Full name Grigoris Papazaharias Role Footballer Place of birth Epanomi, Greece Height 1.86 m | Years Team Name Grigoris Papazaharias | |
Date of birth (1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 30) 1997–1999 Anagennisi Epanomi F.C. 1999–2001 Iraklis Thessaloniki FC | ||
Grigoris Papazacharias (Greek: Γρηγόρης Παπαζαχαρίας) (born 20 March 1985 in Epanomi) is a Greek footballer who plays for Apollon Larissa in the Greek Football League. He has represented Greece at all youth levels.
Career
Papazaharias began his career in Anagennisi Epanomis. He joined Iraklis in 1999. He stayed in Iraklis for 11 years, until 2010. He over 118 performances with blue-white jersey and he scored 6 league goals. In 2003-2004-2005 years, Iraklis was in very good form, finishing 4th behind Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, with Papazaharias being in first eleven in center-back duo, with Tasos Katsabis. He appointed as Iraklis captain in 2007. He was in a special love with team's fans and was bringing very good performances. In 2010 summer, he transferred to rivals Aris, with many dreams. But he was very unlucky, because an injury was left him out for about 4 months, and in first season in Kleanthis Vikelidis, he played in only 3 matches (against Atromitos, AEL and Kerkyra In 2011-2012 season, he played first in the match against Xanthi, in Kleanthis Vikelidis, with score 0-0.