Angelos Basinas (Greek: Άγγελος Μπασινάς pronounced [ˈaɲɟelos basiˈnas], born 3 January 1976) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He could also operate as a central midfielder and a centre back. He is best remembered for his key role in the Greece national team that won the 2004 European Championship. He provided the corner kick through which Angelos Charisteas scored the winning goal in the final against Portugal.
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| Date of birth | 3 January 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chalkida, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | Panathinaikos | 199 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Mallorca | 75 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | AEK Athens | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Portsmouth | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Arles-Avignon | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 307 | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999–2009 | Greece | 100 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editPanathinaikos
editBasinas started his career with Greek side Panathinaikos, during his time at Panathinaikos he won both the league and the Greek Cup in 2004. After a row broke out between Basinas, the manager and the Panathinaikos board over wages, Basinas was released on 21 September 2005, which brought an end to a career at the club which lasted over ten years, during this time he made over 150 appearances for the club scoring many crucial goals both domestically and in European competitions.[1] ( He played 153 games (26 goals, five assists) with the club in all competitions).
Mallorca
editAlthough rumored to go to Birmingham City, Everton, AEK Athens and Olympiacos during the 2006 winter transfer window, Basinas signed a contract with Mallorca preferring to leave Greece and join the Spanish Primera División.
In the second half of the 2005–06 season, Basinas completed a successful first period at Mallorca, helping to save the team from relegation proving a key part of the struggling team's survival. In his second year at the club he helped the team to finish in seventh position, one point from European qualification.
He was released by Mallorca on 1 July 2008 after his 2+1⁄2-year contract came to an end. He played 81 games (one goal, one assist) with the club in all competitions.
AEK Athens
editOn 31 July 2008, Basinas signed a three-year contract of €1.4 million per annum with AEK Athens,[2] choosing the number 14. Despite the pre-season odds, AEK underachieved during the first half of the season and lost the title race too early, making Basinas favourable towards a new move during the winter transfer period.
Portsmouth
editOn 2 February 2009, Portsmouth confirmed the signing of Basinas on an eighteen-month contract.[3] He made his debut for Portsmouth on 7 February 2009 against Liverpool. Just a few hours after his debut, manager Tony Adams, who brought Basinas in, was sacked by the club and replaced by Paul Hart. Under the new manager, Basinas hardly played and was benched for the rest of the season after only making three appearances for Portsmouth. Despite little playing time in his first season at Portsmouth, Basinas stated that he wanted to stay at the club.[4] When Avram Grant became the manager of the club, Basinas had continued to impress for Portsmouth when called upon and a poll among Portsmouth fans on 23 January 2010, showed that he's appreciated by the fans. 77% of fans believe that "Basinas has the creative touch and must play", while only 2% believed he should leave the club.[5] With Portsmouth Basinas reached the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea of Carlo Ancelotti, but he was left out of the matchday squad.[6]
Arles-Avignon
editIn the summer 2010, Basinas moved to Arles, with his teammate Angelos Charisteas, in the Ligue 1. He made his debut on 21 August 2010 in a 2–1 away defeat against Toulouse. Basinas made a total of five appearances in Ligue 1 and French Cup. The contract was broken two months later.
International career
editBasinas won his first cap in a 3–1 win over El Salvador on 18 August 1999 and scored his first goal in just his second match, also against El Salvador just two days later. He remained a part of the national team setup since his debut and was a regular after Otto Rehhagel took over in 2001.
He was a key player in Greece's upset Euro 2004 victory, scoring a penalty in his country's 2–1 upset win over host team Portugal in the tournament's opening game. Basinas was a vital player in the hard-working midfield of the Greek team throughout the tournament. In the final, Charisteas scored the winning goal for Greece against Portugal off a corner kick by Basinas, which saw Greece win the trophy.
After Theodoros Zagorakis retired, Basinas was selected to take the captain's arm band. Basinas earned his 100th cap for Greece 1 April 2009 in a FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier against Israel. At the time, he was only the second Greek player to achieve 100 national team appearances alongside Theodoros Zagorakis.
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Panathinaikos | 1995–96 | Alpha Ethniki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 1998–99 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 1999–2000 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2000–01 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 3 | – | 14 | 2 | 48 | 8 | |||
| 2001–02 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | – | 14 | 3 | 42 | 8 | |||
| 2002–03 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | 9 | 2 | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2003–04 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 | – | 6 | 1 | 39 | 10 | |||
| 2004–05 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
| Total | 199 | 27 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 8 | 313 | 42 | ||
| Mallorca | 2005–06[8] | La Liga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[8] | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08[8] | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||
| AEK Athens | 2008–09[9] | Superleague Greece | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Portsmouth | 2008–09[10] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[11] | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Arles-Avignon | 2010–11[9] | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 307 | 28 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 439 | 43 | ||
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1999 | 6 | 1 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 7 | |
- Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Basinas goal.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August 1999 | Kavala National Stadium, Kavala, Greece |  El Salvador |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 28 February 2001 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece |  Russia |
3–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 3 | 12 June 2004 | Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal |  Portugal |
2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 4 | 9 February 2005 | Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece |  Denmark |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | 28 March 2007 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 6 | 17 November 2007 | Spyros Louis Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Malta |
2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 7 | 21 November 2007 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary |
2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
Honours
editPanathinaikos
Portsmouth
Greece U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1998[14]
Greece
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Basinas quits PAO
- ^ AEK FC sign Basinas Archived 5 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Basinas joins Blues Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Basinas staying at Portsmouth". Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "NO Basinas in Pompey's FA Cup plans?" Vitalfootball.co.uk Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Chelsea 1 - 0 Portsmouth". BBC. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Angelos Basinas at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c Angelos Basinas at BDFutbol
- ^ a b Angelos Basinas at Soccerway
- ^ "Games played by Angelos Basinas in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Games played by Angelos Basinas in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - Angelos Basinas International Appearances Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Football PLAYER: Angelos Basinas". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Greece 0-1 Spain". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
External links
edit- "Official Website". Archived from the original on 5 June 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.