Theodoros Chatzitheodorou

Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou (Greek: Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου [θeˈoðoɾos xadziθeoˈðoɾu], born 1 October 1976) is a retired Greek water polo player and current coach.

Thodoris Chatzitheodorou
Chatzitheodorou at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1976-10-01) 1 October 1976
Athens, Greece
Nationality  Greece
Position Head coach
Club information
Current team P.A.O.K. Water Polo Club
Medal record
Men's Water polo
Representing  Greece
World Championships
2005 Montreal Team competition
World League
2004 Long Beach Team competition

Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to Olympiacos where he played for fifteen consecutive seasons (1995–2010), winning 27 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 12 Greek Championships, 11 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups) and being voted Best European Player of the Year in 2001.[1] He captained Olympiacos for several years and was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002).[2][3]

In 2010–2011 season he played for VK Partizan, where he won the LEN Euroleague, the Serbian Championship, the Serbian Cup and the Eurointer Cup.

He has 156 appearances with Greece national water polo team, with whom he won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach. A four-time Olympian, Chatzitheodorou competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2012 Summer Olympics (9th place) with the Greek national team.

He is currently the record holder of titles (31) in the history of Greek team sports.[4]

Club career

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

  • LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
  • LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
  • Greek Championship (12): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Greek Cup (11): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

Partizan

National team

Individual
  • Best European Player in 2001

References
  1. Οι αρχηγοί του Ολυμπιακού sport24.gr (in Greek)
  2. Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  3. Εγραψε ιστορία! Ο λόγος για τον Ολυμπιακό που έγραψε τη δική του χρυσή ιστορία στο πόλο αφού κέρδισε 6–5 την ουγγρική Βάσας μέσα στο σπίτι της και είναι η μοναδική ομάδα στην ιστορία του αθλήματος που κατάφερε να κατακτήσει και τα τέσσερα τρόπαια που διεκδίκησε (in Greek), rizospastis.gr, 31/12/2002
  4. Θοδωρής Χατζηθεοδώρου: Ο maestro της πισίνας protothema.gr, 24/04/2014
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