Kostas Katsouranis
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Katsouranis with PAOK in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Konstantinos Katsouranis | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Patras, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –1994 | Panachaikos Neo Souli | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Doxa Chalandritsa | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | Panachaiki | 123 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | AEK Athens | 110 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Benfica | 80 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Panathinaikos | 88 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | PAOK | 47 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Pune City | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Atromitos | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Heidelberg United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 484 | (85) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Greece U21 | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2015 | Greece | 116 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Kostas Katsouranis (Greek: Κώστας Κατσουράνης; born 21 June 1979) is a Greek former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, who won the Super League Greek Footballer of the Year Award in 2005 and 2013, as well as the Cosme Damião Award for Footballer of the Year in 2008.
Katsouranis qualified with Greece for international play between 2002 and 2015. They won the UEFA Euro 2004, and played in the UEFA Euro 2008, 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. With 116 appearances, he is a member of a close club of players who had more than 100 caps in the history of Greece.