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Angelos Charisteas
(Άγγελος
Χαριστέα&#
962;) (born February 9, 1980 in Serres,
Greece|Serres, Greece) is a striker on the Greece
national football team.  At the 2004 European
Football Championship, he scored the lone Goal
(sport)|goal in a 1-0 victory over France national
football team|France to lead his team to the
semifinals. He went on to score the only goal in
Greece's 1-0 win over Portugal national football
team|Portugal in the final.

Professionally, Charisteas plays for Ajax
Amsterdam|Ajax in the Netherlands|Dutch
Eredivisie. He was signed from Germany|German
Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga side Werder
Bremen in December 2004, after both leagues went
on their annual winter break, thereby opening the
transfer window. He was largely a fringe player at
Bremen before Euro 2004, and his heroics did not
change his status there, as he was the
fourth-choice striker at Bremen. Greece national
team coach Otto Rehhagel publicly urged Charisteas
to try to move to another club during the January
2005 transfer window in order to get first-team
action.

The deal was logical for both clubs. Bremen wished
to raise money and clear payroll in order to make
a bid for AS Monaco FC|Monaco striker Shabani
Nonda. For its part, Ajax was hoping to find a
replacement for Sweden national football
team|Swedish international striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic, who was sold to Italy|Italian power
Juventus before the 2004-05 season.