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A tall, muscular defender whose towering performances in the Greek rearguard earned him a place in the UEFA EURO 2004? All-Star Team, Traianos Dellas has never fully enhanced that reputation at club level, suffering from a catalogue of injury problems.

Born in northern Greece, played for Panserraikos FC and Aris Thessaloniki FC before relegation with latter prompted a move to England, where he spent two seasons in the second tier with Sheffield United FC.

Joined AEK Athens FC in 1999, winning Greek Cup in 2000 – his only major club honour.

Three-year, injury-stricken spell at AS Roma preceded by Serie A bedding-in season at AC Perugia.

Became a favourite of Greece coach Otto Rehhagel in UEFA EURO 2004? qualifying campaign and started all six matches in Portugal, scoring silver goal winner against Czech Republic in semi-final.

Returned to AEK in 2005; three UEFA Champions League appearances in 2006\/07 to add to seven made with Roma.

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Rehhagel refers to Dellas as the 'Colossus of Rhodes' because of his huge presence in the team, a nickname adopted by the Greek press ever since the UEFA EURO 2004  triumph.<\/P>","156AB99B762676230C18DFFD85A3FAED":"","32E266777F4D5C3EAAE5984CDAE82227":"Panetolikos GFS","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"195cm","57C2653B331A7DDA71EF0009D79DD15B8B218E4BC397458C":"1","52D34B1F24A26AA271F2BD571AA0152C":"4","57C2653B331A7DDA9BB5C336225EACEB":"0","68B71F6A7FE5F18E":"85kg","e_index":4};