Vasilis Torosidis
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Vasilios Torosidis is a Greek international footballer. He currently plays for the Greek Super League club Olympiacos F.C. and the Greek national football team.
" of Greece, Olympiacos F.C., Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. Eventually he joined Olympiacos F.C. on a 5 year deal on 1 January 2007. He signed a renewal with Olympiacos F.C. at the summer of 2009 that expiring at 31st of June 2013 (with buy out fee 7 million euros)
He scored his first European goal for Olympiacos in the UEFA Cup 2008/09 1st round 5–0 home leg win against FC Nordsjælland
and scored another one against Herta Berlin 4–0 in the group stage.
A hard full back known for his exceptional physical strength, endurance and technique, he has been an important part of the Greek national team and the Olympiacos team since joining the club. He has been monitored by such teams as Newcastle United, A.S. Roma
, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. Torosidis is also known for being able to perform well in other positions, such as right midfielder, defensive or central midfielder and left wing back.
and became Greece's first choice left-back, while playing regularly on the right side at his club. Following the qualifiers, Torosidis was selected in the Greek squad for Euro 2008. He scored his first international goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
against Luxembourg
.
On 18 June 2010 Nigerian midfielder Sani Kaita
lashed out with a kick to his thigh, resulting with Kaita being shown a straight red card. Thereafter, he scored the crucial goal in Greece's World Cup
group stage match against Nigeria
which gave his country a 2–1 win, their first ever
win at a World Cup.
Skoda Xanthi
Torosidis made his senior debut for Skoda Xanthi on April 19 of 2003 at the age of 17 and scored his first goal in the Super League against Iraklis on 17 October 2005. After impressing in his 4,5 years at Xanthi, he attracted the interest from the "big threeP.O.K.
P.O.K. stands for Podosfairikes Omades Kentrou , which is Greek for Central Football Teams, meaning the football teams of Athens...
" of Greece, Olympiacos F.C., Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. Eventually he joined Olympiacos F.C. on a 5 year deal on 1 January 2007. He signed a renewal with Olympiacos F.C. at the summer of 2009 that expiring at 31st of June 2013 (with buy out fee 7 million euros)
Olympiacos
He moved to Olympiacos F.C. in January 2007 and scored his first goal with the team, against PAOK on 21 January 2007.He scored his first European goal for Olympiacos in the UEFA Cup 2008/09 1st round 5–0 home leg win against FC Nordsjælland
FC Nordsjælland
Football Club Nordsjælland is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum, Denmark. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to F.C...
and scored another one against Herta Berlin 4–0 in the group stage.
A hard full back known for his exceptional physical strength, endurance and technique, he has been an important part of the Greek national team and the Olympiacos team since joining the club. He has been monitored by such teams as Newcastle United, A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich. Torosidis is also known for being able to perform well in other positions, such as right midfielder, defensive or central midfielder and left wing back.
Greece
Torosidis made his international debut in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against TurkeyTurkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
and became Greece's first choice left-back, while playing regularly on the right side at his club. Following the qualifiers, Torosidis was selected in the Greek squad for Euro 2008. He scored his first international goal in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
The qualification competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC , CAF , CONCACAF , CONMEBOL , OFC , and UEFA — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament...
against Luxembourg
Luxembourg national football team
The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...
.
On 18 June 2010 Nigerian midfielder Sani Kaita
Sani Kaita
Sani Haruna Kaita is a Nigerian footballer playing currently for Ukrainian Premier League team SC Tavriya Simferopol.-Club career:...
lashed out with a kick to his thigh, resulting with Kaita being shown a straight red card. Thereafter, he scored the crucial goal in Greece's World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
group stage match against Nigeria
Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
which gave his country a 2–1 win, their first ever
Greece at the FIFA World Cup
The Greece national football team have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions, in 1994 and 2010.-Overview:-Round 1:-Round 1:-External links:*...
win at a World Cup.
Honours
Olympiacos F.C.- Greek Super League: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
- Greek Cup: 2008, 2009
- Greek Super CupGreek Super Cup-Official edition:-External links:*...
: 2007 - Greek Football Player of the Year: 2010