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My Take
Kostas Chalkias is the kind of goalkeeper I instinctively warm to. Standing 199cm and hailing from Larissa, he must have been a daunting wall for any striker to face. His career took him from Panathinaikos to Portsmouth and PAOK, with 32 caps for Greece, but the line on his CV that stops me is being part of the Euro 2004 winning squad, one of football's great shocks. There's a particular loneliness to the goalkeeper's job, carrying the team from the very back, and I have enormous respect for those who shoulder it well. Chalkias quietly did exactly that.
Overview
Konstantinos "Kostas" Chalkias (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαλκιάς; born 30 May 1974) is a Greek retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens, Iraklis, Portsmouth, Real Murcia, Aris, PAOK and Panachaiki. He was also capped 32 times by the Greece national team, with whom he won Euro 2004.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kostas Chalkias
- Name (Japanese)
- コンスタンティノス・ハルキアス
- Reading
- こんすたんてぃのす・はるきあす
- Born
- May 30, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Larissa, Larissa Regional Unit, Greece
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 199 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Greece →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.