Theodoros Zagorakis

Theodoros Zagorakis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ζαγοράκης; born October 17, 1971, in Kavala, Greece) is the captain of the Greece national football team that won the 2004 European Football Championship.

A gritty but stylish midfielder, Zagorakis started his career with FC Kavala, but moved to PAOK Thessaloniki in 1992. He stayed with PAOK until 1998, when he moved to English club Leicester City F.C. While in England, he took part in two consecutive League Cup finals at Wembley Stadium, losing the first against Tottenham Hotspur in 1999 and defeating Tranmere Rovers in 2000. Zagorakis headed back to Greece in 2000, joining AEK Athens, one of the most successful teams in Greece, where he won the Hellenic Cup in 2002. On July 14, 2004, he was released by AEK as a result of the club's serious financial difficulties. After failed talks with newly-promoted Spanish club Levante, he signed a two-year contract with Italian Serie A side Bologna on July 16, moving on a Bosman free transfer.

Zagorakis is currently Greece's all-time leader in caps, earning his 100th against Kazakhstan on November 17, 2004. He has never missed an international game due to injury. He is also captain of the national team. His first cap was in 1994, against the Faroe Islands. He played an important role in Greece's victory in the 2004 European Championship, and was named the Player of the Tournament by UEFA.

As trivial information, Zagorakis was featured on the cover of the Greek edition of FIFA 2000.