Career
Tambouras attracted the attention of South Melbourne F.C. who signed him on as a teenager and it was with them that he gained his first experience of playing in a semi professional environment. During his time here, he played against Olympiacos in the Intertoto Cup which was drawn 1-1. Following his time in Greece he was signed by New Zealand"s only professional side, the Auckland Kingz for the 2003-2004 Australian Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit season.
The following season saw him play in the new Hyundai A-League with the New Zealand Knights but was let go at the end of the season.
With the Malaysian season over he briefly returned to the New Zealand Knights. Post Knights he trialed at Romanian club Football Club Universitatea Craiova in January 2007, failing to secure a position with the club, but then was offered a contract from Irish club Drogheda United in July the same year.
After leaving Drogheda, he moved to Azerbaijan for a week-long trial at Neftchi Baku, this resulted in him signing a three-year contract with the club Following a nomadic period playing in Asia and Europe, John was signed in June 2009 by A League"s newest club, North Queensland Fury for their debut A League season.
On 2 March 2010 Tambouras went on trial, and then accepted a deal, from Chinese second division outfit Guangzhou Evergrande to play in the upcoming season.
He made his China League One debut for Guangzhou against Pudong Zobon on 10 April. Just playing two matches for Guangzhou, Tambouras was relseased in June. As of October 2010 Tambouras was appointed as the skills acquisition trainer for the Northern Territory, a role set up and partly funded by Future Farmers of America. He is working predominantly with 9-13 year olds, teaching them the National Curriculum.
