Takis Fyssas
Fyssas as a member of the Greek staff at Euro 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Panagiotis Fyssas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Athens, Greece | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back / left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Panionios | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1998 | Panionios | 150 | (9) |
| 1998–2004 | Panathinaikos | 123 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | Benfica | 30 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Hearts | 53 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Panathinaikos | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 363 | (16) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2007 | Greece | 60 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Panagiotis "Takis" Fyssas (Greek: Τάκης Φύσσας) (born 12 June 1973) is a Greek former international footballer who played as a defender. Currently, he is the technical director of the Hellenic Football Federation.
From 1999 to 2007, he earned 60 caps for the Greece national team. He was part of the team which won Euro 2004.
Fyssas started his career in the Panionios youth academy, achieving his senior debut in the 1990–91 season. After eight seasons in Nea Smyrni, which included a Greek Cup triumph.
He signed for Athens giants Panathinaikos in 1998. The increased exposure Fyssas received playing at the Spiros Louis ensured a rapid elevation to the Greek national side and he made his debut against Finland in 1999. Fyssas also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance while with the Greens, in the 2000–01 season.
In December 2003, he moved to Lisbon with Benfica, where he was to stay for a season and a half, helping Benfica claim the 2003–04 Portuguese Cup and 2004–05 Portuguese Liga. On 25 January 2004, he was on the bench for a 1–0 away win against Vitória de Guimarães, a game overshadowed by the sudden death of his team mate Miklós Fehér. He scored a goal on the final of Portuguese Cup that season, that gave them the victory against FC Porto.
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