Thodoris Chatzitheodorou | |
Nationality: | Greece |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1976 |
Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
Position: | Head coach |
Currentclub: | P.A.O.K. Water Polo Club |
Years1: | –1995 1995–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 |
Clubs1: | Ilisiakos Olympiacos Partizan Chios Nireas Lamias |
Nationalcaps1: | 156 |
Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /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]
Olympiacos
Partizan