Anastasios Schizas (born 18 February 1977) is a

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retired

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who competed in the

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(4th place) and the

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(7th place). Schizas was part of the

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that won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in

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and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in

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. Schizas started his career at Poseidon Ilision and then played for

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμι� ...

. In 2002 he signed for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

where he had a long and successful career, playing for twelve consecutive seasons (2002–2014) and winning 21 major titles (1

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

, 10 Greek Championships and 10 Greek Cups).

Honours

Club

Olympiacos *

(1): 2002 *

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(10): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14 *

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(10): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14 Ethnikos *

(1): 1999–00

National team

* Bronze Medal in 2005 World Championship, Montreal * Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach * 4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens * 4th place in 2003 World Championship, BarcelonaBarcelona 2003 FINA World Championships – FINA WC Day 4 - Men's Water Polo Match 13 & 14 Greece roster
swimnews.com. 16 July 2003.

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* 1977 births Living people Greek male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club players Olympic water polo players for Greece Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo {{Greece-waterpolo-bio-stub Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players Water polo players from Athens Coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

Club

National team

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