Candidate with New Democracy in the upcoming elections there will be a former football player and European champion in the national team in 2004, Yurkas Seitarides.

By decision of Prime Minister and New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Giourkas Seitaridis will join the common effort for a modern and European Greece by fighting in the battle of the May 21 national elections from the ballot, according to a related statement. New Democracy in Ioannina Prefecture.

Brief Summary

Yurkas Seitaridis grew up in Ioannina, where he graduated from high school. As a footballer, he has a number of major sporting accolades, most notably winning the 2004 European Championship with the Greek national team, where he was named one of the top eleven players in the tournament and voted as one of the top eleven of all time in the Greek football.

He started his career with Katsikas Ioannina and later played for PAS Ioannina, Panathinaikos (with whom he won two championships and two Greek Cups) and also abroad with Porto where he won domestic titles and the Intercontinental Cup, in Dynamo Moscow and Atlético. Madrid.

In 2019, he was elected as the Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Athens and is currently the Vice President of OPANDA (Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Athens).

He speaks four foreign languages ​​and holds UEFA A, UEFA B and UEFA C coaching diplomas. He is married and has a daughter.

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