![]() Seitaridis playing for Greece in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Georgios Seitaridis | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 June 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Piraeus, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | PAS Giannina | 40 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Panathinaikos | 77 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Porto | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Dynamo Moscow | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Atlético Madrid | 59 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Panathinaikos | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 248 | (6) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2010 | Greece | 72 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis (Greek: Γεώργιος "Γιούρκας" Σεϊταρίδης [ʝeˈorʝioz ˈʝurkas seitaˈriðis]; born 4 June 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back and occasionally as a centre-back.[1] He has last played in 2013 for Greek Superleague side Panathinaikos, having played previously at PAS Giannina, Porto, Dynamo Moscow and Atlético Madrid. He is a former member of the Greece national team, for which he made a total of 72 international appearances, scoring one goal.[2] He was part of their team which won Euro 2004, for which he was voted into the Team of the Tournament.
Both his grandfather and father, Dimitris Seitaridis, were footballers and eventually managers.[3]