Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou ( el, Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου , born 1 October 1976) is a retired

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player and current coach. Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

where he played for fifteen consecutive seasons (1995–2010), winning 27 major titles (1

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, 1

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, 12 Greek Championships, 11 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups) and being voted ''Best European Player of the Year'' in 2001. He captained Olympiacos for several years and was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (

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all in 2002). In 2010–2011 season he played for

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, where he won the

, the Serbian Championship, the

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and the Eurointer Cup. He has 156 appearances with Greece national water polo team, with whom he won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in

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and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in

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. A four-time Olympian, Chatzitheodorou competed in the

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(6th place), the

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(10th place), the

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(4th place) and the

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(9th place) with the

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. He is currently the record holder of titles (31) in the history of Greek team sports.Θοδωρής Χατζηθεοδώρου: Ο maestro της πισίνας
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Club career

* 1993–1995

Ilisiakos Ilisiakos Football Club ( el, Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based Association football, football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until ...

* 1995–2010

* 2010–2011

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* 2011–2012

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* 2012–2013 Nireas Lamias

Honours

Club

Olympiacos *

(1): 2001–02 *

(1): 2002 *

(12): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 *

(11): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998 Partizan *

(1) :

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* Serbian Championship (1): 2010–11 *

(1): 2010–11 * Eurointer League (1): 2010–11

National team

* Bronze Medal in 2005 World Championship, Montreal * Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach * 4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens * 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta * 4th place in 2003 World Championship, Barcelona

Individual

* Best European Player in 2001

References

External links

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Theodoros Chatzitheodorou career highlights
Nautical Club of Chios website {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatzitheodorou, Theodoros 1976 births Living people Greek male water polo players Greek water polo coaches Olympic water polo players of Greece Olympiacos Water Polo Club players Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players from Athens