BIOGRAPHY
Taxiarchis Fountas was born September 4, 1995 in Messolonghi, Greece. He is a forward in Major League Soccer.
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 Superleague game aged 16 years 6 months and 13 days old. In January 2014, Fountas moved on loan to SV Grödig, before loaned to Panionios at the beginning of the 2014–15 season. On 21 July 2016, Fountas, who had been released from Asteras Tripolis, signed a one (plus one) year contract and officially returned to Panionios. On 1 July 2017, under mutual agreement Panionios solved the player's contract. On 20 September 2017, as a free agent, Fountas signed a long season contract with German club SG Sonnenhof Großaspach. On 14 July 2018, after a year in Germany, Fountas signed a long season contract, with Austrian club St. Pölten. On 9 May 2019, Fountas signed a deal with Austrian club Rapid Wien through the summer of 2022.
On 25 January 2022, according to a report in the Washington Post, the 26-year-old international midfielder, who has been a key player in Austria with Rapid Vienna, has agreed a three-year contract with MLS club D.C. United and will become its highest paid player with a reported contract worth a total of $7 million. Fountas was initially not expected to arrive from Austrian club Rapid Vienna until summer 2022, when his contract expired. On 21 March 2022, it was announced that Fountas would join D.C. United ahead of the summer. Fountas made his debut for D.C. United on April 16, 2022. In his second game and first start for the club (in the first game since DC United fired coach Hernán Losada) Fountas scored two and assisted a further goal in a 3-2 win over the New England Revolution.
