Lambros Choutos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lampros Choutos | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Asteras Polygonou | |||
| 1993–1995 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 1995 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Roma | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2004 | Olympiacos | 53 | (23) |
| 2004–2007 | Internazionale | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Atalanta (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Reggina (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Mallorca (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Panionios | 31 | (14) |
| 2009 | PAOK | 8 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Valle Giovenco | 19 | (3) |
| Total | 137 | (42) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2002 | Greece U21 | 10 | (15) |
| 1999–2003 | Greece | 10 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lampros Choutos (sometimes Lambros;born 7 December 1979) is a Greek retired footballer who played as a striker.
During his career, he played equal periods of time in his country and Italy.
Born in Athens, but his origins are from Trikala, Choutos started his career with Asteras Polygonou, being discovered by scouts of Panathinaikos FC. After only two years, he moved to Italy to finish his football grooming with A.S. Roma.
Choutos' first stop as a senior was back in his country, loaned by Roma to Olympiacos F.C. after stellar performances during the qualifying stages for the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, as he netted 15 goals in only ten matches. At Olympiakos, under the direction of Alberto Bigon, he gradually made his way into the first team, forming a productive offensive trio with Slovenia's Zlatko Zahovič and Giovanni from Brazil.
Although he suffered from an injured knee, Choutos managed to score decisive goals. He helped the Piraeus club win the 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Superleague championships before returning to Italy, with Inter Milan.
Choutos signed a three-year contract with Inter in the 2004 summer, but could never settle there, being constantly loaned to other minor sides, in both the country and abroad (Spain's RCD Mallorca, where he quickly fell out of favour with manager Héctor Cúper). He made his competitive debut for the Nerazzurri on 9 November 2006, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Mariano González in a Coppa Italia clash against F.C. Messina Peloro, which took place more than two years after his arrival; he left at the end of the season.
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