Vasilis Torosidis

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Vasilis Torosidis is a retired Greek football right-side wingback who played for Olympiakos and the Greek National Football Team.

Torosidis was born on June 10, 1985 in Xanthi. After spending 4.5 seasons at SKODA Xanthi, he moved to Olympiakos in January of 2007. His first goal with Olympiakos was scored at Toumba Stadium against PAOK on January 21, 2007 and opened the way for a crucial away win. In a relatively short time he has managed to become one of the favourite players of the fans of Olympiakos as the passion he showed during every match was great.

In the winter of 2013 Torosidis went to Italy, playing three and a half for AS Roma and two seasons for Bologna. He returned to Greece and Olympiakos in the summer of 2018.

Torosidis earned his 100th cap on November 18, 2018 with the National Football Team of Greece against Estonia. On June 17, 2010, he scored the winning goal in Greece's first World Cup Finals victory (2-1 over Nigeria). This goal was probably the most important of the 10 he scored in the blue or white strip. He was the captain of the Ethniki since October 2014.

Torosidis announced his retirement after winning the postponed Greek Cupfinal on September 12, 2020. After achieving his century Torosidis earned one more capped and ended at 101 caps at “The Ethniki” and #4 on the list of most capped players of the Greek National Football Team.

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