Giannis Zaradoukas

Giannis Zaradoukas was born on the 12th of December 1985 and he is a Greek international footballer who plays for Kerkyra in the Greek Super League as a left back. He started playing football at Panathinaikos youth teams reaching all the way to the first team, when he was loaned from Panathinaikos in 2007–08 to Panseraikos. Zaradoukas helped Panserraikos earn promotion from Beta Ethniki to the Greek Super League. Following his successful season with Panserraikos, Panathinaikos loaned Zaradoukas to Ethnikos Piraeus – another strong Beta Ethniki club trying to earn promotion to the Super League – for the 2008–09 season. After that he moved to Olympiakos Volos on a free transfer, where he made very good appearances for 3 years. In September 2011, Zaradoukas was released on free transfer and signed a 2-year contract with Olympiakos Peiraius. On 29 December 2011 he signed a six-month loan deal with PAS Giannina, as he was not in the plans of his coach. He scored his first goal for Pas Giannina against Kerkyra on 4 February 2012. On 18 January 2013, he signed a six-month loan with Aris. He made his debut 2 days later in a home draw against AEK. In June 2013, Zaradoukas was released from Olympiakos, and he signed a two-years contract with Asteras Tripolis. He made his debut with the club on 18 August 2013 in a home draw against PAS Giannina. At the beginning of 2014, Zaradoukas signed a six-month contract with Platanias and made his debut with the club on 3 March 2014 in a 1-2 home loss against PAS Giannina. On 10 July 2015, Zaradoukas was released from Platanias. In July 2015, Zaradoukas signed a contract with Skoda Xanthi and after that with Kerkyra, where he is playing up to now. On 10 August 2011, he debuted for the Greek national team, after a call-up by national coach Fernando Santos in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. His first competitive match for the national team was during a successful 1–0 win against Israel for the EURO 2012 qualification round