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Chatzitheodorou at the2012 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1976-10-01)1 October 1976 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | P.A.O.K. Water Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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–1995 1995–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 | Ilisiakos Olympiacos Partizan Chios Nireas Lamias | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou (Greek:Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου[θeˈoðoɾosxadziθeoˈðoɾu], born 1 October 1976) is a retiredGreekwater polo player and current coach.
Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved toOlympiacos where he played for fifteen consecutive seasons (1995–2010), winning 27 major titles (1LEN Euroleague, 1LEN Supercup, 12Greek Championships, 11Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups) and being votedBest 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 forVK Partizan, where he won theLEN Euroleague, theSerbian Championship, theSerbian Cup and the Eurointer Cup.
He has 156 appearances withGreece national water polo team, with whom he won theBronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship inMontreal and theBronze Medal in the 2004 World League inLong Beach. A four-time Olympian, Chatzitheodorou competed in the1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), the2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the2012 Summer Olympics (9th place) with theGreece 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