like it was going to turn out to be a very disappointing season, but it was far from over. Dabizas was selected for the 2004 European Football Championship Greek squad but never saw any action as an injury kept him on the sidelines. To everyone's surprise, Greece went on to win the tournament, ending a season that had many turning points. After Euro 2004, Dabizas chose to stay at Leicester despite being entitled to a relegation release clause in his contract. Dabizas scored twice during his spell at Leicester, one in the league against Sheffield United, and another in the FA Cup against Charlton Athletic. AEL Dabizas was released by Leicester at the end of his contract in May 2005. In August 2005, he signed a three-year deal with AEL. In 2007, he won Larissa's second Greek cup, after a great personal performance in the final, being the captain. Dabizas, playing in UEFA Cup, reaching the group stage by eliminating Blackburn Rovers. In 2008–09 season, the team finished 5th in Super League and won an UEFA Europa League place, but were eliminated in the second qualifying round by KR Reykjavík (1–1,0–2). Here, Dabizas found Stelios Venetidis and Stelios Giannakopoulos two teammates in the Greece national team for UEFA Euro 2004, as well as former Newcastle United teammate Laurent Robert. After a poor start to the 2009–10 season, Larissa finally finished in mid-table, and Dabizas signed a one-year contract extension, meaning that his spell with Larissa would be the longest with any club in his career and also where he played most. He announced his retirement in 2011. Managerial career Panathinaikos Dabizas joined Panathinaikos on 17 May 2013 as the club's football director until 11 November 2014, and he returned in this position on 17 May 2018 until 18 October 2019. Omonia Dabizas joined Cypriot club Omonia on 30 March 2016 as football director. Honours AEL Greek Cup: 2007 Greek Super Cup: runner-up 2007 Greece UEFA Euro: 2004 References External links 1973 births Living people People from Amyntaio Greek footballers Greek Macedonians Association football defenders Olympiacos F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players UEFA Euro 2004 players UEFA European Championship-winning players Premier League players English Football League players Greece international footballers Super League Greece players Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff Greek expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Greek expatriate sportspeople in England FA Cup