KaragounisKaragounis He officially began his He officially began his

Professional Professional Footballing Career in Footballing Career in 1996 when he signed 1996 when he signed for Apollon Smyrnis. In for Apollon Smyrnis. In his first couple of years his first couple of years he showed signs of he showed signs of supreme talent as he supreme talent as he was a very energetic was a very energetic player in the centre of player in the centre of midfield and was a midfield and was a very regular goalscorer very regular goalscorer with the club. with the club.

CareerCareer He then signed for He then signed for

Panathinaikos for the Panathinaikos for the next five years. next five years.

He scored a He scored a wonderful goal wonderful goal against Arsenal, against Arsenal, beating David beating David Seaman by head and Seaman by head and bringing his team to bringing his team to the quarterfinals of the quarterfinals of the UEFA the UEFA Champions League.Champions League.

NATIONAL TEAMNATIONAL TEAM

The highlight of his The highlight of his international career was international career was undoubtedly winning the undoubtedly winning the European championship European championship for Greece in for Greece in EuroEuro 2004 2004. . He was a key player for He was a key player for Greece and famously Greece and famously scored the first goal of scored the first goal of the tournament the tournament against against Portugal. Portugal.

After winning Euro 2004, After winning Euro 2004, Karagounis continued to Karagounis continued to play on a regular basis play on a regular basis for Greecefor Greece..

On 26 March 2008, On 26 March 2008, Karagounis participated Karagounis participated in a Greece-Portugal in a Greece-Portugal friendly match friendly match in Germany. This proved in Germany. This proved to be somewhat of a to be somewhat of a highlight of his highlight of his international career as international career as he scored two almost he scored two almost identical well-placed identical well-placed free-kicks to give Greece free-kicks to give Greece a 2–1 victory.a 2–1 victory.

We like him because he has done so much about GREECE andhas scored into several games.

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