Theodoros Zagorakis

Theodoros Zagorakis owns one of football's great underdog stories, and that's why he holds my attention. Captaining Greece to the improbable UEFA Euro 2004 title, then being named Greek Male Athlete of the Year, is the stuff legends are made of. What I value is the leadership behind it: the unglamorous midfield engine who organizes and binds a team together. His later journey, from player to president at PAOK and then into politics, reads as a natural extension of that captain's instinct to lead. I'm always partial to the quiet organizer over the showman, and Zagorakis is its embodiment.

Name (English)

Theodoros Zagorakis

Name (Japanese)

テオドロス・ザゴラキス

Reading

ておどろす・ざごらきす

Born

October 27, 1971 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

Origin

Lydia, Greece

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / politician

• Official sitehttp://www.thodoris-zagorakis.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros%20Zagorakis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%AA%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296452

Tags

• association football player
• politician

Last updated

2026-06-21

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