{"id":912511,"date":"2026-05-29T15:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20260528-apo-tin-ellada-mexri-to-mexiko-oi-diethneis-tou-paok\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:57:47","slug":"20260528-apo-tin-ellada-mexri-to-mexiko-oi-diethneis-tou-paok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20260528-apo-tin-ellada-mexri-to-mexiko-oi-diethneis-tou-paok\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK’s internationals representing their countries from Greece to Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christos Zafeiris<\/strong> was called up for Greece’s<\/strong> two friendlies against Sweden<\/strong> in Stockholm<\/strong> on June 4 (20:00) and against Italy<\/strong> in Crete<\/strong> on June 7 (22:00).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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World Cup player Jorge Sanchez<\/strong> is already in Mexico<\/strong> (he played the second half of the friendly against Ghana<\/strong> on 23.05, which the Mexicans won 2-0) and the match against Australia<\/strong> (31.05) and Serbia<\/strong> (04.06) follow.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The <\/span><\/span>World Cup … is also on the agenda of Rahman Baba<\/strong>, who is in Wales<\/strong> for Ghana’s<\/strong> friendly against Wales<\/strong> on 02.06.<\/span><\/span> Andrija Zivkovic’s<\/strong> Serbia<\/strong> also play two friendly matches, on 31.05 against Cape Verde<\/strong> in Lisbon<\/strong> and on 04.06 in Toluca, Mexico<\/strong> against Sanchez’s Mexico<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tomasz Kedziora<\/strong> is in the Polish<\/strong> squad for the two home friendly matches against Ukraine<\/strong> (31.05) and Nigeria<\/strong> (03.06).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Estonia<\/strong> have also called upon Karel Mustma<\/strong> for the Baltic Cup<\/strong> matches on 6 and 9 June, with the participation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania<\/strong> and the Faroe Islands<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Friendly matches in Croatia<\/strong> are on the menu for the Greece Under-21<\/strong> squad with the coach calling up three PAOK<\/strong> players, Dimitris Hatsidis<\/strong>, Giannis Sarris<\/strong> and Konstantinos Polykratis<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> Greece<\/strong> played against Qatar<\/strong> (lost 2-1) and Croatia<\/strong> follows (30.05).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Greece Under-19<\/strong> squad are preparing with the 2008 generation and six PAOK Academy<\/strong> players were called up for both the international friendlies in Cyprus<\/strong> and the official UEFA<\/strong> matches, which will be held at the Toumba<\/strong>, in early June.<\/span><\/span> Those included are Charalambos Avgitidis, Dimitris Kyriazidis, Konstantinos Toursounidis, Antonis Areti, Giorgos Krommydas, Vangelis Ghiokas<\/strong> and Dimitris Berdos<\/strong>, who were called up for the friendly match against Cyprus<\/strong> on 27.05 (2-0 win for Greece) and the match against England<\/strong> (28.05, 2-1 defeat with Berdos<\/strong> the scorer). <\/span><\/span>Greece<\/strong> and specifically the Toumba<\/strong> is hosting the matches of the 1st qualifying phase of Group 6 of League A, with the EURO 2027<\/strong> finals in the Czech Republic<\/strong> as the backdrop.<\/span><\/span> Greece<\/strong> will face Portugal<\/strong>, Serbia<\/strong> and Kazakhstan<\/strong> in their group.<\/span><\/span> The match schedule is as follows: Greece \u2013 Serbia 03.06 18:00 Portugal \u2013 Greece 06.06 18:00 Kazakhstan \u2013 Greece 09.06 18:00. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>It should be noted that for health reasons the participation of Giorgos Krommydas<\/strong> was withdrawn.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ioannis Neto, Lucas Veridiano, Stavros Kogalidis, Thomas Nikiforos, Panagiotis Douralis,<\/strong> Arby Louska<\/strong> and Giorgos Tentolouris<\/strong> were also called up to the Greece<\/strong> Under-16 squad for the UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament<\/strong>, which was held in Portugal<\/strong> from 19 to 24 May.<\/span><\/span> Greece<\/strong> were defeated 5-1 by Italy<\/strong>, 3-0 by Portugal<\/strong> and 3-0 by the Czech Republic.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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There were more calls for our young players to an extremely interesting tournament, the UEFA Conmebol Under-16 Development Cup<\/strong>, which is being held in Asuncion, Paraguay<\/strong> from 30.05 to 07.06.<\/span><\/span> So, from the generation of 2011, Giannis Chrysoulakis, Giorgos Itskos, Dimitris Papageorgopoulos, Fotis Solomidis, Christos Kakalis, Grigoris Priovolos<\/strong> and Alexandros Papageorgiou<\/strong> were called up.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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