1. Sokratis Papastathopoulos, known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
27 Facts About Sokratis Papastathopoulos
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On 1 August 2008, Sokratis Papastathopoulos agreed to transfer to Genoa of the Italian Serie A for an undisclosed fee.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos played a club friendly against Genoa on the same day.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos made his debut for Genoa on 27 September 2008 against Fiorentina, followed by a start against Ravenna in the Coppa Italia a few days later.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos was the club's first arrival under new manager Massimiliano Allegri.
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In March 2013, in the midst of a relegation battle and with tensions high, Sokratis Papastathopoulos engaged in a training ground brawl with teammate Marko Arnautovic.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos is a flexible player capable to play in a variety of positions in defence who we believe has tremendous potential.
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On 10 July 2013, Sokratis Papastathopoulos made his debut for Dortmund in a pre-season friendly away to Swiss club Basel at St Jakob-Park, along with fellow BVB debutants Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
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In November 2014, Sokratis Papastathopoulos was out of action for two weeks diagnosed with a broken fibula.
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On 26 October 2015, Sokratis Papastathopoulos extended his contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2019.
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On 30 January 2016, in a league game against Ingolstadt 04, Sokratis Papastathopoulos reached his 100th Bundesliga appearance with Dortmund.
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On 22 February 2016, Sokratis Papastathopoulos missed the second leg of the UEFA Europa League round-of-32 tie against FC Porto and the Bundesliga clash with Bayern Munich due to an adductor injury, as tests confirmed that the 27-year-old would be out for up to three weeks.
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On 21 May 2016, Sokratis Papastathopoulos featured in his third DFB-Pokal final in a row, putting in a tremendous performance despite a missed penalty, but he did not succeed in winning the DFB-Pokal for first time in his career.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos looked to be offside as Guerreiro swung in a free-kick from the right, which the Greece defender met with a header planted inside the right-hand post.
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On 20 May 2017, Sokratis Papastathopoulos reached 100 appearances with Dortmund in Bundesliga in a home game against Werder Bremen and secured automatic qualification to the group stage of next season's UEFA Champions League.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos was named to the UEFA Europa League Team of the Week.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos was at the heart of Unai Emery's defence since the Spaniard took over the reins in the summer and a fixture in a winning run of nine matches.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos was one of four Arsenal players selected along with Petr Cech, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and Aaron Ramsey.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos was named Sky Sports Man of the match.
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On 1 August 2020, Sokratis Papastathopoulos played as a late substitute in the 2020 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, as Arsenal won the trophy for the 14th time.
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On 25 January 2021, Sokratis Papastathopoulos joined Greek side Olympiacos on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
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On 26 October 2023, after leaving Olympiacos at the end of his contract, Sokratis Papastathopoulos signed a one-year deal with La Liga club Real Betis.
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The Greece squad for UEFA Euro 2008 was announced by Otto Rehhagel on 27 May 2008, and Sokratis Papastathopoulos was the unfortunate player to be cut from the provisional squad of 24 to the final 23-man selection.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos became the first player to be sent off at UEFA Euro 2012 during the opening game of the tournament against co-hosts Poland after receiving two yellow cards, following what pundits decried as two poor decisions by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo.
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In June 2014, Sokratis Papastathopoulos was named to the Greece national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos started in each of the team's group matches, helping them to a clean sheet against Japan.
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On 11 June 2019, following the loss to Armenia at the Olympic Stadium, Sokratis Papastathopoulos called for immediate changes to be made to the Greece national squad set-up, and he allegedly requested for Angelos Anastasiadis to be removed from his role of head coach when speaking to EPO president, Evangelos Grammenos.