Dutch Eagle Posted September 27, 2024 Share Posted September 27, 2024 With "the case" of Christos Zafeiris in mind I thought it is interesting to see if there are other lads in the Greek diaspora that might be good enough to represent Greece. Morocco is the perfect example of recruiting lots of youngsters from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. There is Konstantinos Karetsas of Racing Genk as you all know. In the Netherlands there is Dimitris Rallis, 19 y.o. and playing for Heerenveen (former club of Samaras!). At the sites it says he is Dutch. But his name sounds.... yep. Are there others around the globe? Share your thoughts or even better ..... names. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokarag4 Posted September 28, 2024 Share Posted September 28, 2024 And Rallis scored overnight in his first start for Heerenveen, with a great strike! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted October 1, 2024 Share Posted October 1, 2024 Really need to start looking at USA as well. Tons of Greek-Americans are playing collegiately at high D1 levels that eventually can make a move to Greece and the NT. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted October 3, 2024 Share Posted October 3, 2024 On 9/28/2024 at 6:07 AM, Dutch Eagle said: With "the case" of Christos Zafeiris in mind I thought it is interesting to see if there are other lads in the Greek diaspora that might be good enough to represent Greece. Morocco is the perfect example of recruiting lots of youngsters from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. There is Konstantinos Karetsas of Racing Genk as you all know. In the Netherlands there is Dimitris Rallis, 19 y.o. and playing for Heerenveen (former club of Samaras!). At the sites it says he is Dutch. But his name sounds.... yep. Are there others around the globe? Share your thoughts or even better ..... names. We should get Karetsas. Great option to have on the wing and CAM. He can score goals too. There’s a player named Antonis Papadopoulos who has German citizenship at the moment. Don’t think he is the answer but he plays CB and CDM. He could provide good cover when needed. We lack a physical number 6 and he seems physically strong and a great tackler. Played at Dortmund (mostly for the 2nd team). He now plays at Lugano in Switzerland 1st division. He plays regularly according to transfer market. Just an another option I guess. By the way, you created a great topic. 👍 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted October 3, 2024 Author Share Posted October 3, 2024 And Papadopoulos scored the 1-0 in the 3-0 victory over HJK Helsinki in the Conference League today! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellasLEAF Posted October 3, 2024 Share Posted October 3, 2024 I really want Karetsas to join the fold. More for future but we cannot have enough talent at that position which typically we have been thin at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokarag4 Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 Rallis scored again over the weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted October 29, 2024 Share Posted October 29, 2024 📰 Genk midfielder Konstantinos Karetsas has started the process to obtain a Greek passport & will decide soon whether he represents Greece or Belgium. Heerenveen striker Dimitris Rallis is also considering his options 🇬🇷 (@sport24) #Greece #Ethniki This is from the Hellas football page. Good news so far. 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellasLEAF Posted October 30, 2024 Share Posted October 30, 2024 They are en route lol. HELLAS!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Eagle Posted November 7, 2024 Author Share Posted November 7, 2024 Another one decided to join Greece: Dimitris Rallis will represent Greece's Elpidon (but that does not mean he is chained to Greece yet): https://inpaok.com/842176/epelexe-tin-ethniki-elladas-o-rallis/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted November 8, 2024 Share Posted November 8, 2024 I am so pumped for 17 year old Olympiakos player Christos Moutzakitis to play for the Greek NT. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 (edited) If Karetsas does decide to represent Greece, does he go straight into the first team or u21s? Keen to hear what people think about it. He does get game time for his club. He just turned 17. If it was up to me I’d put him in the first team. Reason being that he is talented enough and also locks him up for the team. Edited November 20, 2024 by Dean97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted November 20, 2024 Share Posted November 20, 2024 No way I would put him at the senior level. He wouldn’t play. Would just sit the bench. Gotta play him u21 level to start. He’s played 30 minutes total since October 20th (8 games). Hasn’t touched the field for Belgium U21 yet. Needs more time consistently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted November 29, 2024 Share Posted November 29, 2024 He'll get straight into the senior setup once PAOK buys him (after selling Konstantelias, of course) and he scores 30 goals in a season for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted December 2, 2024 Share Posted December 2, 2024 (edited) On 11/30/2024 at 10:01 AM, pash said: He'll get straight into the senior setup once PAOK buys him (after selling Konstantelias, of course) and he scores 30 goals in a season for us. Karetsas to PAOK? I think he’s staying at Genk for now. Also Stefanos Tzimas is one for the future. Haven’t seen him play too much just mostly seen his goals. Big clubs are after him so it’s promising. As long as he replicates the style of play of Ioannidis for the Ethniki such as intensity and work rate then we will fine at the strikers position. For me Ioannidis is our best striker. The way he plays for Greece should be appreciated. Full of energy and gets involved. Also scores goals for Greece too. At the moment he is out of form but when he is on he is on. Edited December 2, 2024 by Dean97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted December 3, 2024 Share Posted December 3, 2024 Karetsas wants us as badly as Diddy wants to party 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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