from the Olympiacos and the club reached the top of Greek Championship with their Piraeus rival. He is a pacy right winger who can also play up front, known for his fast-paced end-to-end style of play. He is renowned in his home country for his habit of missing easy chances but his speed, cutting passes, and incisive runs into the box more than makeup for this failing. PAOK On 2 July 2007, Lakis was released by AEK. On 3 July he signed a three-year contract with PAOK, which here he founds Zagorakis as the president of the club and Zisis Vryzas as a player, that they won Euro 2004. Lakis helped his new team to gain the second place in the Greek Championship behind Olympiacos and qualifying PAOK for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Kavala On 1 July 2009, Lakis signed a two-year contract with the football club Kavala. Here lakis found the goalkeeper Fanis Katergiannakis that he helped to promote the team in the Greek Super League after ten years. His new club Kavala was the revelation of the Greek Super League fighting for the first six positions and Lakis become one more time one of the most important players with experience. Lakis with Kavala] reached the semifinal of the Greek Cup against Panionios. In the semifinal Kavala faced Aris. International career Lakis made 35 appearances for the Greece national football team and scored his first goal in a friendly match, in April 2000 in Dublin against the Republic of Ireland, in Lansdown Road. The coach Otto Rehhagel called him for the qualification for Euro 2004 and he was included in the Greek squad that won Euro 2004 and made two appearances as a substitute against Portugal in the group-stage and France in the quarterfinal. International goals Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lakis goal. Honours AEK Athens Greek Cup: 2000, 2002; runner-up 2006 Greece European Championship: 2004 UEFA Euro U21: runner-up 1998 References External links Guardian Football 1976 births Living people Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek Macedonians Greek footballers Association football wingers Greece international footballers Greece under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2004 players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players Paniliakos F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players PAOK FC players Naoussa F.C. players Kavala F.C. players Super League Greece players Premier League players Greek expatriate footballers