Christos Patsatzoglou

Early career

Born and raised in Athens to a Romani family of the Greek Orthodox faith, Christos started playing football for his hometown's local youth team Agia Eleousa and earned a place in the squad of Greece U17. His talent was spotted by Skoda Xanthi's scouts and he was transferred to the club in 1996. He played for their first team for four years, from 1996–1997 to 1999–2000 where he won the Best Young Player award in his final season in Xanthi in 1999–2000.

Olympiacos

Christos was one of Greece's football players and was pursued to be signed by three of country's teams: Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos. However, he chose to sign with Olympiacos Piraeus. He was a consistent performer until he was injured in 2003, at a derby game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens. Just before he suffered the injury, Christos was a defender at the back and was skillful going forward. He was being courted by Manchester United who Olympiacos declined a £6 million offer from them as Patsatzoglou after being watched by a scout who was sent to Greece from Old Trafford for a long time to watch his games was in Alex Ferguson's plans to rebuild his defensive lines but Olympiacos were not willing at all to give up their club's and country's star defender as he was so crucial to the success of Olympiacos and one of the pin-up boys of Greek football from the early 2000s and he remained at the Greek giants where down the track he copped a bad injury which kept him…

Patsatzoglou was selected for the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, although he had already made his full debut against Germany. He appeared once in a qualifying match for UEFA EURO 2004, but not in the final tournament itself, due to injury. Patsatzoglou was part of the 23-man squad that represented Greece at Euro 2008. He also participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances against South Korea and Argentina, both as a substitute.

Olympiacos

Alpha Ethniki/Super League Greece: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 Greek Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09 Greek Super Cup: 2007 Omonia

Cypriot First Division: 2009–10 LTV Super Cup: 2009–10 Individual

Alpha Ethniki Best Young Player: 1999–2000