In 1996 he was released and joined newly-founded APO Volos in the third division of Thessaly Football Clubs Association -7th tier at the time- where he immediately became a regular and was crowned the league's top scorer in 1996-97 at just the age of 16.
He stayed at Niki Volos for 5 seasons winning the Thessaly Cup but with limited playing time in Beta Ethniki and Gamma Ethniki.Once he joined Asteras Rizomylos in 2002, his career took off with him scoring numerous goals and playing for lower division clubs in Delta Ethniki and amateur leagues for almost 20 years.
Ziogas has scored 750 goals in approximately 700 official games in Greek football which is a national record.
[7] He has won 19 league titles playing for 22 clubs, while he has scored 6 bicycle kicks in one season, and 5 goals during a first-half getting the nickname Greek Lewandowski.
[8] During the 2007-08 season he scored for 21 matches in a row in the 5th tier Argolida Football Clubs Association league.