Giourkas Seitaridis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giorgos Seitaridis | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Piraeus, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right-back, Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | PAS Giannina | 40 | (5) |
| 2001–2004 | Panathinaikos | 77 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Porto | 23 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Dynamo Moscow | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Atlético Madrid | 59 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Panathinaikos | 41 | (0) |
| Total | 248 | (5) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2012 | Greece | 72 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:00, 10 April 2012 (UTC) |
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Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis (Greek: Γεώργιος "Γιούρκας" Σεϊταρίδης [ʝeˈorʝos ˈʝurkas seitaˈriðis]; born 4 June 1981) is a Greek retired footballer who played as a right full-back and occasionally as a central defender . He has last played in 2013 for Greek Superleague side Panathinaikos, having played previously at PAS Giannina, Porto, Dynamo Moscow and Atlético Madrid. He is a former member of the Greek national football team, for which he made a total of 72 international appearances, scoring one goal. He was part of their team which won Euro 2004, for which he was voted into the Team of the Tournament.
"Giourkas" means "Giorgos" in the Pontic Greek dialect and is his grandfather's name. Both his grandfather and father, Dimitris Seitaridis, were footballers and eventually managers.
Seitaridis started his professional career with northern Greek side PAS Giannina, nicknamed Ajax of Epirus, in 1997, becoming an important right full-back for the club. Seitaridis helped the team towards promotion at the Greek Superleague in the 1999–00 season. He made a total of 40 league appearances with PAS Giannina, scoring 5 goals.
He was soon spotted by Athens-based club Panathinaikos, and on 12 January 2001 he signed a 5-year contract with them for a total fee of 300 million drachmas. He quickly established himself as a regular player for the team and at the age of 22 he won his first silverware by helping Panathinaikos do the double at the 2003–04 season, winning the 2003–04 Alpha Ethniki and the Greek Cup against rivals Olympiacos.
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