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Nikos Dabizas
Nikos Dabizas (, born 3 August 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad. Career Pontioi Veria Dabizas spent his days playing football and helping in his father's company. His first contact with football came when he was sixteen, although he never dreamt of becoming a professional footballer. However, fate had other plans for him. He played for a year as an amateur at the local team of Amydeo called Hermes, which was enough to give him the ticket to a team in the third division and a professional contract, as he joined Pontioi Veria, as an 18-year-old, where he remained for three consecutive seasons, playing one year on the third division and two in the second. His big career break came when he was 21. He got an offer from Olympiacos, one of the biggest teams in Greece. Olympiacos He moved to Piraeus and helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyntaio
Amyntaio (, before 1928: Σόροβιτς – ''Sorovits''; Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,348, while that of the entire municipality is 14,169 (2021). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon, and father of Philip II and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III. History The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building. The Church of St. Konstantinos and Helen was declared a hazard to public safety and demolished with tanks in the late twentieth century. Archaeological excavations On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece. A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Ethniki
The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of the Greek league system. The members of the cooperative are the Football Limited Companies (P.A.E.) that have the right to participate in the Super League 1 championship. The president of Super League 1 is Evangelos Marinakis, Vangelis Marinakis, who has been re-elected for the third time. It consists of 14 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 26 games each followed by 6-game Championship play-offs to decide the champions. As of April 2025, Super League Greece is ranked 12th in the UEFA coefficient, UEFA ranking of leagues, based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Since the foundation of the first official Panhellenic Championship in 1927, only six clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Robert
Pierre Laurent Robert (born 21 May 1975) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He was known for his powerful shot, particularly from free kicks. Born in Réunion, he moved to mainland France aged 16 and began his professional career with Montpellier and Paris Saint Germain, playing and scoring in the UEFA Champions League with the latter. In 2001, he transferred to Premier League club Newcastle United for a £10 million fee, helping them qualify for several European tournaments including the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2003–04. The following season, he was fined and disciplined for publicly criticising manager Graeme Souness, leading to a loan to Portsmouth and transfer to Benfica in the Portuguese Primeira Liga in January 2006. He scored a winning free kick against '' O Clássico'' rivals Porto and played in a run to the Champions League quarter-finals, but moved on six months later to Levante in La Liga. He ended his career with brief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelios Giannakopoulos
Stylianos (or Stelios) Giannakopoulos (; born 12 July 1974), known mononymously as Stelios due to his long surname, is a Greek football manager and former player. During his playing career, Stelios was a winger or attacking midfielder and a well-known figure in Greek football, especially during his tenure at Bolton Wanderers and at UEFA Euro 2004, where Greece won. Club career Early career Born in Athens, Stelios is the second son of Alekos, a former football player who played during the 1960's. He joined Ethnikos Asteras (the semi-professional club of his neighbourhood Kaisariani) when he was seven years old, later moved for one year to Doxa Vyronas, and finally made his first-team debut for Ethnikos Asteras in the autumn of 1991, in a season which ended with the club gaining promotion to the professional Third Division. Next year, in his opening season as a professional, the young striker found himself scoring six goals and impressing the scouters of clubs that participate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelios Venetidis
Stelios Venetidis (; born 19 November 1976 in Orestiada) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He used to play in the Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back position, but could be also used on the Midfielder#Wide midfielder, left side of midfield. A very constant and composed player, his attributes gave him the chance to play for top class Greek football teams and be an important member for the Greek national football team, Greece national team, playing also in three games at UEFA Euro 2004. He retired in May 2012. Honours PAOK *Greek Football Cup, Greek Cup: 2000–01 Greek Football Cup, 2000–01 Olympiacos *Super League Greece, Alpha Ethniki: 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki, 2001–02, 2002–03 Alpha Ethniki, 2002–03, 2004–05 Alpha Ethniki, 2004–05, 2005–06 Alpha Ethniki, 2005–06 *Greek Cup: 2004–05 Greek Football Cup, 2004–05, 2005–06 Greek Football Cup, 2005–06 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KR Reykjavík
KR is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and WMO country code for South Korea. KR or Kr may also refer to: Sports * KR (basketball club), associated with Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur * Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, an Icelandic football club * Kickoff returner, in American and Canadian football Transportation * Comores Aviation International (IATA airline designator KR) * Kenya Railways * Konkan Railway, India * Korea National Railway, formerly Korea Rail Network Authority * Krasnodar International Airport (IATA airport code KR), serving the southern Russian city of Krasnodar * Province of Crotone, Italy, vehicle registration Other * Kr., German for Kreis, a district akin to a county * .kr, country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of South Korea * KR (ANSI), an ANSI X3.64 escape sequence * K. R. Market, Bangalore, India * Kamen Rider, a tokusatsu multimedia franchise created by Shotaro Ishinomori. * Kanuri language (ISO 639 alpha-2) * Kayser-Roth, clothing manufacturer in North C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn Rovers F
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is at the centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second largest town (after Blackpool) in Lancashire. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of List of urban areas in England by population, 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of List of English districts by population, 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. A former mill town, Blackburn has been the site of textile production since the mid-13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 UEFA Cup
The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club association football, football tournament. The 2008 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers F.C., Rangers of Scotland and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia. Zenit won the match 2–0, with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title. The first qualifying games were played on 19 July 2007 and the main tournament commenced on 20 September 2007. A total of 157 football clubs took part in the tournament (including its qualifying rounds). Each European football nation is represented by a different number of its associate clubs, depending on the UEFA coefficients. FK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Podgorica and FK Rudar Pljevlja, Rudar Pljevlja were the first teams from Montenegrin First League, Montenegro to enter the competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League Championship
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Betting & Gaming, Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, sitting below the Premier League. Introduced for the 2004–05 in English football, 2004–05 season as the Football League Championship, the division is a rebrand of the former Football League First Division. The winning football team, club of this division each season receives the EFL Championship trophy, which was the previous trophy awarded to list of English football champions, the winners of the English top-flight prior to the launch of the Premier League. As with other divisions of professional English football, Welsh clubs can be part of this division, thus making it a cross-border league. Each season, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium Of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the ninth largest football stadium in England. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland home matches. The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands. A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town. As well as hosting Sunderland games, the stadium has hosted three matches for the England national football team, as well as an England under-20, an England under-21 and two England women's team matches. With an original capacity of 42,000, it was expanded in 2000 to seat 49,000. Its simple design is apparently to allow for redevelopments up to a capacity of 64,000. The attendance record at the Stadium of Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland A
Sunderland () is a port city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second most populous settlement in North East England after Newcastle. Sunderland was once known as 'the largest shipbuilding town in the world' and once made a quarter of all of the world's ships from its famous yards, which date back to 1346 on the River Wear. The centre of the modern city is an amalgamation of three settlements founded in the Anglo-Saxon era: Monkwearmouth, on the north bank of the Wear, and Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth on the south bank. Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth centuries. Sunderland was a fishing settlement and later a port, being granted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne–Wear Derby
The Tyne–Wear derby, also known as the Wear–Tyne derby or the North East derby, is a local derby between the association football clubs Sunderland and Newcastle United. The derby is an inter-city rivalry in North East England with the two cities of Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne just apart. Sunderland play their home matches at the Stadium of Light whilst Newcastle play their home matches at St. James’ Park. The first meeting of the two sides took place in 1883, with the first competitive fixture being an FA Cup tie in 1888 which Sunderland won 2–0 over Newcastle East End. The statistical balance between the sides is very even: to date, having played 157 times in their history (excluding friendlies) with Newcastle just edging out Sunderland by a win, 54 to 53 wins respectively whilst sharing 50 draws; (see summary of results for breakdown). Sunderland have won six top-flight titles against four for Newcastle. History Rivalry beyond football The history of the Ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
