Ilias Chatzitheodoridis was born on the 5th of December 1997 and he is a Greek professional football left back who plays for Panathinaikos. He is a product of the Arsenal academies and played senior football in England for Brentford and Cheltenham Town before joining Panathinaikos in 2018. A left back, Chatzitheodoridis began his career in his native Greece, playing for Mas Kallitheakos and training part-time with Arsenal’s Greek academy. After impressing on trial, he signed a two-year scholarship deal with the Premier League club’s principle academy in England on 6 June 2014. Chatzitheodoridis made 44 appearances and scored one goal for the U18 team over the course of two seasons, before being released in June 2016. Chatzitheodoridis joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial during 2016\u201317 pre-season and he impressed enough to sign a one-year professional contract on 6 August 2016. An injury crisis at left back saw Chatzitheodoridis win his maiden first team call up for a league match versus Wolverhampton Wanderers on 24 September 2016, but he remained an unused substitute during the 3\u20131 defeat. He signed a new two-year contract extension in March 2017. The departure of second-choice left back Tom Field on loan for the first half of the 2017\u201318 season allowed Chatzitheodoridis to make his senior debut with a start in the Bees’ 3\u20131 EFL Cup first round extra time win over AFC Wimbledon on 8 August 2017. He remained on the pitch until the 97th minute, when he was substituted for Henrik Dalsgaard. He played the full 90 minutes of the 4\u20131 victory over rivals Queens Park Rangers in the following round and on 7 September, manager Dean Smith reported that Chatzitheodoridis would begin training with the first team on a regular basis. A season-ending injury to Rico Henry in late September saw Chatzitheodoridis become the backup to stand-in left backs Josh Clarke and Yoann Barbet, before his departure on loan for the remainder of the 2017\u201318 season on 19 January 2018. On 19 January 2018, Chatzitheodoridis joined League Two club Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the 2017\u201318 season. He featured as an ever-present starter in the remaining 18 matches of the season. Despite being contracted for one further season, he was released in July 2018. On 23 July 2018, Chatzitheodoridis returned to Greece to join Superleague club Panathinaikos on a free transfer. He scored the first senior goal of his career on his second appearance for the club, in a 3\u20130 victory over Levadiakos on 23 September 2018<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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