Ilias Chatzitheodoridis
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ilias Chatzitheodoridis[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 November 1997||
Place of birth | Katerini, Greece | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2014 | Mas Kallitheakos | ||
2014–2016 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2018– | Panathinaikos | 43 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 28 July 2020 (UTC) |
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis (Greek: Ηλίας Χατζηθεοδωρίδης; born 5 November 1997) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Panathinaikos as a left back. He is a product of the Arsenal academy and played senior football in England for Brentford and Cheltenham Town, before joining Panathinaikos in 2018.
Club career
Arsenal
A left back, Chatzitheodoridis began his career in his native Greece, playing for Mas Kallitheakos and training part-time with Arsenal's Greek academy.[4] After impressing on trial, he signed a two-year scholarship deal with the Premier League club's principle academy in England on 6 June 2014.[4][5] Chatzitheodoridis made 44 appearances and scored one goal for the U18 team over the course of two seasons, before being released in June 2016.[6][7]
Brentford
Chatzitheodoridis joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial during 2016–17 pre-season and he impressed enough to sign a one-year professional contract on 6 August 2016.[8] An injury crisis at left back saw Chatzitheodoridis win his maiden first team call up for a league match versus Wolverhampton Wanderers on 24 September 2016, but he remained an unused substitute during the 3–1 defeat.[9] He signed a new two-year contract extension in March 2017.[10]
The departure of second-choice left back Tom Field on loan for the first half of the 2017–18 season allowed Chatzitheodoridis to make his senior debut with a start in the Bees' 3–1 EFL Cup first round extra time win over AFC Wimbledon on 8 August 2017.[11][12] He remained on the pitch until the 97th minute, when he was substituted for Henrik Dalsgaard.[12] He played the full 90 minutes of the 4–1 victory over rivals Queens Park Rangers in the following round and on 7 September,[12] manager Dean Smith reported that Chatzitheodoridis would begin training with the first team on a regular basis.[13] A season-ending injury to Rico Henry in late September saw Chatzitheodoridis become the backup to stand-in left backs Josh Clarke and Yoann Barbet,[11] before his departure on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season on 19 January 2018.[14] Despite being contracted for one further season,[10] he was released on a free transfer in July 2018.[15]
Loan to Cheltenham Town
On 19 January 2018, Chatzitheodoridis joined League Two club Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[16] He featured as an ever-present starter in the remaining 18 matches of the season.[17]
Panathinaikos
On 23 July 2018, Chatzitheodoridis returned to Greece to join Superleague club Panathinaikos on a free transfer.[15][18] He finished a mid-table 2018–19 season with 25 appearances and four goals.[2][19] Prior to his 2019–20 season being ended by an ankle injury,[20] Chatzitheodoridis had made 26 appearances.[2] He signed a new three-year contract in August 2020.[21]
International career
Chatzitheodoridis was an unused substitute for the Greece U21 team during two 2019 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers in October 2018.[2]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 July 2020
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 2016–17[22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017–18[12] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2017–18[12] | League Two | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
Panathinaikos | 2018–19[2] | Superleague Greece | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 25 | 4 | |
2019–20[2] | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
Total | 43 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 51 | 4 | |||
Career total | 61 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 4 |
References
- ^ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Ilias Chatzitheodoridis at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Squad". www.pao.gr. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Arsenal make defender their first summer signing". Metro. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Ilias Chatzitheodoridis". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Stats | Academy | Teams | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Stats | Academy | Teams | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Brentford FC Ilias Chatzitheodoridis signs from Arsenal". Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Ilias Chatzitheodoridis Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Brentford FC Ilias Chatzitheodoridis signs new contract". Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Brentford FC Ilias Chatzitheodoris targets league minutes". Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Games played by Ilias Chatzitheodoridis in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ Moore, Tom (7 September 2017). "Brentford hand first team promotion to young defender". getwestlondon. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Brentford FC Ilias Chatzitheodoridis joins Cheltenham Town on loan". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Chatzitheodoridis leaves for Panathanaikos". Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "New Signing: Ilias Chatzitheodoridis". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Ilias Chatzitheodoridis Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Ο Παναθηναϊκός ανακοίνωσε τον Χατζηθεοδωρίδη". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Summary – Super League – Greece – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Παναθηναϊκός: Χειρουργείο για Χατζηθεοδωρίδη". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Επέκταση συμβολαίου στον Χατζηθεοδωρίδη". ΠΑΕ ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ (in Greek). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Ilias Chatzitheodoridis in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
External links
- Ilias Chatzitheodoridis at Soccerbase
- Ilias Chatzitheodoridis – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Ilias Chatzitheodoridis at pao.gr
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Greek footballers
- Brentford F.C. players
- Association football fullbacks
- Greek expatriate footballers
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in England
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Super League Greece players