Ilias Chatzitheodoridis
Ilias Chatzitheodoridis (; born 5 November 1997) is a Greek professional footballer  who plays as a left back for Panathinaikos. He is a product of the Arsenal academy and played senior football in England for Brentford and Cheltenham Town, before joining Panathinaikos in 2018.

Club career

Arsenal 
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.

Brentford 
Chatzitheodoridis joined the B team at Championship club Brentford on trial during 2016–17 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 3–1 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 2017–18 season allowed Chatzitheodoridis to make his senior debut with a start in the Bees' 3–1 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 4–1 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 2017–18 season on 19 January 2018. Despite being contracted for one further season, he was released in July 2018.

Cheltenham Town (loan) 
On 19 January 2018, Chatzitheodoridis joined League Two club Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He featured as an ever-present starter in the remaining 18 matches of the season.

Panathinaikos 
On 23 July 2018, Chatzitheodoridis returned to Greece to join Superleague club Panathinaikos on a free transfer. He finished a mid-table 2018–19 season with 25 appearances and four goals.

International career 
Chatzitheodoridis was an unused substitute for the Greece U21 team during two 2019 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers in October 2018.

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