MadBoy13 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 He doesn't have to give any interviews. People confuse "ithagenia" with "yphkoothta" (sorry I am not sure how to accurately translate these words in English). Papadopoulos was born in Armenia and Vintra in the Chech Republic. They both play for the Greek NT. No one seems to worry too much about that. Lalas, Kalatzis, Hristodoulou, were of Greek ancestry but played for US and Australia. It's really a non issue, and it's really a personal matter for Ninis. I am sure he is probably tormented over it, and as a PAO fan I would love to see him play for Greece, but if he decides that his heart is in Albania he'll have my support. I hope he can concentrate on advancing his career through all this hoopla, and to groom his talent to become the player we all think he will be some day. lazaridis too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 He doesn't have to give any interviews. People confuse "ithagenia" with "yphkoothta" (sorry I am not sure how to accurately translate these words in English). Papadopoulos was born in Armenia and Vintra in the Chech Republic. They both play for the Greek NT. No one seems to worry too much about that. It's really a non issue, and it's really a personal matter for Ninis. I am sure he is probably tormented over it, and as a PAO fan I would love to see him play for Greece, but if he decides that his heart is in Albania he'll have my support. I hope he can concentrate on advancing his career through all this hoopla, and to groom his talent to become the player we all think he will be some day. File sorry if I'm missing something here because I havent been involved in this whole "ethnicity" debate, but why would he have his heart with Albania? Sorry if this has already been covered. Is he eligible to play for Greece or does he need papers like Castillo? he is a greek citizen, and even if he wasnt the govenrment has recently passed legislation making it easier for Greeks in Albania to get Greek passports.http://www.dailyfrappe.com/index.php?optio...=2088&Itemid=57 He is Greek and Raised in Greece, he will play for Greece. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Original aekara , you are talking out of your backside, Alban Bushi, you are clutching at straws. Ninis' parent are Greek and he is, as described above a case simular to those Of Christodoulou, Kalatzis and Lazaridis that played for Australia. Anyway, Ninis has been in Greece ever since he was 3 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasia7 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Original aekara dont listen to this guy, he is the 1 talking out of his ass Original aekara is asking for facts which would solve this topic in a second but u guys just want to go on about bs THE BOTTOM LINE IS CAN ANYONE CONFIRM 100% THAT NINIS PARENTS ARE ETHNIC GREEK OR ALBANIAN? if u cant then u might as well not say anything about it coz ur post are totally pointless and vyntra's mum is greek and his dad is czech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasia7 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 and evergreen ninis has been in greece since he was 1 years old not 3 FACTS PLEASE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2ndMouse Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 OK OK ... lets make the climate a bit lighter here ... Recent Joke: -- Why does Panathinaikos play only on Saturdays lately? Ninis needs Sundays to do his homework for Mondays school! :tup: (relax guys ... let the kid play ball ... he has plenty of years to show his worth and we have even more to see him play, learn more about him etc .... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBoy13 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 OK OK ... lets make the climate a bit lighter here ... Recent Joke: -- Why does Panathinaikos play only on Saturdays lately? Ninis needs Sundays to do his homework for Mondays school! :tup: (relax guys ... let the kid play ball ... he has plenty of years to show his worth and we have even more to see him play, learn more about him etc .... ) hehehehehe!!! nice joke... :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 OK OK ... lets make the climate a bit lighter here ... Recent Joke: -- Why does Panathinaikos play only on Saturdays lately? Ninis needs Sundays to do his homework for Mondays school! :tup: (relax guys ... let the kid play ball ... he has plenty of years to show his worth and we have even more to see him play, learn more about him etc .... ) :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCity1924 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Original aekara dont listen to this guy, he is the 1 talking out of his ass Original aekara is asking for facts which would solve this topic in a second but u guys just want to go on about bs THE BOTTOM LINE IS CAN ANYONE CONFIRM 100% THAT NINIS PARENTS ARE ETHNIC GREEK OR ALBANIAN? if u cant then u might as well not say anything about it coz ur post are totally pointless and vyntra's mum is greek and his dad is czech That is exactly what i was talking about. I just wanted a straight answer on his parents ethnicity, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikosVazelas Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 what difference does it make. he wil obviously choose greece if not only for the chance to play in euro cups and potentialy a world cup. as an albanian national player, the best he could hope for is to play a few qualie games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasia7 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 what difference does it make. he wil obviously choose greece if not only for the chance to play in euro cups and potentialy a world cup. as an albanian national player, the best he could hope for is to play a few qualie games. thats not the point re Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBoy13 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikosVazelas Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 what is the point then? because, if u ask me, its all quite a stupid topic to converse about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasili0s Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Anyway, Ninis has been in Greece ever since he was 3 years old. If he was so proud to be a Hellene as you make it, then why is he YET to become a Greek citizen ?He'll play for Greece not bacause his roots make him a Hellene, but because it's simply the better choice for his infant career, get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEKPROTATHLIMA Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Good move from EPO. I am glad that he will play for Greece. BRAVO!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 If he was so proud to be a Hellene as you make it, then why is he YET to become a Greek citizen ? He'll play for Greece not bacause his roots make him a Hellene, but because it's simply the better choice for his infant career, get over it. I can think of some great reasons not to take a citizenship yet. whats your point? Ninis is of Greek heritage, from a Greek community in Ximara, he grew up in Greece, has Greek first and last name even. Get over it and the jealousy that we have better Greek talent already. Go focus on D'ACol :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBoy13 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 If he was so proud to be a Hellene as you make it, then why is he YET to become a Greek citizen ? He'll play for Greece not bacause his roots make him a Hellene, but because it's simply the better choice for his infant career, get over it. Hellene? :whistle: :whistle:i dont know this word.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 If he was so proud to be a Hellene as you make it, then why is he YET to become a Greek citizen ? He'll play for Greece not bacause his roots make him a Hellene, but because it's simply the better choice for his infant career, get over it. I came to Greece when I was 14 and I didn't get Greek citizenship until I was 23. I only had Australian citizenship until then. Was I less a Greek before I had it written in ink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2ndMouse Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliasdim Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 ^^^^^^^^^^ well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alemao Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I don't understand what is the issue here from the beginning. In the end in terms of soccer what counts is which National team he is going to play for, IF he plays for one, right? Let's assume the guy becomes at 22 three times better than he is now (which is the logical sequence of a player with special talent, like the one he seems to be) and then he plays for Greece. Is there going to be ONE single Greek that may say "right we have an Albanian playing for our national team, I don't approve it, I don't like it" I doubt it if he is Greek and he plays for the Albanian national team and he is that good, we as Greeks are probably going to nag about how he should be playing for us. I hope that after a while none of us will come out to say "Ninis is Greek, we get the credit" in a hypothetical Albanian success in other words from the display so far and based on the assumption that he is going to be great lucky is the national team for which he'll be playing for who gives a s..t about his nationality? I don't think the Brazilians care anymore about not having Deco in their team. Nor the Portuguese think of his nationality when he plays for Portugal and in the end I don't see any fans from Uruguay or Mexico asking about Castillo's nationality there is no reason for Alban_Bushi to wonder where Ninis is from, especially if in the end he chooses Greece. His nationality will change nothing on that matter and it's not like we as Greeks have to claim the new-found gold as if it's our savior for Greek soccer in general... IF somebody from our side must claim him no matter what, well then let that be Gagatsis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pao123 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 someone earlier was saying pap was born in armenia...he was actually born in kazakstan i believe...sorry for the late correction :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX-18T Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 someone earlier was saying pap was born in armenia...he was actually born in kazakstan i believe...sorry for the late correction :D and he has a famous theo that wanted to sign him for the Kazakh Football team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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