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Career & Clubs
Greece
Samaris started his career in Gamma Ethniki side Panachaiki in 2006, making a total of 37 league appearances and scored three goals for the club. On 10 April 2007, he signed his first professional contract with Panachaiki, where he was coached by future Australia national team manager Ange Postecoglou. On 11 January 2010, Samaris moved to Panionios. Samaris joined Olympiacos in 2012 but spent the season on loan at Panionios. In 2013, he returned to Olympiacos and scored his first goal with the club on 23 November 2013, in an away 4–1 victory against Panthrakikos. Samaris ended the league with 38 appearances and scored four goals en route to the Piraeus-based club's 41st title.
Benfica
On 22 August 2014, Samaris moved abroad and joined Portuguese champions Benfica on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of €10 million and with a €45 million release clause. He made his debut for Benfica on 12 September against Vitória Sétubal. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Samaris mentioned that the Portuguese language was a barrier in his first year with the club. The Greek international stressed the importance of learning it by stating, "I liked to learn Portuguese because I became closer to my colleagues. The most important is to understand what my coach says because there was an idea of game and I had to adapt faster than the others." On 29 August 2015, in the second day of 2015–16 Primeira Liga, Samaris, after an assist from Greek teammate Kostas Mitroglou,…
Samaris is a former Greece under-19 international. He made his debut in a 2008 European Under-19 Championship qualifier against France. In October 2013, he was called up to the Greek senior side by manager Fernando Santos and made a substitute appearance in the final group qualifier against Liechtenstein, also coming off the bench in the two play-off matches against Romania. After a strong season with Olympiakos, Santos opted to select Samaris to his final 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. On 24 June 2014, in his first appearance in a final tournament of the World Cup and against the Ivory Coast, Samaris opened the scoring after capitalizing on Cheick Tioté's defensive mistake in the 42nd minute in an eventual 2–1 victory; Samaris came on as an early replacement for the injured Panagiotis Kone.
Club
As of match played 2 November 2023
International
As of match played 11 June 2019
- Club
- Panionios F.C. (2010–2013)
- Club
- Olympiacos F.C. (2013–2014)
- Club
- Panachaiki F.C. (2007–2010)
- Club
- Greece men's national football team (2013–)
- Club
- S.L. Benfica (2014–)
- Club
- Panachaiki G.E. (2006–2010)
- Club
- Greece national under-19 football team (2007–2007)
- National team
- Greece
Legacy
Olympiacos
Super League Greece: 2013–14 Benfica
Primeira Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 Taça de Portugal: 2016–17 Taça da Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016, 2017
Clubs
- Greece men's national football team2013current
- S.L. Benfica2014current
- Panachaiki G.E.2006–2010
- Greece national under-19 football team2007–2007
- Panachaiki F.C.2007–2010
- Panionios F.C.2010–2013
- Olympiacos F.C.2013–2014
Played together with
- Abdelkrim El HadriouiS.L. Benfica · 1997–1998
- Abel XavierS.L. Benfica · 1993–1995
Adel TaarabtS.L. Benfica · 2015–2022
AkwáS.L. Benfica · 1994–1997- Alan KardecS.L. Benfica · 2010–2014
Alberto da Costa PereiraS.L. Benfica · 1954–1967
Alcides Araújo AlvesS.L. Benfica · 2004–2006
AldairS.L. Benfica · 1989–1990
Alejandro ScopelliS.L. Benfica · 1940–1941
Alejandro ScopelliS.L. Benfica · 1941–1942
Aleksandr MostovoiS.L. Benfica · 1992–1993
Alexander BahS.L. Benfica · 2022
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Identifiers & aliases
Andreas Samaris is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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