 In 2005 at the age of 15, Evangelia Chantava took the first big step in her career, when suddenly from playing against local teams, she found herself competing in the A1 league with Iraklis Thessaloniki (2005-2009) alongside great athletes.While she was playing for Iraklis she took the opportunity at the age of 16 to play with the Greece women's national volleyball team for the first time.After that and for the next two seasons (2009–11) she signed a contract with Olympiacos (GRE).