Town from Margate.[42] On 28 February 2017, Thalassitis joined Welling United from Hemel Hempstead
Town.[43]
International career
In December 2011, Thalassitis was called up to a three-day training camp with the Cyprus U19 side,[44][45] and was
later called up to represent the U19 side in March 2012.[46] He made two appearances for Cyprus as they drew twice
with the Georgia U19 side.[47]
In May 2012, Thalassitis was called up for Cyprus U19's two games against Estonia, with both games taking place
within the space of three days. He played 75 minutes of the first match, a 1–0 defeat; and then played 60 minutes of
the next match, which ended 0–0.[48] After impressing during his time with Cyprus, he was named in their 21-man
squad to travel to Denmark for the 2012 UEFA European U19 elite qualification group.[47][48] He started all three
games as Cyprus finished bottom of their group.
In May 2014, Thalassitis was called up to the Cyprus senior side for the first time, for their away friendly with Japan.
However, he was unable to travel due to suffering a ruptured ACL during the final game of the season whilst on
loan.[49][50][51]
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Outside football
On 29 May 2017, Thalassitis was announced as part of the cast for the third series of the reality TV show Love Island.
While the series began on 5 June 2017, Thalassitis did not enter the villa until 15 June 2017. [52] Margate manager
Steven Watt said in an interview that he was "disappointed" that Thalassitis did not tell him that he was going to be a
part of the show.[53] Thalassitis and fellow contestant Jessica Shears, along with their respective partners Olivia
Attwood and Dom Lever, emerged among the three couples with the lowest votes for Favourite Couple from the
public.[54]
Death
On 16 March 2019, it was confirmed that Thalassitis had been found dead the previous day. His body was found
hanged in parkland in Edmonton, north London.[57][58][59]
Career statistics
As of 14 Septemb er 2013.
2011–12 [60] 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 1
Boreham
Wood 2011–12 [62] 11 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5
(loan)
Hayes &
Yeading 2011–12 [63] 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
(loan)
Cambridge
United 2012–13 [64] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
(loan)
Bishop's
Stortford 2012–13 [65] 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
(loan)
Boreham
Wood 2012–13 [66] 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 7
(loan)
Career totals 55 17 0 0 2 1 2 0 59 18
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