PAOK FC, commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia. PAOK are one of the top domestic clubs, the most widely supported in Northern Greece and the current Greek league champions.
Dimitris "Mimis" Domazos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname was "The General"(Greek: "Ο Στρατηγός").
Dimitris Saravakos, nicknamed "the Kid", is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Saravakos is widely considered to be one of the greatest Greek footballers of all time and a Panathinaikos' legend. The IFFHS chose him in the best XI of all time of Greek football in 2021.
Dimitrios "Mimis" Papaioannou was a Greek professional footballer, who played as a forward, mostly for AEK Athens and a manager. Widely regarded as the greatest Greek footballer of his generation and one of the best players of all time in Greece, as he was named the best Greek footballer of the 20th Century by the IFFHS.
Panajot Thoma Pano was an Albanian football player. He started his career as a goalkeeper in the 17 Nëntori Tirana youth academy, but later became the most prolific centre-forward of their arch-rivals, Partizani Tirana. During his eighteen-year career he played 24 matches as part of the Albania national team and was awarded the Albanian UEFA Jubilee Award.
Thomas Mavros is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Giorgos Koudas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his entire career at PAOK. Due to his fierce competitiveness and his Macedonian heritage, he was nicknamed Alexander the Great.
Football is the most popular sport in Albania, both at a participatory and spectator level. The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (FSHF).
Vasilis Dimitriadis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, known mononymously as Lazaros due to his long surname, is a Greek professional footballer who is currently a free agent. He plays as a winger, a second striker or an attacking midfielder.
Ivan Jovanović is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Greek National Team.
Ylli Shehu is an Albanian retired football player.
Skender Hyka was an Albanian who spent his entire career at his hometown club 17 Nëntori Tirana as a forward. He also represented the Albania national team, although he only earned one senior cap at international level. He worked for Albanian Football Association as an executive committee member and he was head of the Competition Commission since 2009.
Robert Jashari, also known as Bert Jashari, was an Albanian football player, who played for Partizani Tirana and the Albania national team. He won the National Championship six times between 1957 and 1964 with Partizani Tirana and he was the top goalscorer in the National Championship in three consecutive seasons between 1962 and 1965, with 18, 9 and 14 goals respectively. He scored a total of 69 league goals for Partizani.
Vasillaq Zëri was an Albanian footballer of Greek origin, who played as a striker.
Georgios Masouras is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League club Olympiacos and the Greece national team.
Lorenc Leskaj is an Albanian retired footballer who played as a defender for Partizani Tirana.
Charalampos Charalampous, is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a midfielder for Omonia and the Cyprus national team.
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