- Angelos Charisteas
Angelos Charisteas (born February 9, 1980 in Strimoniko,Serres) is a Greek football striker who currently plays for 1. FC Nürnberg. He is a member of the Greece national football team and played in the 2004 European Football Championship, in which Greece was triumphant. There, he scored 3 goals: one in the group stage against Spain, one against France in the quarterfinals and the winning goal against Portugal in the final. He was also named in the Euro 2004 All-star Team.
- Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel is a German football coach and former football player. With Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is one of the most successful German managers ever. He is currently manager of the Greece national football team, having led them to a shock European Championship title in 2004. Rehhagel is the only person who, as player and as manager, has participated in over 1000 Bundesliga-matches.
- Theodoros Zagorakis
Theodoros Zagorakis (born October 27, 1971 in Kavala) is the President of PAOK FC, Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a retired Greek footballer and was the captain of PAOK FC and the Greece national football team that won the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship.
- Angelos Basinas
Angelos Basinas (born 3 January 1976) is a footballer. He is a defensive midfielder who plays for the Greek national football team and RCD Mallorca whom he joined in January 2006. He currently has 78 caps and 5 goals for his national team.The influential Basinas has nearly always put his stamp on Panathinakos, Mallorca & Greece games, whether with his sublime passing, combative style, hard running or deadly long shot.
- Traianos Dellas
Traianos Dellas (born January 31, 1976 in Greece, is a Greek football player. At 196cm of height (6'5") ,he is a towering, strong defender who plays for the Greece national team and AEK Athens. Dellas had an exceptional tournament at Euro 2004, partnering Michalis Kapsis in the centre of what became an almost unpenetratable Greek defence, leading to his being voted onto the tournament All-star Squad. He scored the goal that put Greece in the final of the tournament, …
- Zisis Vryzas
Zisis Vryzas (born November 9, 1973 in Kavala) is a striker fot the Greek national team and PAOK FC. Vryzas got his start at Greek sides Skoda Xanthi and PAOK before moving onto AC Perugia in Italy. He joined Torino in January 2006, after a disappointing experience with Fiorentina, where he was even unused for the entire first half of the 2005/2006 season. Then, he joined Celta Vigo, from were he was released and he went back to Greece, and Skoda Xanthi.
- Antonios Nikopolidis
Antonios Nikopolidis (given name also rendered as Andonis; Greek: Αντώνιος Νικοπολίδης, born 14 October 1971 in Arta) is a Greek football player, a goalkeeper for Olympiacos and the Greek national football team. He's mostly known for being the goalkeeper of the Euro 2004 winners. One of the best goalkeepers Greece has ever produced.
- Giorgos Karagounis
Giorgos Karagounis ; born March 6, 1977, in Pirgos, Greece) is a midfielder currently playing for Panathinaikos FC and Greece. He scored the first goal in Greece's surprising win over Portugal in the 2004 European Football Championship. A no-nonsense tackler with a deft touch are the characteristics that embody Greek international. The Panathinaikos midfielder is as tough as they come, but can stun his critics with the sweetest of passes or a stunning free kick.
- Alketas Panagoulias
Alketas ("Alkis") Panagoulias (born 30 May 1934) was a Greek footballer and former Head Coach of the Greek National Football team and the U.S. National Soccer Team.
- Ioannis Amanatidis
Ioannis Amanatidis (born 3 December 1981 in Kozani) is a Greek Football player. Amanatidis came as a 9 year old with his three siblings to Germany to Swabian Stuttgart where he joined SC Stuttgart. Two years later he went to VfB Stuttgart academy. In 2002 he started his Bundesliga career. He was transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt within the 2003/04 season because he could not get a regular spot at Stuttgart.
- Stelios Giannakopoulos
Stylianos Giannakopoulos, popularly known as Stelios, is a Greek football player who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers as a midfielder. He initially started in his homeland of Greece, spending his first playing season with Ethnikos Asteras. Having been thrust immediately into first-team action, he found himself scoring six goals in his opening season, before moving to Paniliakos, where, in the three years he spent there, he scored 26 goals in 84 games.
- Yannis Goumas
Yiannis Goumas was born on 24 May 1975 in the village of Ambelonas, near Larisa. He is one of the many players to emerge from Panathinaikos FC's youth academy and has been in their first team since 1994. He was recently handed the captain's armband for his club and is known for his tough tackling, excellent aerial ability and his habit of scoring goals off of set pieces.
- Georgios Samaras
Georgios Samaras (Greek: Γιώργος Σαμαράς ; born February 21, 1985 in Heraklion) is a Greek footballer who currently plays as a striker for Manchester City. Samaras moved to the Netherlands at the age of 16, signing for Heerenveen. He made his first team debut in the 2003-04 season, starting a total of ten matches. In the 2005-06 season he scored 6 goals in 13 starts for Heerenveen before joining Manchester City for a fee of £5,250,000 (rising to £6,000,000).
- Michalis Kapsis
Michalis Kapsis (born on October 18 1973) is a Greek football player who currently plays for APOEL FC and the Greek national football team at the position of central defender. He is son of Anthimos Kapsis, who played for Panathinaikos in the 1971 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, a 2-0 loss to AFC Ajax.
- Nikos Dabizas
Nikos Dabizas (born 3 August1973 in Ptolemaida, Greece) is a former Newcastle United, Leicester City and Olympiakos Greek footballer, who now plays for Larisa FC in Greece. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad.
- Nikos Anastopoulos
Nikos Anastopoulos is a former Greek football player, one of the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the late 1970s and the 1980s. With 29 goals he is the all time highest scorer for the Greek national football team. Since retiring as a player he has become a football manager. Anastopoulos was born on January 22, 1958. He started his career at Dafni before transferring to Panionios with whom he debuted in the Alpha Ethniki in the 1978 season.
- Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitris Saravakos (born 26 July 1961) is one of the best Greek football players ever. He started his career in Panionios FC and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer, becoming one of the best attacking left halfs in the history of Greek fooball. After a rejection of a renewal contract offer by Panathinaikos, Saravakos moved to AEK Athens FC in 1994. He concluded his career in Panathinaikos in the mid 90's.
- Vassilios Tsiartas
Vassilios Tsiartas is a former Greek football player, revered by many as one of the most naturally talented Greek footballers of his generation. Tsiartas was born on November 12th, 1972 in Alexandria, Greece and currently resides in Athens. As a player he was famed for his lackadaisical playing style; his ability, however, was never in question and he was in many ways the epitome of a player who wears the "number 10 shirt".
- Vasilis Torosidis
Vasilis Torosidis (Greek: Βασίλης Τοροσίδης; born 10 June 1985, in Petino, Xanthi, Greece) is a football wingback who currently plays for Olympiacos and Greece national football team. After spending 4 and a half seasons at Skoda Xanthi, he moved to Olympiakos in January of 2007. His first goal with Olympiakos was scored at Toumpa against PAOK FC at 21/01/2007 and opened the way for a crucial away win.
- Takis Fyssas
Panagiotis "Takis" Fyssas (born 12 June 1973, in Athens) is a Greek international footballer, currently unattached having most recently played for Heart of Midlothian. Fyssas started his career in the Panionios youth academy, achieving his senior debut in the 1990-91 season. After eight seasons in Nea Smyrni, which included a Greek Cup triumph, he signed for Athens giants Panathinaikos in 1998.
- Giorgos Sideris
Giorgos Sideris is a retired Greek football striker and is considered one of the greatest forwards in Olympiacos and Greek soccer history. An inside-right forward that no-one or nothing could stand in his way (his nickname was "the Bulldozer"). Very quick with the ball on his feet and a player that had the instinct and charisma to score. Born in 1938, he transferred to Olympiacos from Atromitos Piraeus in the summer of 1959.
- Thomas Mavros
Thomas Mavros, was one of the best strikers that ever played in Greece. Mavros holds the record in the Greek championship with 260 goals in 501 games. His nickname was simply "God". Starting his stunning football career in 1970 with Panionios, he was traded to AEK Athens FC in 1976. He immediately became the club favourite helping the team winning two championships (1978 and 1979) and one cup 1978.
- Mimis Papaioannou
Dimitris "Mimis" Papaioannou, was one of the star football players of AEK Athens FC. He was born in 1942 and began his career at Nea Genea in the town of Nea Nikomedia near Veria, Macedonia (Greece). He joined AEK in time for the 1963 season for the paltry sum of 140,000 drachmas. Papaioannou proved an instant success helping AEK win their first post-World War II title, scoring twice in the final playoff game of the season against Panathinaikos FC.
- Stratos Apostolakis
Stratos Apostolakis (born May 17, 1964), nicknamed "The Turbo", was a Greek footballer. The former right-back was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olympiakos Piraeus to Panathinaikos Athens in 1990 led to the cancellation of the Greek Super Cup as the authorities feared riots. As a footballer though he played his best years for PAO being one of the key players behind PAO's European runs in 1992 and 1996.
- Alexandros Alexandris
Alexandros Alexandris (born 21 October, 1968 in Veroia) is a former Greek football striker. Alexandris played most of his career for Olympiakos Pireus. He spent also several years in AEK Athens. He played for Greece national team, and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was also both footballer and manager for APOP Kinyras Peyias FC during the team's participation in the Cypriot First Division
- Georgios Georgiadis
Georgios Georgiadis is a Greek football (soccer) player who plays for PAOK FC. Born in Kavala, Greece, on March 8, 1972, his family, soon after his birth, left for Stuttgart, Germany, where young Giorgos first learned to play football. He returned to Greece, as a teenager and signed up for amateur side Keravnos Krinides. Soon he was discovered by Alpha Ethniki club Doxa Drama who signed him at age 17.
- Antonis Antoniadis
Born in 1945, Antonis Antoniadis is one of the great goal scorers of the Greek football era after the "war" years, scoring about 148 goals in 22 years of career. He started his career playing for Xanthi and then moved on to Panathinaikos. Antoniadis scored his first official goal with Panathinaikos on the 27th of October 1968 in the game against Apollon Athens which ended in a victory for Panathinaikos with 1-0.
- Giorgos Foiros
Giorgos Foiros (born 1953) is a retired Greek footballer and manager. He played center-back or sweeper. He was one of the very few players that was consistent in every game played. He played for the team of Aris Thessaloniki for many years and finished his career with Iraklis Thessaloniki. He made a total of 353 appearances in the Greek Soccer Championship. He also has 52 appearances with the Greece national football team between 1974-1982.
- Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis, a Greek footballer, is still widely regarded as one of the best forwards Greece has ever produced. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals. Born in Athens of Pontian Greek heritage in 1930, his football career started at Panionios where he played until 1955. Nestoridis began his illustrious career at AEK Athens FC in 1957, …
- Giorgos Koudas
Giorgos Koudas (Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας) is a retired attacking midfielder. He is considered the last of the great player generation of Greek soccer, nicknamed "Μεγαλέξανδρος" ("Alexander the Great") of Greek football. He was certainly one who possessed skillful soccer talent. A virtuoso of the ball, where he was established as a potent forward but as well as a player that could organize the whole game for a team.
- Yourkas Seitaridis
Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis born June 4, 1981 in Piraeus), also known as Giourkas Seitaridis (Giourkas means "George" in the Greek Pontic dialect, pronounced "yurkas", is his grandfather's name, which he uses in both national team and Atlético Madrid shirts), is a member of the national football team of his country, Greece. Seitaridis was one of the few youngsters who shone at the 2004 European Championship.
- Tasos Mitropoulos
Tasos (Anastassios) Mitropoulos (born August 23 1957) is a Greek politician and retired football midfielder. Mitropoulos was born in Volos, and started his football career at local team Aris Petroupolis. In 1976 he joined Ethnikos Piraeus, where he played five seasons. In 1981 he moved on to the largest Piraeus club, Olympiacos. Mitropoulos won three league titles and two Greek cup titles with the team.
- Savvas Kofidis
Savvas Kofidis (born 5 February, 1961 near Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR) is a Greek football coach and former midfielder player, currently coaching Skoda Xanthi. He started his career in Iraklis, debuting in 18 January, 1981 when Iraklis was participating in the Beta Ethniki. In Iraklis's team he played seven seasons before heading to Olympiacos. In 1992 he joined Aris FC, the city rivals of Iraklis, where he played until rejoining Iraklis in the 1996/97 season.
- Fanis Katergiannakis
Theofanis Katergiannakis (Θεοφάνης Κατεργιαννάκης) is a football (soccer) player in goalkeeper role. He was played from 1994 by Aris and Olympiacos and in Serie A with Cagliari. He won Euro 2004 with Greece. Now he is a back-up goalkeeper at Iraklis FC. He is a keeper gifted with fine reflexes but circumstances always went against him.
- Georgios Delikaris
Georgios Delikaris was a Greek footballer who played for the two greatest Greek clubs, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. Nicknamed the "Gianni Rivera of Greece" - though appearance-wise he was closer to George Best. Delikaris was born in 1951 and began his career with local club Argonautis Piraeus FC before he joined Olympiakos in 1970. The 19-year old forward instantly became a regular and a star.
- Stelios Venetidis
Stelios Venetidis is a Greek professional football player (left half back), currently playing for A.E.L FC (Larissa). He began his career at Thyella Kyprinou and then at Orestis Orestiadas, in 1994. Since then he has joined FC Skoda Xanthi (1995-1999), PAOK FC (1999-2001), …
- Karim Benzema
Karim Benzema (born 19 December, 1987) is a two footed French footballer of Algerian descent who plays in a forward role for Olympique Lyonnais. He has also been known to play anywhere down the left and right wings. A pure product of the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy, he is capable of playing as the main striker in Olympique Lyonnais' preferred 4-3-3 formation, but he can also play on both wings. Linked with major clubs such as Manchester United and Barcelona, …
- Jacques Santini
Jacques Santini is a former football player and current manager. He played for AS Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 1976. He was recently dismissed from his job as the head coach of AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, due to the club's failure to qualify for European competition. He has previously managed the Toulouse FC, Lille OSC, AS Saint-Étienne, FC Sochaux, Olympique Lyonnais, the French national team, …
- Kostas Frantzeskos
Kostas Frantzeskos (born January 4, 1969) is a Greek footballer, best known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He was regarded as one of the best free-kick specialists in Europe, and was dubbed "Mr.Free-kick" by fans in Greece.
- Dean Ashton
Dean Ashton (born November 24 1983 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English footballer who currently plays for West Ham United in the Premiership. Ashton is a strong, powerful forward who is good in the air and a constant threat. He is widely-considered to be one of the most promising young strikers around, having consistently scored goals at every tier of English football he has played in. Ashton is a product of Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra academy.