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Georgios Samaras

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Georgios Samaras (Greek: Γεώργιος Σαμαράς, pronounced [ˈʝorɣos samaˈras]; born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Samaras started his career at OFI, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premier League club Manchester City for a fee of £6 million in 2006. After Sven-Göran Eriksson took over as manager Samaras fell out of favour with the first team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgios Samaras is the 4,421st most popular soccer player (up from 4,447th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Greece (up from 818th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Greek Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Georgios Samaras ranks 4,421 out of 21,273. Before him are Manuel Muñoz, Luis Rubiales, Oreste Corbatta, Dwight Lodeweges, Fredy Guarín, and Gregory van der Wiel. After him are Ramón Abeledo, Filip De Wilde, Ever Palacios, Nordin Amrabat, Ray Wilkins, and Boujemaa Benkhrif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Georgios Samaras ranks 122. Before him are Łukasz Fabiański, Ibrahim Touré, Chanel Preston, Jonathan Soriano, J Balvin, and Lana. After him are Pablo Zabaleta, Robert Pereira da Silva, Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Jennifer Winget, Gaël Clichy, and Addys Mercedes.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 810 out of 1,024. Before him are Ilias Tsirimokos (1907), Konstantinos Dovas (1898), Angelos Basinas (1976), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Nikiforos Lytras (1832), and Nikolaos Morakis (1900). After him are Nikolaos Deligiannis (1845), Oxyntes (null), Theodore Katsanevas (1947), Maria Polydouri (1902), Nikos Koundouros (1926), and Stefanos Tsitsipas (1998).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Greece

Among soccer players born in Greece, Georgios Samaras ranks 16. Before him are Theofanis Gekas (1980), Kostas Tsimikas (1996), Traianos Dellas (1976), Oganes Zanazanyan (1946), Nikos Machlas (1973), and Angelos Basinas (1976). After him are Giorgos Koudas (1946), Thomas Mavros (1954), Kostas Chalkias (1974), Kostas Katsouranis (1979), Dimitris Salpingidis (1981), and Kostas Mitroglou (1988).

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