Giorgos Samaras (born 1985) is a Greek footballer. Samaras was born in Heraklion on 21 February 1985.
Samaras competed in association football as a forward. The clubs and national sides on that record are SC Heerenveen (2002–2006), 88 appearances and 25 goals, Manchester City F.C. (2006–2008), 54 appearances and 8 goals, Celtic F.C. (in 2008), 16 appearances and 5 goals, West Bromwich Albion F.C. (2014–2015), 5 appearances and the Greece men's national football team (2006–2014), 81 appearances and 9 goals. That career was played out in Premier League. He had begun working by 2003.
Samaras appeared at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012.
Samaras was the son of Yannis Samaras.
SC Heerenveen was founded in 1920.
Giorgos Samaras is covered in 53 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Greece.
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