Paraskevas Antzas

Paraskevas Antzas
Antzas in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-18)18 August 1976
Place of birth Drama, Greece
Date of death 25 May 2026(2026-05-25) (aged 49)
Place of death Drama, Greece
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
–1995 Pandramaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Skoda Xanthi 70 (6)
1998–2003 Olympiacos 76 (2)
2003–2004 Doxa Drama 20 (2)
2004–2007 Skoda Xanthi 68 (5)
2007–2009 Olympiacos 40 (1)
Total 274 (16)
International career
1999–2008 Greece 26 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paraskevas Antzas (Greek: Παρασκευάς Άντζας, 18 August 1976 – 25 May 2026) was a Greek professional footballer who played as a centre-back. A seven-time league champion and three-time cup champion of Greece, he participated in the UEFA Champions League with Olympiacos and the UEFA Euro 2008 with the Greece national team.

Career

Antzas' career began in Pandramaikos in Gamma Ethniki in 1993. In 1995, he signed with Skoda Xanthi at Alpha Ethniki. In 1998, he signed with Greek Olympiacos and until 2003 played in 76 league games plus 20 international games (18 games in UEFA Champions League and two games in UEFA Europa League, scoring one goal). In 2003, he left Olympiacos, for an unexplained reason, while he was a key member of Greece and had qualified for the European Championship 2004 in Portugal. In 2003 it was announced that he stopped the football for family reasons. He changed his mind and signed with Doxa Drama, on loan from Olympiacos, and consequently he lost his place in the national team, and he regained it years after in 2007 when he returned to Olympiacos from Skoda Xanthi.

On 15 June 2008, one day after the defeat of Greece by Russia in the final tournament of Euro 2008, Antzas announced his retirement from international football.[1] On 3 May 2009, he played his last career game.

Death

Antzas died in Drama on 25 May 2026, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, at the age of 49.[2][3][4]

Honours

Olympiacos

Greece

References

  1. ↑ Greece stalwarts hand in their notice Archived 17 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Πέθανε ο Παρασκευάς Άντζας σε ηλικία 49 ετών -Τι πρόβλημα υγείας είχε" (in Greek). 25 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Greek football is in mourning. Paraskevas Antzas has died at the age of 49". news247.gr. 25 May 2026. Archived from the original on 25 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Zarkadis, Panagiotis (25 May 2025). "Θλίψη στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο: Πέθανε ο Παρασκευάς Άντζας" [Sadness in Greek football: Paraskevas Antzas has died] (in Greek). Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA).
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