Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Personal information
Full name	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Date of birth	December 19, 1986 (1986-12-19) (age 23)
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Winger / Second striker / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Panathinaikos
Number	17
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2008 2008-current	PAOK FC Panathinaikos	57 (8) 22 (3)
National team2
2006-2008 2008-	Greece U21 Greece	15 (8) 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 24, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of January 5, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (born December 19, 1986 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC. He is considered one of the most promising young players in Greece. He is member of the Greek national team. He is equally adept at playing as an attacking midfielder, right/left wing forward or a second striker. His main strengths are his technique and pace & acceleration with the ball and the mortar-board. His nickname is "the builder", because during his fall-out in relations with PAOK, he stated that he would be better off working in the constructions section, than play for PAOK again.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 PAOK FC 1.2 Panathinaikos 2 International career 2.1 Greece 3 References

[edit] Club career

[edit] PAOK FC

Lazaros started his career when he was picked up by Omonoia Sindos (in Thessaloniki) at a young age,and then Neapoli. His impressive performances caught the eye of a PAOK scout, and joined PAOK in the summer of 2004. He has been a mainstay in the PAOK first team proving to be a vital team player. As of 2008 many European clubs were interested in signing him. He was contracted to PAOK FC until 2010 with minimum fee release clause of 6 million euros.

In the summer of 2006 he was given a trial by English giants Liverpool F.C. but PAOK was reluctant to sell him at the point. This started a dispute that prevented him from playing for more than half of the 2006-07 season.

[edit] Panathinaikos

On 20 June 2008, Lazaros agreed a deal in principle to join Panathinaikos FC for 2.2 million Euros ^[1]. Christodoulopoulos signed a 4-year contract with the club. ^[2]

[edit] International career

[edit] Greece

After impressing Greece coach Otto Rehhagel, he was called to the Greek national football team for the first time on February 1, 2008^[3] and made his debut in the win over the Czech Republic on February 5.

[edit] References

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