Christos Melissis, (; born 1 December 1982) is a

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player who played for Sudanese club Al-Hilal Omdurman. He has played in the past for Naoussa,

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PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, Panathinaikos, AEL, Panthrakikos, Marítimo in Portugal and the Greek national team. He usually plays as a center back but when called upon he is used as a right back or a defensive midfielder.

Playing career

He started his career in Naoussa, and then played for five years in

before attracting the interesting of PAOK. He was signed by

in January 2006 and has become an important first team player ever since. He scored his first goal for PAOK in a home game versus Aris FC in 2007. In the last games of the 2007–08 season he was named captain of the PAOK Thessaloniki FC squad, indicating his role for the years to come and rewarding his commitment. He is very good in air, with good technique. On 28 July 2008 he was transferred from PAOK to Panathinaikos for a fee of 2,000,000 € plus

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. He played in 11 games of the team's 2008–09 season but his appearances were not convincing and on 31 August 2009 he was loaned to AEL for one year, making a total of 29 appearances and scoring 1 goal. On 31 September 2010, Melissis completed a loan move to the Portuguese

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, but failed to make a single appearance for the club. On 19 January 2011, he rejoined his old club Larissa on loan. After having not appeared in a single league game for Panathinaikos during the 2011–12 season, Melissis left the club after his contract ran out in June 2012. In summer 2013, Melissis signed a contract with Olympiakos Volou 1937 F.C. He made his debut against Glyfada F.C. and he scored his first goal against

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in a 5–1 home win. In January 2015, he signed a 1,5-year contract with Panthrakikos returning to

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after a year. On 11 January 2015, he debuted with the club in a 1–1 home draw against Atromitos. On 28 November 2015, he scored in a surprise away victory for Panthrakikos, its first at 2015-16 season against Atromitos helping his club to escape with a 2–1 win. On 24 June 2016, Melissis signed a one-year contract with Superleague side Veria F.C. On 26 October 2017, Melissis signed a two-years contract with Sudanese club Al-Hilal Omdurman

International career

He was called to play for

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for the first time on 1 February 2008, and made his debut against the

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on 5 February. He was recalled to the national team for a friendly against

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and so on 19 May 2008, he earned his second cap coming on as a second-half substitute.

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