Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas
Άγγελος Χαριστέας
Charisteas in 2008
Personal information
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
Team information
Current team
Aris (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Aris 87 (19)
1998–1999Athinaikos (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)
2009Bayer 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
Men's football
Representing  Greece
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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 the hosts Portugal, which was considered as the greatest triumph of the nation.[2] He also represented Greece at UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

In 2019, Charisteas was also a political deputy in the region of Central Macedonia[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Klemm, Hans-Günter (28 December 2019). "Vom Volkshelden zum Volksvertreter: Werder-Star Angelos Charisteas und sein Doppelleben". deichstube.de (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Townsend, Jon (22 August 2017). "Angelos Charisteas: the immortal Greek God of Lisbon". thesefootballtimes.co. Retrieved 10 February 2023.