Giorgos Karagounis

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Giorgos Karagounis

Giorgos Karagounis (; born March 6, 1977, in Pirgos, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
) is a midfielder

Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
currently playing for Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos F.C. , also known as P.A.O. , is a Greece professional football club based in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Football in Greece....
and Greece

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team is the national Association football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation....
. He is best remembered for scoring the first goal of Euro 2004. His goal helped his team to win the opening game of the tournament, in which the Greeks emerged as the champions.

For many football supporters in his homeland, Karagounis represents everything that is good about the modern Greek game.

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Giorgos Karagounis (; born March 6, 1977, in Pirgos, Greece

Greece

Midfielder

Panathinaikos FC

Greece national football team

Mimis Domazos

Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos , is a retired Greece soccer born in Ampelokipi, Athens. His nickname is "The General".Mimis Domazos is considered by many to be the best footballer that Greece has ever produced....
. ESPN soccer analyst George James, stated "that he was one of the most underrated players in the world".

Coming home

Karagounis was rumored to be experiencing family problems. Allegedly, the player's family wasn't able to adapt to life in Lisbon

Lisbon

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and wished to move away from Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
. Karagounis' contract with the Portuguese outfit was due to expire in July 2008, but the player and his manager negotiated his immediate departure. "Typara" was rumored to have several invitations from his home country Greece

Greece

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, where he has played for two seasons. However, after his release from Benfica Giorgos immediately signed a contract with Panathinaikos for the next three years.

National team

Karagounis captained Greece

Greece

Spain national under-21 football team

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in the final. After that, he soon became a regular on the national team. He has earned 71 caps so far in his career, scoring 6 goals. He made his first full international appearance against El Salvador

El Salvador national football team

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in 1999 and went on to appear in qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After winning Euro 2004, Karagounis continued to play on regular basis for Greece both in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign and in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

On 26 March 2008 Karagounis participated in a Greece - Portugal friendly match in Dusseldorf. This proved to be somewhat of a highlight of his international career, as he scored two almost identical well-placed free-kicks to give Greece a 2-1 victory.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2001	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea.... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....	5-1	Loss	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
2.	13 February 2002	Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece.... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....	2-2	Draw	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sports in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition....
3.	12 June 2004	Porto Porto Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal.... , Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....	1-2	Win	UEFA Euro 2004
4.	30 March 2005	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years.... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....	2-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup....
5.	26 March 2008	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....	1-2	Win	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sports in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition....
6.	26 March 2008	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....	1-2	Win	Friendly Match Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sports in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition....

Honours

Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos F.C. , also known as P.A.O. , is a Greece professional football club based in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Football in Greece....

Greek Championship
Super League Greece

The Super League Greece is the highest professional Association football league in Greece. It was formed in July 16 2006, and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system....
: 1995/1996

Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as Inter Milan or just Inter in Italy, is an Italy professional Association football club based in Milan, Lombardy, founded in 1908....

Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia is an Italian football league system annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936....
: 2004/2005

Greece

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team is the national Association football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation....

European Championship
2004 UEFA European Football Championship

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship was the twelfth tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial association football tournament for European nations, and was held in Portugal, for the first time, between 12 June and 4 July 2004....
: 2004