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Christos Patsatzoglou 
Christos Patsatzoglou with Olympiacos.Personal information Full name Christos Patsatzoglou Date of birth 19 March 1979 Place of birth Kastoria, Greece Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Right back / Defensive midfielder Club information Current club PAS Giannina Number 33 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–2000 Skoda Xanthi 87 (8) 2000–2009 Olympiacos 115 (8) 2009–2010 Omonia 9 (0) 2010–2011 AEK Athens 10 (0) 2011– PAS Giannina F.C. 15 (1) National team‡ 2000–2010 Greece 45 (1) HonoursGold Alpha Ethniki 2001 Gold Alpha Ethniki 2002 Gold Alpha Ethniki 2003 Gold Alpha Ethniki 2005 Gold Greek Cup 2005 Gold Alpha Ethniki 2006 Gold Greek Cup 2006 Gold Greek Super Cup 2007 Gold Super League Greece 2007 Gold Super League Greece 2008 Gold Greek Cup 2008 Gold Super League Greece 2009 Gold Greek Cup 2009 Gold Marfin Laiki League 2010 Gold LTV Super Cup 2010 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 September 2010Christos Patsatzoglou (Greek: Χρήστος Πατσατζόγλου) (born 19 March 1979 in Kastoria, Greece) is a Greek international football who plays for PAS Giannina F.C. in the Greek Super League.
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Club career
Early career
He started playing football for his hometown's local team Aghia Eleousa and managed a place in Greece U-17 national team. His talent was spotted by Skoda Xanthi's scouts and he was transferred there in 1996. He played for their first team for 4 years, from 1996–1997 to 1999–2000.
Olympiacos
He was considered to be one of Greece's top footballing talents, along with Giourkas Seitaridis, until he was devastatingly injured in 2003, at a derby game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens. Just before his injury, Olympiakos declined a £6m offer from Manchester United for Patsatzoglou who was in Sir Alex Ferguson plans. He work to recover from his injury for about two years, and made his comeback near the end of the 2004–2005 season.
He stated that he was healthy again and that it was up to his coach, Trond Sollied to play him now. Sollied was not sure if Patsatzoglou could play again in such a competitive level, but he was willing to give him more chances in the 2005–2006 season.
During the season 2006/2007, Patsatzoglou suffered another knee injury, unrelated to his previous one, at the away Champions League match against Roma. Upon his return, he played a handful of games.
In the 2007–08 season, Patsatzoglou scored the winning the goal in the UEFA Champions League match against Werder Bremen. The goal would lead to Olympiakos' first Champions League away win, finishing 1–3.
Omonia Nicosia
On 1 June 2009 it was announced that Patsatzoglou will play for his ex-coach Takis Lemonis, this time though for Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia. Patsatzoglou agreed to a 2-year deal earning €800,000. Patsatzoglou indicated he wants to leave in the summer transfer window and return to Greece. Being played out of position at centre-back has been cited as the reason for his desire to leave. Patsatzoglou only played six league matches due to his long term injury.
AEK Athens
On 30/8/10 Patsatzoglou agreed on terms with AEK Athens signing a 1-year deal.[1] Patsatzoglou was also rejoined with manager Dusan Bajevic. Patsatzoglou was given the number 2. Patsatzoglou made his debut for AEK against Panserraikos coming on as a substitute. He is no longer with AEK Athens since January 2011.
PAS Giannina F.C.
In January 2011 Patsatzouglou signed for PAS Giannina F.C. a team in the second division hoping to get again in Super League Greece.
International career
Patsatzoglou was selected for the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, although he had already made his full debut against Germany. He appeared once in a qualifying match for UEFA EURO 2004, but not in the final tournament itself.
Patsatzoglou was part of the 23 man squad that represented Greece at Euro 2008. He also participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances against South Korea and Argentina, both as a substitute.
Statistics
Club
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Greece League Greek Football Cup Europe Total 1996–97 Skoda Xanthi Superleague Greece 10 0 ? ? 0 0 10 0 1997–98 24 2 ? ? 0 0 24 2 1998–99 30 2 ? ? 0 0 30 2 1999–00 23 4 2 0 0 0 25 4 2000–01 Olympiacos 20 2 9 0 ? ? 29 2 2001–02 25 1 5 3 ? ? 30 4 2002–03 22 3 3 0 ? ? 25 3 2003–04 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 2004–05 0 0 0 0 ? ? 0 0 2005–06 1 0 2 0 ? ? 3 0 2006–07 9 0 0 0 ? ? 9 0 2007–08 19 1 5 0 ? 1 24 2 2008–09 19 1 5 0 ? 1 24 1 Cyprus League Cypriot Cup Europe Total 2009–10 Omonia Marfin Laiki League 6 0 0 0 3 1 9 1 Greece League Greek Football Cup Europe Total 2010–11 AEK Athens Superleague Greece 5 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 Football League|2010–11 PAS Giannina Football League 12 1 0 0 0 12 1 Total Greece 219 17 31 3 41 2 279 21 Cyprus 6 0 0 0 3 1 9 1 Career total 225 117 31 3 44 3 300 23 Last updated: 2010-09-28
Source: aekfc.grInternational
Greece national team Year Apps Goals 2000 5 0 2001 5 0 2002 5 0 2003 1 0 2006 2 1 2007 7 0 2008 9 0 2009 7 0 2010 4 0 Total 45 1 Last updated: 2010-08-13
Source: Christos Patsatzoglou at National-Football-Teams.comChristos Patsatzoglou: International goals Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 2006-10-11 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Bosnia and Herzegovina0 – 2 0–4 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Honours
- Greek Super League: 8
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- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Greek Cup: 4
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- 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
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- 2007
- Greek Second Division: 2011
- Individual
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- 2000
References
Super League Greece young footballer of the year 1995: Nikolaidis | 1996: Liberopoulos | 1997: Eleftheropoulos | 1998: Antzas | 1999: Iordanidis | 2000: Patsatzoglou | 2001: Seitaridis | 2002: Vallas | 2003: Mantzios | 2004: Tziolis | 2005: Lagos | 2006: Lagos | 2007: Ninis | 2008: Papastathopoulos | 2009: Koutsianikoulis | 2010: NinisPAS Giannina – current squad Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Association football wingers
- Greek footballers
- Skoda Xanthi F.C. players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- PAS Giannina players
- AC Omonia players
- Superleague Greece players
- Greek expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Greek expatriates in Cyprus
- Greece international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- People from Kastoria
- Greek Romani people
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