Maria Lazarou Explained
| Maria Lazarou |
| Fullname: | Maria Lazarou |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Serres, Greece |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years3: | 1994–1995 |
| Years6: | 2001–2004 |
| Clubs1: | Artemis Drama |
| Clubs2: | Kavala 86 |
| Clubs3: | FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen |
| Clubs4: | Illiopouli Thessaloniki |
| Clubs5: | Olympiada Thessaloniki |
| Clubs6: | PAOK |
| Nationalyears1: | 1991–2004 |
| Nationalteam1: | Greece |
| Nationalcaps1: | 111 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 26 |
| Manageryears1: | 2006–2008 |
| Managerclubs1: | Illiopouli Thessaloniki |
| Manageryears2: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs2: | Aris |
Maria Lazarou (el|Μαρία Λαζάρου; born 30 September 1972) is a retired Greek football player who played for Greece women's national football team, which she also captained, and a former football manager.
Club career
Lazarou played for several clubs in the Greek Alpha Ethniki, and also had a spell in-between in the German Fußball-Bundesliga with FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen.[1]
In 2002, Lazarou was part of the squad of PAOK that played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time ever, in the 2002–03 season; PAOK lost in all three matches they played, but in the final match they managed to score for one and only time, in an 8–1 defeat, with Lazarou being the scorer.[2] [3]
Lazarou retired in 2004, after the 2004 Summer Olympics, but she returned to playing again in 2006 as a player-coach for Illiopouli Thessaloniki, and then Aris, a club founded in 2008, and being actually the successor team of Illiopouli; Aris actually "absorbed" Illiopouli, with the latter adopting the badge, name and colours of Aris, with the newly created club continuing to play in Women's Alpha Ethniki (top-tier league) in the place of Illiopouli.[4] [5]
International career
Lazarou appeared 111 times for the Greece women's national football team,[6] including six appearances in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying rounds and appearances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,[7] which she also captained,[8] and is the top scorer of the Greece women's national football team with 26 goals.
Managerial career
Lazarou, after having retired in 2004, returned to playing again in 2006 as a player-coach for Illiopouli Thessaloniki, and then Aris.[5] [4]
Nowadays, she is not involved with football and works as a private-sector employee.
Honours
Lazarou won four Greek A Division (top-tier league) with four different clubs and one league in Germany with the semi-professional team of FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Fussball-Notizen . 5 January 1995 . . de . Football News . Βerliner-Ζeitung.de . 20 June 2022 . 9 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120609122850/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/fussball-notizen,10810590,8897102.html . dead .
- Web site: Αφιέρωμα: Η παρουσία των ελληνικών ομάδων στο Women's Champions League . 17 August 2021 . King Sport . el . Tribute: The presence of the Greek clubs in Women's Champions League . KingSport.gr . 21 June 2022 . 21 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621050722/https://kingsport.gr/afieroma-h-parousia-ton-ellinikon-omadon-sto-womens-champions-league/ . live .
- Web site: Maria Lazarou . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621051958/https://www.playmakerstats.com/player_seasons.php?id=313786 . live . 21 June 2022 . oGol . PlayMakerStats.com . 21 June 2022 . en .
- Web site: Πιότρ Βλόνταρτσικ: Το σημείο αναφοράς του Άρη – Άρης και στις γυναίκες . 2 September 2008 . . el . Piotr Włodarczyk: The benchmark of Aris – Aris also in women . MakThes.gr . 21 June 2022 . 21 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621020147/https://www.makthes.gr/piotr-vlontartsik-to-simeio-anaforas-toy-ari-22410 . live .
- Web site: Γενέθλια για το τμήμα ποδοσφαίρου των γυναικών του Άρη, κλείνει 13 χρόνια από την ίδρυσή του . 1 July 2021 . Press Aris . el . Birthday for the women's department of Aris, 13 years have passed since it was founded . PressAris.gr . 21 June 2022 . 21 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621030655/https://www.pressaris.gr/%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD/ . live .
- Web site: FIFA. FIFA Women's Century Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108152222/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/60/womenscenturyclub.pdf. dead. 8 November 2012. 25 August 2009.
- Web site: Sports-Reference.com. Maria Lazarou Biography and Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050834/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/maria-lazarou-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2010-04-29.
- Web site: Women chase Olympic gold . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625015918/https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/01a0-0e10917c4674-35eae5ad85a9-1000--women-chase-olympic-gold/ . live . 25 June 2022 . . 25 June 2022 . 11 August 2004 . en.
