var playerInfo={"805ACE40479B6E763FB50E182B20A495":"1973-8-3","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","722D75C33935B48A":"79kg","0108B3B67855A673":"355","02EB7DF46653B329":"Nikos Dabizas","F4645409D3EE42C9":"1894","5C3036D26CFC9127B44FF53093E933F3":"","FCD4DE51CBA4497A68D59AAB112D0E72":"Hy L\u1ea1p","2E0E2A90B9433555":"AEL Larisa","784E2315886D4158D1382C0663916F9F":"","B5B6215D054A14FF":"Nikos Dabizas","ED1B32E089DA5A80B0D0B798C116E403":"A wholehearted and authoritative central defender, Nikolaos Dabizas also provides valuable attacking options from set-pieces. <BR><BR>National team<BR><BR>Dabizas made his international debut in a EURO '96?qualifier against Finland in 1994. He played a full part in that campaign and subsequent attempts to reach two FIFA World Cups and the 2000 UEFA European Championship. <BR><BR>UEFA EURO 2004?qualifying<BR><BR>Indeed, Dabizas was an integral figure as Greece topped Group 6 above Spain, playing every minute of the first six qualifiers. Hours after his final outing, the 1-0 victory against Ukraine in June 2003, the defender broke an arm in a car accident. <BR><BR>Club<BR><BR>Dabizas kicked off his career with Pontii Verias FC who had spotted him playing amateur football as a teenager. He helped the Greek side win the third division north in his first season and was a regular over the next two terms to earn a move to Olympiacos CFP at the age of 21. <BR><BR>1994: Dabizas joined a club starved of success, having not won a Greek championship since 1986\/87, but now on the cusp of a period of domestic domination. The defender featured 31 times as Olympiacos ended their title drought in 1996\/97 and scored five times in 20 matches the following season prior to a &#8364;2m move to Newcastle United FC in March 1998. <BR><BR>1998: Two months later Dabizas appeared in Newcastle's FA Cup final defeat by Arsenal FC. He made a second Wembley appearance the following year but Newcastle lost out again, this time against Manchester United FC. Dabizas suffered more bad luck in the 2000\/01 campaign when a serious knee problem sidelined him for eight months. <BR><BR>2003\/04: After eleven goals in 130 Premiership outings for Newcastle, Dabizas joined Leicester City FC in January 2004, signing a six-month contract with an option for an extra year. <BR><BR>Did you know? <BR><BR>Dabizas was the first Greek to play in an FA Cup final.","1D8DD001D97C012A":"183cm","70545F9392E8422F0998B22F19C3F32C":"Leicester City","7CC3966A9B90B941797344C1BB8D8534":"Leicester City,Newcastle","3D0C18FC6E83B9810B0FAD6BF04C7B64":"","9CFA5380AB449F58B34CD68741B77812":"2","5588923A723573201F6804A11C3F390A":"4","e_index":8};