Takis Fyssas

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Personal information
Takis Fyssas
Full name	Panagiotis Fyssas
Date of birth	June 12, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	6' 2"
Position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Heart of Midlothian
Number	3
Youth clubs
	Panionios
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1990-1998 1998-2003 2003-2005 2005-	Panionios Panathinaikos S.L. Benfica Hearts	32 (0)
National team**
1999-	Greece	56 (4)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2006.

Panagiotis "Takis" Fyssas (born 12 June 1973, in Athens) is a Greek left-back, currently playing for Heart of Midlothian and the Greek national side.

Fyssas started his career in the Panionios youth academy, achieving his senior debut in the 1990-91 season. After eight seasons in Nea Smyrni, which included a Greek Cup triumph, he signed for Athens giants Panathinaikos in 1998. The increased exposure Fyssas received playing at the Spiros Louis ensured a rapid elevation to the Greek national side and he made his debut against Finland in 1999. Fyssas also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance while with the Greens, in the 2000-01 season.

In December 2003 he moved to Lisbon with Benfica, where he was to stay for a season and a half, helping the Eagles claim the 2003-04 Portuguese Cup and 2004-05 Portuguese Liga. During this spell came the pinnacle of Fyssas's career: Greece's surprise victory at the 2004 European Championships. He played in all six of Greece's matches (starting five) and displayed a mixture of uncompromising defending and attacking verve on the left flank in the unlikely triumph.

After being allowed to leave Benfica in the summer of 2005, Fyssas made the surprise decision to move to Scotland with Hearts, despite reported interest from England and Germany. He collected his fourth career winners medal in his first season with the Tynecastle side, when they defeated Gretna in the 2005-06 Scottish Cup final.

[edit] External links

Panagiotis Fyssas career stats at Soccerbase
Profile at londonhearts.com

Heart of Midlothian F.C. - Current Squad

	Greece squad - UEFA EURO 2004
1 Nikopolidis \| 2 Giourkas \| 3 Venetidis \| 4 Dabizas \| 5 Dellas \| 6 Basinas \| 7 Zagorakis \| 8 Giannakopoulos \| 9 Charisteas \| 10 Tsiartas \| 11 Nikolaidis \| 12 Chalkias \| 13 Katergiannakis \| 14 Fyssas \| 15 Vryzas \| 16 Kafes \| 17 Georgiadis \| 18 Goumas \| 19 Kapsis \| 20 Karagounis \| 21 Katsouranis \| 22 Papadopoulos \| 23 Lakis \| Coach: Rehhagel