Kostas Katsouranis

Kostas Katsouranis embodies the stubborn, organized Greek football I grew up respecting. Born in Achaea in 1979, the 183 cm midfielder could defend, dictate tempo and do the unglamorous work that holds a team together. Twice named Greek Footballer of the Year, in 2005 and 2013, and honored in Portugal too, he was a heartbeat more than a headline. What stays with me is the longevity: serving the national team across more than a decade is a weight that statistics never fully capture. He was the kind of craftsman in the engine room that every great side quietly needs.

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Name (English)

Kostas Katsouranis

Name (Japanese)

コスタス・カツラニス

Reading

こすたす・かつらにす

Born

June 21, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Chalandritsa, Achaea Regional Unit, Greece

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostas%20Katsouranis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211124

Tags

• Achaea Regional Unit
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.