international debut with the senior team on 13 February 2002, in an international friendly match against Sweden. He helped Greece qualify to the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal for the second time in history, and was also one of the key players during Greece's successful campaign, a win that shocked the footballing world as Greece were considered outsiders before the tournament started. Seitaridis won a penalty at the first match against Portugal as he was knocked down by Cristiano Ronaldo. In the final, he also won the important corner by playing the ball in the center which was blocked from Cristiano Ronaldo. Overall his contributions for the victorious team were recognised by naming him as part of the 23-man UEFA 2004 All-Star squad, together with fellow Greek players Antonis Nikopolidis, Traianos Dellas, Theodoros Zagorakis and Angelos Charisteas. FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 As a result of the win at Euro 2004, Greece qualified to the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany as European champions. Giourkas Seitaridis was a member of the 23-man squad. UEFA Euro 2008 & 2010 FIFA World Cup He scored his debut international goal on 2 June 2007 against Hungary in a Euro 2008 qualifying match, helping the Greece national team to qualify to the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. He played twice in the disappointing Euro 2008 campaign for Greece, having been injured during the second game against Russia. Despite concerns about his fitness, Greece national manager Otto Rehhagel called Seitaridis in his 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He only played for 90 minutes in the first game of the group stage against South Korea, losing 2–0. After this game, Seitaridis played two consecutive European and a World Cup with Greece national football team. Career statistics Club International goal Score and result list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Seitaridis goal. Honours PAS Giannina Super League 2: 1999–2000 Panathinaikos Superleague Greece:2003–04, 2009–10 Greek Cup: 2003–04, 2009–10 Porto Portuguese Super Cup: 2004 Intercontinental Cup: 2004 UEFA Super Cup Runner-up: 2004 Greece European Championship: 2004 Individual Greek Young Footballer of the year: 2001 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004 References External links FootballDatabase.com statistics for Giourkas Seitaridis 1981 births Living people Greek footballers Greece international footballers Greece under-21 international footballers PAS Giannina F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players FC Porto players FC Dynamo Moscow players La Liga players Atlético Madrid footballers UEFA Euro