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Football At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing in men's football at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players, 15 of whom must be born on or after 1 January 1981, and three of whom can be older dispensation players. Group A Greece The following is the Greek squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Stratos Apostolakis * Over-aged player. Mali The following is the Malian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Cheick Oumar Kone * Over-aged player. Mexico The following is the Mexican squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe * Over-aged player. South Korea The following is the South Korean squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Head coach: Kim Ho-kon * Over-aged player. Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens and four other cities in Greece from 11 to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium (Athens), Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004. Qualification The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament. Match officials ;Africa * Essam Abd El Fatah (Egyptian Football Association, Egypt) * Divine Evehe (Cameroonian Football Federation, Cameroon) ;Asia * Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Football Association of Malaysia, Malaysia) ;North and Central America * Benito Archundia (Mexican Football Federation, Mexico) * Carlos Batres (National Football Federation of Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Salpingidis
Dimitris Salpingidis ( el, Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης ; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a winger or a striker. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack." Club career PAOK Born in Zagliveri, Salpingidis started out as a Greco-Roman wrestler before discovering his calling in football. Salpingidis began his football career through the youth ranks of PAOK FC. Before football Salpingidis was participating in wrestling in which he was very good at, with a dream of competing in the Olympics. He didn't make it as a wrestler but his dream came true as footballer in 2004. On 30 September 1999 he marked his official debut against FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi with a goal in a 2–0 win. Acknowledging his potential and in order to gain much needed experience, the team soon loaned him for two successive seasons to Kavala FC where he finished top scorer of the Second Division. His plea for a return to PAOK FC w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fousseiny Tangara
Fousseiny Tangara (born 12 June 1978) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Early life Tangara was born in Bamako. His parents moved to Vanves, Hauts-de-Seine, France when he was aged six months. He holds both Malian and French nationalities. Playing career He began playing football with lower league sides FC Versailles 78, FC Les Lilas and FC Mantes, before moving up to play in Ligue 2 with Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d .... He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of group A, but losing to Italy in the next round. References External linksName is Fousseniat fifa.com * * 1978 births Living people Malian men's footballers French men's footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleopas Giannou
Kleopas Giannou ( el, Κλέοπας Γιάννου; born 4 May 1982) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career A graduate of the Athenian club's youth system, Giannou was loaned to Olympiakos Volou in summer 2000 until the end of the year, and spent the rest the campaign at Halkidona FC. Promoted to the senior Olympiacos squad on his return, he made his top-flight debut on 4 January 2002, but was mainly a reserve. However, although by the start of 2003/04 he was still fourth-choice, a combination of Theofanis Katergiannakis's injury, Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos's departure and Juraj Bucek's loss of form saw Giannou promoted to play in the final 12 games of the league season. Olympiacos, however, were pipped to the title by Panathinaikos FC. The arrival of Antonios Nikopolidis from Panathinaikos relegated Giannou back to the bench. He played in just one league match, when Nikopolidis was suspended, and three Greek Cup encounters as his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Taralidis
Giannis Taralidis ( el, Γιάννης Ταραλίδης; born 17 May 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Taralidis started his career by APS Almopos Arideas. In 1999, at the age of 18 started his professional career with the Paniliakos. He remained in the club until the first half of 2003-04 season. Paniliakos struggled between Super League and Football League during that period. In January 2004, Taralidis signed with Olympiacos, in which he remained until 2007. During that period, Olympiacos had a squad of renowned players in the same position as Taralidis (Karembeu, Yaya Toure, Ieroklis Stoltidis, Pantelis Kafes) so it was not easy for a young player to get equal opportunities for playing. On 18 February 2005 he made his first appearance with the club in the UEFA Europa League in a victory 1–0 against FC Sochaux. After 45 appearances with Olympiacos in all competitions, in the summer of 2007 he signed with OFI Crete mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loukas Vyntra
Loukas Vyntra ( el, Λουκάς Βύντρα; born 5 February 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a right back, left back, or a defensive midfielder. Early life Vyntra was born Lukáš Vydra in Město Albrechtice, Czechoslovakia, to a Czech father and a Greek mother. As a youngster, he moved to his mother's homeland of Greece. Club career Paniliakos Vyntra signed his first professional contract in 1999 with Paniliakos. He made his senior debut on loan with third division Veroia in 2000–01. Returning to Paniliakos at the end of the season, he swiftly became established in the starting 11, helping them win promotion to the Alpha Ethniki in 2002–03. Making his debut in the Greek top-flight, Vyntra played in Paniliakos' first 15 games of the 2003–04 season. Panathinaikos Greek giants Panathinaikos was quick to notice his potential and brought Vyntra to Athens-based club in 2004. Immediately making an impact at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miltiadis Sapanis
Miltiadis Sapanis ( el, Μιλτιάδης Σαπάνης; born 28 January 1976) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Sapanis previously played for Paniliakos, Panathinaikos FC and AEK Athens in the Greek Super League. He won the double with Panathinaikos in season 2003-04. He also played for Cypriot side APOEL where he helped the team to win the 2006–07 Cypriot First Division. Then he returned to Greece and played for Ionikos FC and Kavala, before moving to Agrotikos Asteras.His brother Ilias Sapanis is also a former football player, who played professional in Greece and Italy. International career Sapanis played for Greece at the 2004 Olympic Games. Honours Panathinaikos *Greek Super League: 2003–04 *Greek Cup: 2004 APOEL *Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Fotakis
Georgios Fotakis ( el, Γεώργιος Φωτάκης; born 29 October 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He last played for Panachaiki. Club career Fotakis spent his early career in his native Greece, playing for PAOK, Kallithea and Egaleo. He moved to Scotland in January 2006 to sign for Kilmarnock, but he never made a league appearance for them. He then returned to Greece in 2006 with Larissa, before moving to PAOK in the summer of 2009. He played with PAOK for four consecutive years, before he moved for a 1+1 year contract to Şanlıurfaspor. At 31 January 2014 he signed with Atromitos a one and a half year contract. On 27 May 2014 Atromitos announced the end of cooperation with Fotakis. On 31 August 2015 Fotakis signed with Panetolikos for a year contract. On 25 June 2015, Fotakis made an oral agreement with the Greek club Veria, but never signed a contract and remained without a team in the first round of the season. On 5 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanouris Goundoulakis
Fanouris Goundoulakis ( el, Φανούρης Γουνδουλάκης; born 13 July 1983) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a scout for AEK Athens. He is one of the very few greek footballers who has a song dedicated to him. Career Goundoulakis started playing professional football in 2000–01 at Kalamata F.C.In January 2004 he was transferred to Panionios and immediately got the basic position in the first team squad. He was a key member of the team during seasons ( 2006–07 and 2007–08) when they finished fifth in the championship with coach Ewald Lienen and participated in UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It may not have frequent contact with the nets, but was especially dear to a purple platform because of militancy. In 2007, in an away match of the UEFA Cup group, achieved an amazing goal on Helsingborgs (score: 1–1), which is still remembered by fans of the club. He spent 9 years with the club, before he signed with Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christos Karypidis
Christos Karipidis ( el, Χρήστος Καρυπίδης; born 2 December 1982) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Early Career (PAOK, Kerkyra and Kavala) Karipidis started his career in U20 PAOK in 2000 to be promoted the next season in the first team. PAOK has given him to Kavala (2001–2002) and to Kerkyra (2002–2003). He returned to PAOK, where he stayed until 2006 (69 appearances, 3 goals in all competitions) when he made the big step to play abroad accepting the proposal of Hearts. Hearts He joined Hearts from PAOK on 3 August 2006 for a fee of around £200,000. Karipidis made his Hearts debut against AEK Athens in a third-round UEFA Champions League qualifier at Murrayfield on 9 August 2006 in a defensive midfield role, Hearts lost the game 2–1. In August 2008 Karipidis looked set for a return to his former club PAOK following an indifferent start to his Hearts career and the birth of his daughter. Hearts negoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panathinaikos F
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the most successful multi-sport club and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" (which can literally be translated as "Panathenaic", which means "of all Athens") was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates ''Panathenaicus'', where the orator praise the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks. It was founded by Giorgos Kalafatis in 1908 as a football club, when he and 40 other athletes decided to break away from Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos following the club's decision to discontinue its football team. It is amongst the most popular clubs in the country and one of the biggest worldwide, ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
