15 Facts About Vasilios Tsiartas

Vasileios Tsiartas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Vasilios Tsiartas was an integral part of Greece's Euro 2004 winning squad, during which he provided the assist for the only silver goal ever scored in an international football match.

Vasilios Tsiartas's racing flaw was his lack of speed, which was overshadowed by his great technical skills.

Vasilios Tsiartas was an important member of Greece, claiming two assists in Portugal towards Greece's ultimate victory at UEFA Euro 2004.

Vasilios Tsiartas is considered one of the best Greek players in history.

Vasilios Tsiartas was voted the best Greek football player of the league alongside Vassilis Karapialis and Giorgos Donis by his colleagues in the league.

Vasilios Tsiartas was known in Seville as "El Mago" for his lethal free kick accuracy and shot power.

Vasilios Tsiartas returned to AEK Athens on 6 July 2000 for record fee of 1,400,000,000 drachmas on another successful four-year spell at AEK.

Vasilios Tsiartas was now the "maestro" of the build-up of the game, wearing his favorite "10" on the back, while he scored very often.

Vasilios Tsiartas scored a total of 43 goals for the championship during his second spell in the team, he created a lot of goals for his teammates, while he was an awesome duo with Demis Nikolaidis.

In total, Vasilios Tsiartas had 196 appearances in AEK in the Greek championship and 80 goals, many of which are particularly impressive and today he is in the top 10 of the all time scorers of AEK for the championship.

Vasilios Tsiartas had 24 participations with 12 goals in the cup and 49 games with 10 goals in European games becoming 3rd scorer in the history of the team until today in European games, behind Demis Nikolaidis and Mimis Papaioannou.

Vasilios Tsiartas managed to score 12 goals in his 70 caps with Greece including the decisive penalty against Northern Ireland which directly sent Greece to Euro 2004 in a match that he captained.

Vasilios Tsiartas tallied three assists during the preliminaries and led all Greek players in total goal contributions as Greece finished atop their qualification group.

Vasilios Tsiartas was the first Greek player to be featured on the cover of FIFA, appearing on the box art of the Greek edition of FIFA 2000.