Angelos Charisteas
Greek footballer (born 1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angelos Charisteas (Greek: Άγγελος Χαριστέας, pronounced [ˈaɲɟelos xariˈste.as]; born 9 February 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Since 2019, he works as sporting director for Aris.[1]
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Date of birth | (1980-02-09) 9 February 1980 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Strymoniko, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Aris (sporting director) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Aris | 87 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | → Athinaikos (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Werder Bremen | 66 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Ajax | 31 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Feyenoord | 28 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 57 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Arles-Avignon | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Schalke 04 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Panetolikos | 24 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Al-Nassr | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 330 | (74) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2011 | Greece | 88 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
At club level he played for Aris Thessaloniki, Werder Bremen, Ajax, Feyenoord, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Arles-Avignon, and Al-Nassr. In 2004, he won the double with Werder Bremen,[1] earning Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal medals[2] and was also the club's Sportsman of the Year.[1] With Ajax, Charisteas also won the Dutch Cup and the Dutch Super Cup.[2]
Internationally, he was capped 88 times by Greece, scoring 25 goals. He was a member of the UEFA Euro 2004 winning team, scoring three goals, including the winning goal in the final against Portugal, which was considered as the greatest triumph of the nation.[2] He also represented Greece at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
In 2019, Charisteas was also a political deputy in his regional department in Greece.[1]