Michael Thalassitis (Greek: Μάικ Θαλασσίτης; 19 January 1993 – 16 March 2019) was an English-Cypriot footballer and television personality.

Two months later, he joined Conference South side Boreham Wood on loan, returning to his parent club in January 2012.

[5] Thalassitis made his competitive debut for Stevenage in the club's 1–0 away defeat to Milton Keynes Dons on 27 August 2011, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute in the match.

[6] During the game, he produced a "strong run forcing goalkeeper David Martin to tip his effort from the edge of the box onto the bar", as well as missing a chance to restore parity in injury-time.

[10] During his initial one-month loan spell, Thalassitis made five league appearances for the club, in which Boreham Wood recorded five straight victories[10][11][12][13][14] — propelling them from twentieth place to eighth in the Conference South standings.

[15] Three days later, on 12 November, Thalassitis scored a hat-trick in Boreham Wood's sixth consecutive league victory, a 4–2 home win against Dover Athletic.

[18] He made his debut for the club a day later, scoring a consolation goal in injury-time in a 4–1 defeat to promotion chasing Wrexham.

[19][20] Thalassitis scored the only goal of the game in his next match three days later, netting with a header from goalkeeper Steve Arnold's long clearance in a 1–0 away victory at Bath City.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[56] It was confirmed on 16 March 2019 that Thalassitis' body had been found hanging the previous day in a park in Edmonton, London, and he was declared dead at the age of 26.