Georgios Samaras
Samaras with Celtic in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Georgios Samaras | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Heraklion, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2000 | OFI Crete | ||
| 2000–2002 | Heerenveen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Heerenveen | 88 | (25) |
| 2006–2008 | Manchester City | 54 | (8) |
| 2008 | → Celtic (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2008–2014 | Celtic | 156 | (48) |
| 2014–2015 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Al-Hilal (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Rayo OKC | 24 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Greece U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2014 | Greece | 81 | (9) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2016.
Georgios Samaras (Greek: Γεώργιος Σαμαράς, pronounced [ˈʝorɣos samaˈras], born 21 February 1985) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for the Greece national team.
Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premier League club Manchester City for a fee of £6 million in 2006. After Sven-Göran Eriksson took over as manager Samaras fell out of favour with the first team. In January 2008 he was loaned out to Scottish Premier League team Celtic, moving on a permanent basis in the summer.
Samaras helped Celtic win Scottish league championships in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014, totalling 74 goals in 249 competitive games. He left the club at the end of his contract in 2014 and returned to the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion, where he featured rarely and had an unsuccessful loan to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. In March 2016, he joined North American Soccer League expansion team Rayo OKC.
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