Georgios Samaras - Revision history

Dutch Eagle: Category added

2018-11-24T10:30:19Z

Category added

Dutch Eagle: Update of his career (retired as footballer)

2018-11-17T20:59:57Z

Update of his career (retired as footballer)

Dutch Eagle: Update of his career

2018-07-24T11:39:23Z

Update of his career

Irlandos: /* National Team */

2012-07-05T09:23:45Z

National Team

Irlandos: /* National Team */

2008-07-16T06:49:15Z

National Team

Lazarus at 12:35, July 15, 2008

2008-07-15T12:35:26Z

Lazarus: /* National Team */

2008-07-15T12:32:30Z

National Team

Lazarus: /* Football Career */

2008-07-15T12:30:33Z

Football Career

Lazarus: /* Football Career */

2008-07-15T12:27:21Z

Football Career

Lazarus at 14:09, January 29, 2008

2008-01-29T14:09:30Z

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 Georgios Samaras has a large fan base in Adelaide, South Australia.
-His father was an international player for [[National Football Team|Greece]] too
+His father was an international player for [[National Football Team|Greece]] too.
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:1985 births|Samaras, Georgios]]
 [[Category:Football Players|Samaras, Georgios]]

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-'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in  [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a striker.
+'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in  [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a retired [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who played as a striker.
 ==Football Career==
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 He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He has since featured in  [[Euro 2008]], WC 2010, [[Euro 2012]] and WC 2014.
-He has so far (Summer [[2018]]) appeared 81 times for his country, scoring 9 goals.
+He appeared 81 times for his country, scoring 9 goals.
 == Did you know? ==

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-'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in  [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who currently plays as a striker for the Scottish team Celtic.
+'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in  [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a striker.
 ==Football Career==
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 On [[January 29]], [[2007]], Samaras joined Scottish team Celtic on loan until the end of the season. Samaras scored six goals for Celtic, helping them win the championship, although he failed to break up the first-choice strike partnership of Scott McDonald and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. On [[July 15]], [[2008]], Samaras signed a three-year contract with Celtic, the Scottish champions at the time.
-He is the most expensive Greek player in Europe and has inspired the chant "feed the Greek and he will score!", an adaptation of the song coined for Shaun Goater.  His nickname at the club is 'Sam', although fans have made light of his likeness to Freddie Mercury.
+He was the most expensive Greek player in Europe at that time and has inspired the chant "feed the Greek and he will score!", an adaptation of the song coined for Shaun Goater. His nickname at the club is 'Sam', although fans have made light of his likeness to Freddie Mercury.
 ==National Team==
-Samaras had to make the hard decision whether to play for Australia or Greece as he was eligible to play for both. Having not been born in Australia, never lived there, and having no Australian blood ties he chose Greece, despite the fact his [[Yiannis Samaras|father]] happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia but eventually moved to Greece at the age of 13 and had a successful career in football himself, playing for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the [[National Football Team|national team]]. In fact his grandfather (also Georgios) was one of the founding members of South Melbourne FC. He is quoted saying "I love Australia, and it was a very hard decision for me to make, I wish them all the luck in the future!" He is currently one of Greece's future talents.
+Samaras had to make the hard decision whether to play for Australia or Greece as he was eligible to play for both. Having not been born in Australia, never lived there, and having no Australian blood ties he chose Greece, despite the fact his [[Yiannis Samaras|father]] happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia but eventually moved to Greece at the age of 13 and had a successful career in football himself, playing for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the [[National Football Team|national team]]. In fact his grandfather (also Georgios) was one of the founding members of South Melbourne FC. He is quoted saying "I love Australia, and it was a very hard decision for me to make, I wish them all the luck in the future!"
-He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He has since featured in  [[Euro 2008]], WC 2010 and [[Euro 2012]]
+He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He has since featured in  [[Euro 2008]], WC 2010, [[Euro 2012]] and WC 2014.
-He has so far (Summer [[2012]]) appeared 58 times for his country, scoring 8 goals.
+He has so far (Summer [[2018]]) appeared 81 times for his country, scoring 9 goals.
 Georgios Samaras has a large fan base in Adelaide, South Australia.
 ==External links==

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 Samaras had to make the hard decision whether to play for Australia or Greece as he was eligible to play for both. Having not been born in Australia, never lived there, and having no Australian blood ties he chose Greece, despite the fact his [[Yiannis Samaras|father]] happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia but eventually moved to Greece at the age of 13 and had a successful career in football himself, playing for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the [[National Football Team|national team]]. In fact his grandfather (also Georgios) was one of the founding members of South Melbourne FC. He is quoted saying "I love Australia, and it was a very hard decision for me to make, I wish them all the luck in the future!" He is currently one of Greece's future talents.
-He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He currently has appeared six times for his country, scoring three goals. He has since featured in some of Greece's [[Euro 2008|Euro 2008 qualifiers]] and was a part of the Greece squad for the Euro 2008 tournament.
+He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He has since featured in  [[Euro 2008]], WC 2010 and [[Euro 2012]]
 Georgios Samaras has a large fan base in Adelaide, South Australia.

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 ==National Team==
-Samaras had to make the hard decision whether to play for Australia or Greece as he was eligible to play for both. Having not been born in Australia, never lived there, and having no Australian blood ties he chose Greece, despite the fact his father happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia but eventually moved to Greece at the age of 13 and had a successful career in football himself, playing for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the [[National Football Team|national team]]. In fact his grandfather (also Georgios) was one of the founding members of South Melbourne FC. He is quoted saying "I love Australia, and it was a very hard decision for me to make, I wish them all the luck in the future!" He is currently one of Greece's future talents.
+Samaras had to make the hard decision whether to play for Australia or Greece as he was eligible to play for both. Having not been born in Australia, never lived there, and having no Australian blood ties he chose Greece, despite the fact his [[Yiannis Samaras|father]] happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia but eventually moved to Greece at the age of 13 and had a successful career in football himself, playing for [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the [[National Football Team|national team]]. In fact his grandfather (also Georgios) was one of the founding members of South Melbourne FC. He is quoted saying "I love Australia, and it was a very hard decision for me to make, I wish them all the luck in the future!" He is currently one of Greece's future talents.
 He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He currently has appeared six times for his country, scoring three goals. He has since featured in some of Greece's [[Euro 2008|Euro 2008 qualifiers]] and was a part of the Greece squad for the Euro 2008 tournament.

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 ==Football Career==
-Samaras moved to the Netherlands at the age of 16, signing for Heerenveen. He made his first team debut in the 2003-04 season, starting a total of ten matches. In the 2005-06 season he scored 6 goals in 13 starts for Heerenveen before joining Manchester City for a fee of £6,000,000 (rising to £7,000,000). His Manchester City debut came in as a substitute against Newcastle United, scoring his first goal in English football on [[February 12]], [[2006]] in a 3-2 victory over Charlton Athletic. His subsequent form has been largely disappointing. He made his first appearance for [[National Football Team|Greece]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]], scoring against Belarus. He currently has appeared six times for his country, scoring three goals.
+===Heerenveen===
 Samaras has started 36 games for Manchester City (plus 13 as substitute)in all competitions since his debut, scoring 12 goals.  Samaras quickly fell out of favour when Sven-Goran Eriksson replaced Pearce as manager and lost his position as first choice striker with the signing of Emile Mpenza.
 On [[January 29]], [[2007]], Samaras joined Scottish team Celtic on loan until the end of the season. Samaras scored six goals for Celtic, helping them win the championship, although he failed to break up the first-choice strike partnership of Scott McDonald and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. On [[July 15]], [[2008]], Samaras signed a three-year contract with Celtic, the Scottish champions at the time.

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−	'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a [[Greeks\|Greek]] [[football (soccer)\|footballer]] who currently plays as a striker for ~~Manchester City~~.	+	'''Georgios Samaras''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Γιώργος Σαμαράς; born [[February 21]], [[1985]] in [[Heraklion]], [[Crete]]) is a [[Greeks\|Greek]] [[football (soccer)\|footballer]] who currently plays as a striker for the Scottish team Celtic.

	==Football Career==		==Football Career==