Theodoros Chatzitheodorou

Thodoris Chatzitheodorou
Chatzitheodorou at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-01) 1 October 1976 (age 48) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greece
Position	Head coach
Club information
Current team	P.A.O.K. Water Polo Club
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–1995 1995–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013	Ilisiakos Olympiacos Partizan Chios Nireas Lamias
Medal record Men's Water polo Representing  Greece World Championships 2005 Montreal Team competition World League 2004 Long Beach Team competition

Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou (Greek: Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου [θeˈoðoɾos xadziθeoˈðoɾu], born 1 October 1976) is a retired Greek water polo player and current coach.

Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to Olympiacos where he played for fifteen consecutive seasons (1995–2010), winning 27 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 12 Greek Championships, 11 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups) and being voted Best European Player of the Year in 2001.^[1] He captained Olympiacos for several years and was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002).^[2][3]

In 2010–2011 season he played for VK Partizan, where he won the LEN Euroleague, the Serbian Championship, the Serbian Cup and the Eurointer Cup.

He has 156 appearances with Greece national water polo team, with whom he won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach. A four-time Olympian, Chatzitheodorou competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2012 Summer Olympics (9th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.

He is currently the record holder of titles (31) in the history of Greek team sports.^[4]

Club career

• 1993–1995 Ilisiakos
• 1995–2010 Olympiacos
• 2010–2011 Partizan
• 2011–2012 Chios
• 2012–2013 Nireas Lamias

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
• LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
• Greek Championship (12): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Greek Cup (11): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

Partizan

• LEN Euroleague (1) : 2010–11
• Serbian Championship (1): 2010–11
• Serbian Cup (1): 2010–11
• Eurointer League (1): 2010–11

National team

• Bronze Medal in 2005 World Championship, Montreal
• Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach
• 4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
• 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
• 4th place in 2003 World Championship, Barcelona

Individual

• Best European Player in 2001

See also

• Greece men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Οι αρχηγοί του Ολυμπιακού sport24.gr (in Greek)
2. Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
3. Εγραψε ιστορία! Ο λόγος για τον Ολυμπιακό που έγραψε τη δική του χρυσή ιστορία στο πόλο αφού κέρδισε 6–5 την ουγγρική Βάσας μέσα στο σπίτι της και είναι η μοναδική ομάδα στην ιστορία του αθλήματος που κατάφερε να κατακτήσει και τα τέσσερα τρόπαια που διεκδίκησε (in Greek), rizospastis.gr, 31/12/2002
4. Θοδωρής Χατζηθεοδώρου: Ο maestro της πισίνας protothema.gr, 24/04/2014

External links

• Thodoris Chatzitheodorou at World Aquatics
• Thodoris Chatzitheodorou at Olympics.com
• Thodoris Chatzitheodorou at Olympedia
• Theodoros Chatzitheodorou career highlights Nautical Club of Chios website (in Greek)