Kostas Katsouranis
Greek footballer
Kostas Katsouranis (Greek: Κώστας Κατσουράνης; born 21 June 1979) is a Greek former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, who won the Super League Greek Footballer of the Year Award in 2005 and 2013, as well as the Cosme Damião Award for Footballer of the Year in 2008.
Katsouranis qualified with Greece for international play between 2002 and 2015. They won the UEFA Euro 2004, and played in the UEFA Euro 2008, 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. With 116 appearances, he is a member of a close club of players who had more than 100 caps in the history of Greece.
Club career
Panachaiki
Katsouranis was not even 17 years old when he debuted in 1996 for the Patras-based club Panachaiki. In his first season, Panachaiki reached the Greek Cup semi-finals, tying an all-time best result in the competition. In the following season, Katsouranis made three appearances in the Intertoto Cup, scoring one goal as Panachaiki finished fourth out of five in their group. He spent six seasons in Patras and by the third, he was a regular.
In the summer of 2002, when his contract with Panachaiki expired, Katsouranis opened negotiations with Panathinaikos.
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