Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas, born on 9 February 1980, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. At club level he played for Aris Thessaloniki, Werder Bremen, Ajax, Feyenoord, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Arles-Avignon and Al-Nassr. In 2004 he won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double with Werder Bremen and was named the club's Sportsman of the Year, and with Ajax he later added the Dutch Cup and the Dutch Super Cup. He was capped 88 times by Greece and scored 25 goals. He belonged to the Greek team that won UEFA Euro 2004, scoring three goals there including the winner in the final against hosts Portugal, a result regarded as the greatest triumph in the nation's football history. He also represented Greece at UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and in 2019 served as a political deputy in the region of Central Macedonia.