Giourkas Seitaridis

Who is Giourkas Seitaridis?

Georgios "Giourkas" Seitaridis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right full-back and occasionally as a central defender . He has last played in 2013 for Greek Superleague side Panathinaikos, having played previously at PAS Giannina, Porto, Dynamo Moscow and Atlético Madrid. He is a former member of the Greek national football team, for which he made a total of 72 international appearances, scoring one goal. He was part of their team which won Euro 2004, for which he was voted into the Team of the Tournament.

"Giourkas" means "Giorgos" in the Pontic Greek dialect and is his grandfather's name. Both his grandfather and father, Dimitris Seitaridis, were footballers and eventually managers.