Stylianos is pictured above during the final of the 2004
European Championships against the host
nation Portugal. Greece won 1-0
to take the trophy and pull off perhaps the greatest ever surprise
in
the history of international football.
GREECE 1:0 PORTUGAL (0:0) - Euro 2004 Final. (04.07.04, Luz, Lisbon - 62,875)
Greece: Antonios Nikopolidis, Giourkas Seitaridis, Traianos Dellas, Mihalis Kapsis, Panagiotis Fyssas,
Theo Zagorakis, Angelos Basinas, Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Stylianos Venetidis 76), Konstantinos Katsouranis,
Zisis Vryzas (Dimitrios Papadopoulos 81), Angelos Charisteas
Portugal: Ricardo, Miguel (Paulo Ferreira 43), Jorge Andrade, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente,
Costinha (Rui Costa 60), Maniche, Luis Figo, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pauleta (Nuno Gomes 74)
1:0 Charisteas (57)
Booked - Basinas, Seitaridis, Fissas, Papadopoulos / Costinha, Nuno Valente
Referee - Markus Merk (Germany).
CLUB CAREER:
1994–1996 Orestis Orestiada 25 (3)
1996–1999 Skoda Xanthi 118 (2)
1999–2001 PAOK 55 (1)
2001–2006 Olympiacos 77 (0)
2006–2012 AEL 117 (3)
Total 392 games (9 goals)
National team:
1999–2004 Greece 42 (0)