Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

PAOK

Christodoulopoulos started his career when he was picked up by Omonoia Sindos (in Thessaloniki) at a young age, and then Neapoli. His impressive performances caught the eye of a PAOK scout, and joined PAOK in the summer of 2004. He has been a mainstay in the PAOK first team proving to be a vital team player. As of 2008 many European clubs were interested in signing him. He was contracted to PAOK until 2008 with minimum fee release clause of €6 million. In the summer of 2006 he was given a trial by English giants Liverpool but PAOK was reluctant to sell him at the time. This started a dispute that prevented him from playing for more than half of the 2006–07 season. He was nicknamed "The Builder" by the local media, because during his fall-out in relations with PAOK, he stated that he would be better off being a construction worker than playing for PAOK again.

Panathinaikos

On 20 June 2008, Christodoulopoulos agreed to a deal in principle to join Panathinaikos for €3.8 million. Christodoulopoulos signed a four-year contract with the club. On 18 February 2010, Christodoulopoulos scored against Roma after coming on in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. The 2011–12 season didn't start well for him, as he faced a serious knee injury during pre-season which led him to surgery. The club doctors said that he would be expected to return after five months. After months of therapy and special treatment, he joined the rest of the team at training in December. On…

After impressing Greece coach Otto Rehhagel, he made his debut with Greece on 1 February 2008 and made his international debut in the win over the Czech Republic on 5 February. Fernando Santos' team went ahead in the 20th minute through Christodoulopoulos' strike who headed the only goal as Greece secured a well-deserved 1–0 victory over Lithuania in the 2014 World Cup qualifier which kept them in touching distance of Group G leaders Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Club

As of match played 25 July 2025

International

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first

Panathinaikos Super League Greece: 2009–10 Greek Cup: 2009–10 AEK Athens Super League Greece: 2017–18 Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2019–20 Greek Cup: 2019–20 Individual

Greek Cup top scorer: 2017–18 (together with Aleksandar Prijović, Pedro Conde) Super League Greece Greek Footballer of the Season: 2017–18 Super League Team of the Season: 2017–18