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Vasilios Tsiartas[lower-alpha 1] (Greek: Βασίλειος Τσιάρτας; born 12 November 1972) is a Greek former international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Although he was famed for his lackadaisical playing style, his ability was never in question and he was in many ways the epitome of a classic "number 10" player. "El Mago", as was his nickname, was naturally left-footed but was just as dangerous with his right foot. A great football mind, a literally world-class vertical pass, amazing set-up and amazing long-range shots. His racing flaw was his lack of speed, which, however, was overshadowed by his great technical skills. Also characteristic of the incredible potential of his left foot is the fact that in addition to the many goals he scored with free kicks, long and short shots and penalties, sometimes in his career he scored with direct corner kicks. Thus, Tsiartas was the main set piece taker for the national and his club team. He was an important member of Greece, claiming two assists in Portugal towards Greece's ultimate victory at UEFA Euro 2004. In his entire career he did not receive a single red card. Although he played as a passer, Tsiartas was capable of scoring many goals due to his deadly footage and scoring abilities being one of AEK Athens' top scorers. He is considered one of the best Greek players in history.

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Vasilios Tsiartas

Tsiartas signing an autograph for a fan
Personal information
Full name	Vasilios Tsiartas
Date of birth	(1972-11-12) 12 November 1972 (age 49)
Place of birth	Alexandreia, Greece
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1992	Naoussa	92	(23)
1992–1996	AEK Athens	97	(37)
1996–2000	Sevilla	139	(44)
2000–2004	AEK Athens	98	(43)
2004–2005	1. FC Köln	4	(1)
2006–2007	Ethnikos Piraeus	3	(1)
Total		448	(149)
National team
1996–1999	Greece U21	2	(0)
1994–2005	Greece	70	(12)
Teams managed
2012	AEK Athens (technical director)
Honours UEFA European Championship 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early years

Born in Alexandreia, Greece, Tsiartas began his career at the academy at AE Alexandris and later the team of Naoussa, which also produced players such as Vasilios Lakis and Dimitris Markos. His performance for Naousa, gained the interest of the big teams, mainly AEK Athens and Panathinaikos.

AEK Athens

In December 1992, he was transferred to AEK. After the first 18 months, which was a period of adjustment and was between substitutes and starters. However, Tsiartas, showing direct examples of his rare class with a characteristic debut on 12 December 1992, in which he scored two goals in a 7–0 victory against Korinthos in Nea Filadelfeia, made permanent in the team starting lineup during the 1994–95 seaspn. This season he had a very good presence in the matches for the Champions League, while he also made several very good appearances in domestic competitions. The 1995–96 season was probably the best of Tsiartas' career in Greece, since he became the top scorer of the Greek championship with 26 goals in 33 league matches, achieving and many impressive goals, while he also scored many assists for his teammates. For the specific season, he also scored seven goals in the Cup, which AEK won in the end, while he was voted the best Greek football player of the league (alongside Vassilis Karapialis and Giorgos Donis) by his colleagues in the league.

Sevilla

This and his huge attacking presence lead to a move to Sevilla for a fee of €1.5 million. There, he was an influential captain and vital in team gaining promotion to the Primera Division. He was known in Seville as "El Mago" ("The Magician") due to his lethal ability with any free kicks combined with a powerful shot in or outside the box. He was also loved by the Sevilla fans and was one of the most important "10s" of the Andalusian team's history. He played four seasons in Andalusia, while he was also the leader of the team.[1]

Return to AEK Athens

Tsiartas returned to AEK Athens in 2000 for €3.5 million on another successful four-year spell at AEK.[2] He was now the "maestro" of the build-up of the game, wearing his favorite "10" on the back, while he scored very often. He scored a total of 43 goals for the championship during his second spell in the team, he created a lot of goals for his teammates, while he was also an awesome duo with Demis Nikolaidis. A memorable appearance was in the Champions League match in Nea Filadelfeia against Real Madrid in a 3–3 draw, when he scored an amazing goal. with a foul and assisted two more goals, one by Christos Maladenis with a corner and one by Demis Nikolaidis also with an excellent foul.[3] On the other hand, a bad moment was that he missed his penalty, in the penalty shoot-out, in the Cup Final against Panathinaikos on 20 April 1994, in one of the best Greek cup finals of all time, which AEK lost by 4–2.[4] In total, Tsiartas had 196 appearances in AEK in the Greek championship and 80 goals, many of which are particularly impressive and today he is in the top 10 of the all time scorers of AEK for the championship. He also had 24 participations with 12 goals in the cup and 49 games with 10 goals in European games becoming 3rd scorer in the history of the team until today in European games, behind Demis Nikolaidis and Mimis Papaioannou.[5]

Later years

He initially ended his career at 1. FC Köln, but Tsiartas returned to action, by signing with Ethnikos Piraeus in Greece. On 14 February 2007 Tsartas announced his retirement from professional football.[6]

International career

Having played at under-16 and under-21 level, Tsiartas made his debut for men's team on 27 April 1994 in a game against Saudi Arabia. He managed to score 12 goals in his 70 caps with Greece including an important penalty against Northern Ireland in 2003 which led to Greece's qualification for Euro 2004. During the Euro 2004 he was used mainly as a substitute by the team's coach Otto Rehhagel, but managed to claim two vital assists, one against Spain and the other against the Czech Republic on the way to Greece's victory in the tournament.

Post-playing career

After his playing days were over, Tsiartas became an agent. Tsiartas was also the technical director of AEK Athens for three months during the 2012–13 season.[7][8]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Greece	1994	6	0
	1995	10	2
	1996	6	1
	1997	2	0
	1998	2	0
	1999	3	2
	2000	7	0
	2001	1	1
	2002	8	1
	2003	9	3
	2004	14	2
	2005	2	0
Total		70	12

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tsiartas goal.

List of international goals scored by Vasilios Tsiartas

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 May 1995	Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–1	1–2	Friendly
2	15 November 1995	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece	Faroe Islands	5–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3	24 January 1996	Municipal Stadium of Chalkida, Chalcis, Greece	Israel	2–0	2–1	Friendly
4	6 October 1999	Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens, Greece	Albania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
5	9 October 1999	Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
6	10 November 2001	Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens, Greece	Estonia	3–0	4–2	Friendly
7	27 March 2002	Kostas Davourlis Stadium, Patras, Greece	Belgium	1–2	3–2	Friendly
8	26 March 2003	UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria	Austria	1–0	2–2	Friendly
9	30 April 2003	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
10	11 October 2003	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
11	31 March 2004	Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece	Switzerland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12	9 October 2004	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine	Ukraine	1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Naoussa

• Beta Ethniki: 1992–93

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki: 1992–93, 1993–94
• Greek Cup: 1995–96, 2001–02
• Greek Super Cup: 1996

Köln

• 2. Bundesliga: 2004–05

International

Greece

• UEFA European Championship: 2004

Individual

• Greek Super League top scorer: 1995–96
• Greek Footballer of the year: 1996

Notes

References

External links

• Tsartas, el 'sabio griego' del equipo de Rehhagel Archived 27 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Uefa.com: Tsiartas signs off with pride^{[dead link]}
• Vasilios Tsiartas at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Vasilios Tsiartas

Vasilios Tsiartas (griechisch Βασίλειος Τσιάρτας, * 12. November 1972 in Alexandria) ist ein ehemaliger griechischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Vasilios Tsiartas

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[es] Vassilis Tsartas

Vassilis Tsartas (Alexandria, Grecia 12 de noviembre de 1972) es un exjugador y entrenador griego de fútbol[1] cuya posición era centrocampista y mediapunta.[2] Se caracterizó por su maestría al ejecutar los tiros libres, y su afán por ser importante. En el Sevilla FC fue uno de los grandes de su tiempo y era considerado una figura[3] ya que consiguió una veintena de goles y muchísimas asistencias,[4] también por ser uno de los artífices del ascenso en junio del año 1999, marco en la promoción de ascenso contra el Villarreal CF.[5]Tuvo que salir del Sevilla por las dificultades financieras del club en ese momento.[6]

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[fr] Vasílios Tsiártas

Vasílis Tsartas (en grec : Βασίλειος Τσιάρτας), ou Vasílis Tsártas (Βασίλης Τσιάρτας), né le 12 novembre 1972, était un footballeur grec évoluant au poste de milieu. International grec.

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[it] Vasilīs Tsiartas

Vasilīs Tsiartas (in greco: Βασίλης Τσιάρτας; Alexandreia, 12 novembre 1972) è un ex calciatore greco, di ruolo centrocampista, campione d'Europa con la nazionale greca nel 2004.

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[ru] Цартас, Василис

Васи́лис Ца́ртас (греч. Βασίλης Τσιάρτας; 12 ноября 1972, Александрия, Иматия, Греция) — греческий футболист, чемпион Европы, атакующий полузащитник.

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