Paraskevas Antzas (Greek: Παρασκευάς Άντζας, born 18 August 1977) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Drama, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1995 | Pandramaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Skoda Xanthi | 70 | (6) |
| 1998–2003 | Olympiacos | 76 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Doxa Drama | 20 | (2) |
| 2004–2007 | Skoda Xanthi | 68 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | Olympiacos | 40 | (1) |
| Total | 274 | (16) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2008 | Greece | 26 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2008 | |||
Career
editAntzas' career began in Pandramaikos F.C. in Gamma Ethniki in 1993. In 1995, he signed with Skoda Xanthi at Super League. In 1998, he signed with Greek Olympiacos and until 2003 played in 76 league games plus 20 international games (18 games in UEFA Champions League and 2 games in UEFA Europa League, scoring one goal). In 2003, he left Olympiacos, for still an unexplained reason, while he was a key member of the Greece national team and had qualified for the European Championship 2004 in Portugal. In 2003 was announced that stops the football for family reasons. He changed his mind and signed with Doxa Drama, on loan from Olympiakos, and consequently he lost his place in the Greece, and he regained it years after in 2007 when he returned to Olympiacos from Skoda Xanthi.
On 15 June 2008, one day after the defeat of Greece from Russia in the final tournament of Euro 2008, Antzas announced his retirement from international football.[1] On 3 May 2009, he played his last career game.
Honours
editClub
editOlympiacos
- Superleague Greece (7): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Greek Cup (3): 1998–99, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Greek Super Cup: 2007
Greece
- UEFA Euro U21: Runner-up 1998
References
edit- ^ Greece stalwarts hand in their notice Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Paraskevas Antzas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Paraskeuas Antzas Personal Site (Greek)