Panagiotis Tachtsidis

AEK Athens

Tachtsidis was scouted by Toni Savevski, the head of AEK Athens's youth academy at the time, and signed his first professional contract with AEK on 1 November 2007. Shortly after signing his first professional contract, Tachtsidis made his debut for AEK in the Greek Cup against Fostiras. On 27 January 2009, he became the youngest player to have ever played for AEK in the Greek League when he played against Thrasyvoulos, being 16 years and 348 days old; that record, however, has since been surpassed by Taxiarchis Fountas, also for AEK. Against Thrasyvoulos, Tachtsidis scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute to give his team the three points.

Genoa

On 21 April 2010, Tachtsidis completed a move to Italian club Genoa that had already been previously agreed upon in January 2010.

Loans to Cesena, Grosseto and Verona

In August 2010, he was loaned to Cesena with an option to buy half of his registration rights in co-ownership. In February 2011, he was loaned to Grosseto. In the 2011–12 season, he was loaned to Verona. With Verona, he helped the club reach the play-offs.

Roma

On 19 July 2012, Tachtsidis signed a five-year contract with Roma for a fee of €2.5 million in co-ownership deal (€1.5 million plus 50% registration rights of Andrea Bertolacci). He scored one goal in 21 appearances for the club during the 2012–13 season. On 20 June 2013, Roma signed Mattia Destro outright for a pre-agreed figure of €4.5 million. Giammario…

Tachtsidis made 25 appearances for Greece. He made his international debut in a 1-0 away victory over the Republic of Ireland on 14 November 2012. In May 2014 Tachtsidis was called up to the Greek 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by national manager Fernando Santos. On the 02 June 2014 Tachtsidis was named in 23-man squad for the World Cup in Brazil. Tachtsidis was an unused substitute in all four of Greece's games at the tournament. On 30 March 2015, Tachtsidis and Vangelis Moras as well Giannis Fetfatzidis were in a car crash. The three Greek internationals were travelling by taxi to Budapest Airport in Hungary, following a Euro 2016 qualifier. One person was killed in the collision, but the Greek Federation released a statement confirming that the three players were not seriously injured. Three other people were seriously injured in the crash. On 11 October 2015, he scored his first goal with Greece in a 4–3 home win against Hungary when he lashed in a powerful shot.

Tachtsidis is a particular type of player that needs to be accommodated into a specific system. Without being particularly athletic, the Greek international more than makes up for this with an exceptional range of passing.

He was married to Zeta Theodoropoulou, with whom he has three children. They recently had a divorce.