Angelos Basinas

Angelos Basinas (Greek Άγγελος Μπασινάς, born January 3, 1976 in Chalkida ) is a former Greek football player, the captain of the Greek national team and in 2004 won the European Championship with Greece.

Club career

At the age of twelve years Angelos Basinas joined the youth academies of Panathinaikos Athens. In 1995, he signed a professional contract with the same club and remained there until September 2005. Basinas With Panathinaikos winner of two national championships and a cup win. From January 2006 to the summer of 2008, the active defensive midfield players played for RCD Mallorca. Earlier, the Greeks offers from clubs such as Birmingham City, Olympique Marseille and Sampdoria. In summer 2008, he joined the Greek giants AEK Athens, however, left this in February 2009 and again already signed a contract with the English Premier league club Portsmouth FC.

For the season 2010/11 he moved to AC Arles -Avignon and signed a one year contract with an option for another.

National team career

His debut in the national team was Basinas at the age of 22 years on August 18, 1999, a 7-0 win against El Salvador. With Greece, he participated in the Portugal Euro 2004 in Portugal, in which his team was surprisingly win the title. Basinas was captain of the Greek national team and led selbige by the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland. There he ran in all three games on as captain, but could not prevent the disappointing departure of the Greeks.

Achievements

  • Greek champion: 1996, 2004
  • Greek Cup winner: 2004
  • European Championship: 2004
Chalcis A.E.K. Athens F.C. Portsmouth F.C. Birmingham City F.C.
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