Christina Sampanidis (born 12 May 1988) is a Serbian female footballer currently playing for ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš. She represents the Serbia national team, the country of her mother.

Career

Sampanidis began her career with nine years in the youth side for TuRa Wermelskirchen and joined 2001 to TG Hilgen 04. After three years with TG Hilgen 04 signed in July 2004 for his fathers former club PAOK F.C. She won in three years for PAOK F.C. two national championships and moved than to the land of her mother Serbia who signed for ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš. He played for ŽFK Mašinac 74 games and scored 3 goals in three years, before returning to Germany to sign for

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

. Without having played a Bundesliga match, on 5 October 2010 resigned her contract with

and returned to ŽFK Mašinac.

International career

She is former Serbia U-19 and since 2007 regular starter for the Serbia women's national football team.

Personal life

Her father Dimitris, a Greek, is a former professional player of PAOK Thessaloniki F.C., while her mother Suzana comes from Serbia.Hristina Sampanidis – ZFK Masinac PZP

References

1988 births Living people Serbian women's footballers Serbia women's international footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany People from Remscheid Footballers from Düsseldorf (region) German people of Serbian descent German people of Greek descent Serbian people of Greek descent PAOK FC players German women's footballers Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš players Women's association football defenders Expatriate women's footballers in Germany {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub