The Greek Maradona | The Best Player You've Never Heard Of

[@blasterskv1]

As a sport fan, i feel embarased that i've never heard about this fantastic player up untill now. Thanks to this channel. Greets from Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

[@ДениславЙорданов-л6о]

Айде Ноле/из Бугарско/

[@jorgeespinoza3938]

Me too. It's extremely sad not only for him, but for fans around the World we never got to see him play for and against better teams, and only because he was born a refugee. Many beleive sportsmen should steer away from politics, well I for one beleive politicians should steer away from sports. Greeting from a peruvian 🇵🇪 living in the United States 🇺🇸.

[@uglymf5432]

🇬🇷 🇷🇸

[@Businessmanthess]

@@jorgeespinoza3938 it didn't have to do with the "political refugee" part but rather with the extremely strict transfer rules and contracts in Greece back then (a club could renew the player's contract without the player's consent for up to 7-8 years) and the fact that Iraklis wouldn't sell his star player for ANY price...on the contrary, being a political refugee helped him leave the USSR to "repatriate" to his home country (the Soviets didn't sell players abroad at the time) and eventually, to save his own life (his whole former teammates in Pakhtakor died in a plane crash when they were flying for a game)...

[@Realistis-]

Hatzipanagis is a god in GREECE and a true diamond.He had the chance to play in a big club, but at this time the law was very strict with the players contracts. Every player was like a '' property '' of the team and only the president had the right to sell him. Iraklis F. C was making more money with the tickets and they didn't sell him even some clubs offered a lot of money for him.Finally he finished his career in Greece&and they recognized him as a Worldclass footballer. TOP!

[@VasilisL7]

Vasilis Hatzipanagis was the G.O.A.T. in the Greek Football History.

[@ComradeHellas]

Definitely the greatest player in Greek football history.

[@youknowtherules5681]

No it's Sokratis

[@Doct0rLove]

Κορίτσια είμαι 25 χρονών αρκετά εμφανίσιμη… το τελευταίο μηνά εχο παρατηρήσει κάτι σπυράκια στα χείλια μου και στη γλώσσα…με το αγόρι μου κάνουμε πολύ πρωκτικό σεξ γιατί είναι το φετίχ μου και αυτός πολλές φορές τελειώνει στο στόμα (δεν βάζει προφυλακτικό γιατί τον στενεύει λέει) περα από ότι μου αφήνει μια μικρή επίγευση παλετας κρεμυδιου και μια περίεργη εσανς πίκρας δεν είχα κάποιο πρόβλημα τόσο καιρο…τι μου προτείνετε να τρώω κατι συγκεκριμένο

[@arisantifascista9466]

@@Doct0rLove τι στον

[@shad0wassassin24]

@@arisantifascista9466 kai egw auto lew

[@Rosario_Verano]

Also, in 1984 he was invited to the World XI among the biggest players of that time.

[@mikrimpoumpou]

Friendly match between International All Stars and NY Cosmos in Giants Stadium (NJ)

[@adityadas6638]

Maradona played and scored in that

[@kingofgames5559]

Σιγά τον Χατζηπαναγή

[@toumpa7r-s50]

@@kingofgames5559 ε ναι μωρε εχει βγαλει πολυ καλυτερους η Ελλαδα

[@djbray5895]

@@kingofgames5559 eisai malakas agori m dn exeis idea apo podosfairo

[@panos7024]

He holds a record of 6 goals directly from the corner kick.(most in Europe)

[@ΤάσοςΜαυρίδης-ν1ι]

9

[@borivojejasic9934]

Dejan Rambo Petkovic scored 9

[@Harabalos]

9

[@mikerino71]

11 goals as he told once in an interview

[@gvaik]

K. Nestoridis of AEK Athens in the 50s and 60s scored 17 goals from corners. But he is also unknown to the young fans and abroad. One of the best Strikers of all time in Greece, known for his exceptional ball control, speed and finishing.

[@tasosk.6371]

Hatzipanagis wasn't the Greek Maradona.....Maradona was the Argentinian Hatzipanagis 😂 RESPECT FROM AN ARIS FAN (Edit: RIP Diego Armando Maradona🙏🏻)

[@Thamargoe]

Μπράβο βρε φίλε μου αυτό ήθελα να πω....the only thing that I don't like is the title of the video, Maradona is Maradona and Hadjipanagis is Hadjipanagis..

[@ComradeHellas]

Not really but yeah good one

[@fafoulas8367]

Title:the best player you never knew Εμείς οι έλληνες: Γιαααααα ξανα πεστο? BTW respect απο τρελό φαν του Άρη και της εθνικής Ελλάδος.

[@kflynt2006]

εκει εκει στη β εθνικη

[@ComradeHellas]

@Dimitris Du Funny because Hatzipanagis and his parents were renown communists. It is you the mentally intense patriots who disallowed him to play in the national squad because of his political opinions, I strongly believe that my country has grown a lot since the dark 70s but it seems not. Well it's your loss, us the gifted ones will always find a haven.

[@irthamepali]

Literally every greek fan can agree that Hatzipanagis was the best

[@mitsos3789]

Xatzipanagis sti mpala, Gkalis sto basket

[@irthamepali]

@@mitsos3789 Αν και παοκτσής συμφωνώ απολύτως

[@vageliskoios1062]

Σαμαράς στο βολλευ

[@Nikos2100]

Ναι και Καραγκούνης στις βουτιές

[@irthamepali]

@@Nikos2100 Ο Καραγκούνης με έμπνευσε στο να αρχίσω την υποκριτική

[@wrobi73]

It's a strange world. How could I never heard of him? A hidden diamond, somewhere in Greece, with all respect to this country.

[@wrobi73]

@Yes Sure. But remember, it was in 80s and I lived then in Poland. We had no sports channels then ;) There were 2 channels of public TV and this was all. The matches of European cups were shown only when Polish teams played or there were quarterfinals or up. So, in all those years the chance to see Iraklis in Poland was close to zero. Funny fact is that Hatzipanagis played one national match against Poland in 1976, but I was 3 years old then and not much interested in football yet ;) Of course later I've seen exceptional Greek players like Saravakos or Mitropoulos, when Greece national team played in some matches against Poland, but I was not aware that maybe even better guy is playing in Greece.

[@ΓεώργιοςΓαλανάκης-ν5ω]

Heracles never let him make a transfer. Different times...no matter how much money they gave Hatzipanaghes was forced to play at Heracles or stop playing football. He choose to continue his career for Heracles. I'm Greek and i know this story from a Hatzipanaghes' interview at a Greek TV channel(ANT1) if my memory is correct and he said that firstly, Lazio and Porto wanted him, but Heracles refused the transfer and then he played only for Heracles. But he played for a team that gathered players who were the greatest and played at different clubs and one of these players was Hatzipanaghes. I don't know the name of the team but you could search for it

[@greektrollergaming861]

@@ΓεώργιοςΓαλανάκης-ν5ω τι όντως;; Και τι τον κρατούσε να παίξει στον Ηρακλή;

[@lamproslamprou3663]

@@ΓεώργιοςΓαλανάκης-ν5ω Μικτή Κόσμου ονομαζόταν η ομάδα αδερφε

[@toumpa7r-s50]

@@greektrollergaming861 η γριά

[@miralex67]

If a player like him existed today he would be sold 100m

[@VasilisL7]

More than 100m

[@kamaaladiin]

100M is nothing, more like 150M

[@Fiat_Multipla69]

That's an understatement.

[@kaisen5669]

150 maybe 200 depending on age.

[@erikd.k]

If Zidane existed today as a football player he would be worth 450m.

[@rickyjonathan7286]

Yes Vasilis Hatzipanagis was fantistic player. I have met him in Thessaloniki four years ago. He is very good person.

[@Dimitris_1987]

They did a survey 5 years ago at the biggest sports site in Greece for the biggest Greek footballer in history, Vasia (that's his nickname) took 70%+ of the votes. He was filling up the stadium in every match. His biggest accomplishemnts were a 6-0 win against Panathinaikos (Panathinaikos was a powerhouse at the 80s), the victory against Olympiakos at the Greek Cup final (the game went to penalties after a 4-4 draw, it could be nice to search for the highlights) and the fact that he scored 9 direct corner kicks. His trademark move was the multidribbles at the corner area. There were two diffenders that were injured their backs due to his dribbles. The player was an unlucky fenomenon, his teammates didn't deserve him.

[@dreamofyesterday]

Can you please link the survey?

[@Dimitris_1987]

@@dreamofyesterday www.gazzetta.gr/specials/944812/top-10-oi-megalyteroi-ellines-podosfairistes

[@dimitriskolyardos5373]

ξέρω τι θα δω ,κοίταω τα σχόλια, πόσες ασίστ...που μπροστά σε άδεια εστία, φευγαν στη κερκίδα. ..το τέλειο 10αρι

[@klausbrinck2137]

Kofidis, Dimopoulos (at Vasia´s career-finale) were pretty good.

[@emirares]

So sad that we couldn't know about him and watch him.. Greetings and respect from Turkey, one of the legendary players of Fenerbahce is Lefter Kucukandonyadis also a Greek, there's a statue of Lefter near the Fenerbahce stadium in İstanbul, did you know that?. He was a true legend, amazing skillful player, hundreds of goals he scored.. I wanted to meet with him but sadly he died 7 years ago at 85. I only visited his grave...

[@ΓιώργοςΤσιορασίδης]

Lefteris also play in fiorentina and those years it was very very difficult years for transfers

[@JogaSportivo]

He really was special. Unfortunately he only played in Greece. If he had the opportunity to play in Europe's big leagues he would have been well recognised.

[@wonderlandian8465]

@Rolman80 80 Greece is in Europe but it isn't part of the big leagues especially at that time and for the club he was playing at. The issue was that he couldn't transfer to the big Greek clubs nor to any big European league (Spanish, English, Italian)

[@dimitrisgavanas5545]

Hatzipanagis was so crazy that he didnt wanted to leave greece and go to the biggest teams of the world.

[@JogaSportivo]

@@dimitrisgavanas5545 don't agree with that. He would love to play in a higher level but the transfer rules of that era kept him prisoned

[@Kinezos21]

@@dimitrisgavanas5545 hraklis was aftaid of sell him cause of the fans he got a transfer bid of 300.000 but hraklis didn't gave him

[@GTROGTR]

@Rolman80 80 Yes bro ..is the truth your opinion about El MAGICO. The best of the best player in the World....and the reason , because was the first tutor of triple soccer.

[@dimitriostsekouras7132]

I'm a Panathinaikos fan,I still remember him at the early 80s, to magnetised all of us,and to make us think how much higher can get our team with this guy in our team. Definitely one of the top players in history of world football.

[@epicusdoomicusdelirius]

More than one of the best players to ever play the game, Vasia has a golden heart. His sincere kindness brings tears in my eyes every time i see an interview of his. Outmost respect from a Panathinaikos fan!

[@billypapa6761]

To give an example, lets say, Athens mid 80's: AEK Stadium (or Panathinaikos or Olympiacos) AEK - Aris 12.000 spectators. AEK - Panahaiki 7.000. AEK - Iraklis 20.000 Even supporters of other teams would attend the game just to watch HIM. The same goes for every other home team playing vs Iraklis. The sad part of the story is that Iraklis was an average team - historic club but average team - and sometimes it was laughable and frustrating at the same time to marvel of Vassia (his nickname) to dribble two of three sorry mates, pass the ball through the eye of the needle for a teammate just for him to miss in front of the post. The directors of the club was too afraid of the supporters reaction in case of selling him, not to Greece's big three but to European clubs, so he remained tied to Iraklis for all his career. His only honor was a single Greek Cup, but this guy deserved to have lifted the Champions League trophy (then, European Cup) playing for some great club. The other sad story was that the then strict FIFA rules prevented him of playing in the Greek national team, for in his youth he was a member of the USSR Olympic team. Back then, if you had a single cap in a national team you was excluded for life to play in another nations team. His only cap with Greece was in a friendly vs Poland, and as a matter of fact HFF was penalized for this act. You look today the Swiss national team with only six or seven natives and you shook your head. Different times... Hatzipanagis stayed in Thessaloniki for the rest of his life and there is not a single day that he is not stopped in the road by football fans wanting to express to him their admiration and memories of watching him -regardless of club favorites. He is a very shy and modest guy and loved by everybody here in Greece. And this tells a lot in this country for it is an extremely rare reaction. For all you non Greeks, copy-paste his name in Greek to watch here in You-Tube some more extended highlights of his unique talent: Βασίλης Χατζηπαναγής

[@Kosthe]

How did you write that

[@nikos-giorgos]

@@Kosthe Probably went to school...

[@kizlex393]

Πώς το ήξερες

[@kizlex393]

Ότι θα πάω να δω highlights

[@3c210]

Koitaje averege team dn thn les htan sgr parapano apo ayto eidika otan kerdisame to valkaniko k to kupello ellados eimastan omadara

[@THTS1981]

ΑΕΚ fan here. This guy was something else, Greece has never seen anything like him! A truly unstoppable dribbler, excellent finisher but also a magnificent passer. He was humiliating his opponents week in week out. It s a pity he couldnt get a transfer abroad so the whole world could witness his talent

[@CRVENAZVEZDA-wn1ws]

Respect to my GREEK BROTHER from Serbia, and Crvena zvezda supporter

[@tassosplatis2143]

Djordjevic and Kovacevic...best players for Olympiakos

[@jimmyv3628]

Brothers

[@liakosantoniadis]

Σεβασμός για τον Νουρέγιεφ της μπάλλας που αν έπαιζε σε κάποιο άλλο πρωτάθλημα σίγουρα θα είχε μεγαλύτερη προβολή ( RESPECT απο έναν ΑΡΕΙΑΝΟ )

[@kenanemre7214]

Respect from Turkey 🇹🇷

[@MURATTI77]

Your best Player was a Rum Greek.. He brought Turkey to 2 World Cups in the 50s. He was born in Turkey after the Exchange. He was from Karadeniz like most great Football Players in Turkey. Lefter Küçükandonyadis HE WAS A LEGEND MAN... HE PLAYED LATER IN AEK ATHEN. He made 21 Goals for the Turkish Team at this Time when turkish football was under class.

[@Gnr90]

Much love from a cypriot turk who loves greek football what a gem he was and they talk about maradona messi etc etc this guy was one of a kind much love to all my greek friends

[@matandmard]

His father was cypriot too.

[@_.LZ._]

Messi and maradona are bette

[@tziodim]

@@_.LZ._ Αλβανός εε !!???

[@_.LZ._]

@@tziodim Γιατί Αλβανός ρε

[@_.LZ._]

@@tziodim Κι επίσης τι σε νοιάζει από πού είμαι ελλαδαενω Έλληνες και οι δυο γονείς

[@BJM_1916]

Ha I heard about him I had to write a project on Greece and I wrote about him

[@stavroskoul732]

Awesome! Greetings from Greece!

[@MrWowtanking]

Heh...i would give you an "A" just for originality. From all of greek history and it's myths you chose to write a project about an unknown football player.

[@stavroskoul732]

@@MrWowtanking Yeah it's truly amazing how many people there are that want to know a lot more about Greece than just its story.

[@BJM_1916]

Σταυρος Κουλαρας greetings from Ireland

[@stavroskoul732]

@@BJM_1916 Ireland! Awesome.

[@ThompterSHunson]

Trust me when I say if this player was playing today he would have brought the internet to its knees with what he was doing with the ball!!! Technical Skills: "20"

[@MisterPMario]

R.I.P Maradona a 1960-2020 esistenza o vero l'infinito

[@limnmark]

Definitely the best Greek player. Unknown but one of the best in Europe of his time

[@Noeton]

Bravo to COPA90 for covering this story. Amazing as always!

[@h-sproductions]

Thanks again friend for that!! Continue your great job please!!

[@johnnyplatis]

I was a University student in Thessaloniki from 1984-88. I was a regular to Kaftantzoglio, only to watch Vasya pulling his extraterrestrial tricks. Vasya is above clubs, he belongs to everyone. Lucky the ones who watched him play in his prime, unlucky the rest of the world who lost the endearment of such a diamond.

[@alekosolympiacos6361]

He was magnificient player..All fans in Greece, respect him, very sad he didnt play in the national team, my dream for him was to come to Olympiacos.

[@dimitriskolyardos5373]

Alekos Olympiacos έπαιξε. ...στο παιχνίδι με τη Ρωσία, ή σοβ.ενωση, σε ματσ προς τιμή του. αφού έχει κρεμμασε παπούτσια. ..ημουν εκεί. θενξ στον γηραιο πατέρα μου. .

[@ΔιονυσηςΝικολοπουλο]

Βασια ο θεος για μενα μεσα στους 7 καλυτερους στον κοσμο βασιλη σε ευχαριστω .ευλογημενος που σε ειδα απο εναν τρελο ολυμπιακο ......

[@gmm509]

Hatzipanagis was one of the best footballers In the world.

[@Possi_ball]

Also known as "Dribble inside a phone booth".

[@HARDAOREDGE]

Exquisite...and such a nice and humble guy

[@maza19]

He was so good that every older man that you'll ask who was the best player that they have seen all they respond Chatzipanagis. "Vasias" is a legend here. And if you search for highlights of his career you'll see that he was hold back by his team mates, he should play in a bigger club.

[@mikrimpoumpou]

I don't agree. Most Greek say Domazos. Some say Papaioannou, other Sideris and others Koudas. They all do agree that he was the most fancy. Not the best.

[@maza19]

@@mikrimpoumpou I disagree on that

[@lukasskopas9811]

Genuinely remarkable

[@DimShamrock]

Hatzipanagis could dribble inside a phone booth. He was a one-player-attraction and it is really a crime that he could not play abroad, even though great teams like Arsenal, Real Madrid, Porto and Stuttgart had made a move. He is the face of Iraklis.

[@BadLuckLuke]

I'm a supporter of a rivalry team of the team that "Vasia" played (Ari's FC), but I also agree that he was the best Greek soccer player ever!!! Cool tribute video by the way...

[@anbar5675]

We admire him and every time he was coming in Athens to play, we were in the stadium. Vasia is unforgettable, a true artist.

[@MrThessalonikiman1]

"Vasia" was one of a kind.If he played nowadays , he would be a superstar playing in top teams of the world.

[@MrDidaxi]

«Βασίλης Χατζηπαναγής» was a top notch player. In all accounts and by any standard. Timeless athletic trait; essential and prolific output. And a solid overall personality for that matter. Thank you for this tribute and honourable mention. God bless. Giorgos from Hellas.

[@simostaxiarchopoulos]

This man could dribble past you multiple times in a telephone booth.....

[@ΘησεαςΤοκαλης]

Τι Έγινε αντιγράφουμε mikeus

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

Σιγά μην το είπε ο Mikeus, αυτό το λέγαμε από το 1987,δεν ξέρω αν ο Μίκη μαους είχε γεννηθεί

[@simostaxiarchopoulos]

Ποιος ειναι o Μikeus ρε παιδια?

[@stayrospaparunas3062]

@@simostaxiarchopoulos χαχα ένας τυπακος που κάνει clips πάτα το όνομα του στην αναζήτηση

[@simostaxiarchopoulos]

@@stayrospaparunas3062 αααααα καταλαβα. Εγώ απλά το έγραψα για να θυμούνται οι παλιοί κι να μαθαίνουν οι νέοι.....

[@thessalonician]

As a supporter of a rival team (ARIS FC), I admit that Vasilis Hatzipanagis was the best Greek attacking midfielder that I ever seen, an amazing player, and I declare a big fan of his.

[@rocoreb]

The ball skills of this guy were truly unique. He was a magician!

[@Kuanoleykosopados]

Nowdays FC IRAKLIS is at lower division of greek football and we're looking for better days! We still alive and fight for our team , even if the greek football system doesn't want us ! 1000 YEARS IRAKLIS

[@AlsWeiderNetRatze]

You'll fight your way up! Greetings from Mainz!

[@Roman_21]

Λείπετε γριές άντε σύντομα στην Α και συντομα με ομαδα ανταξια της ιστοριας σας,απο έναν ΑΕΚτζη.

[@ComradeHellas]

μακάρι να ανέβει ο Ηρακλής και όλες οι ιστορικές ομάδες, όπως ανέβηκε και ο Άρης.

[@alexstama1778]

AEK mono

[@MrAntreaspaok]

Yes yes. The system does not want you. Keep living with illusions

[@OrganizedRhyme]

Τεραστιε Βασια.Ποσο σε αδίκησαν.Εσυ,ο Ντιέγκο,το φαινόμενο κ ο Ροναλντινιο. Πόσο κρίμα να μη σε ξέρει όλος ο πλανήτης.Τιμη μου που ήσουν φίλος με το συγχωρεμένο το θείο μου απ τα χρόνια σας στη Τασκένδη.Γερος και δυνατός να είσαι.

[@buatkitatermenung9224]

never heard of tis guy.. now i know.. great job

[@georgemichael7928]

Not only an amazing football player but also a metalhead.I remember him giving an interview on TV wearing a Venom t-shirt back in the 80's.

[@stergiosserres6680]

It was Savvas Kofidis with the Venom t-shirt. Hatzipanagis team mate at Heraklis.

[@georgemichael7928]

@@stergiosserres6680 I won't disagree, it's been more than 30 years. Both of them long haired and great football players although "old ladies", no disrespect. Music is still part of my life, football... not so much.

[@thenephilim3785]

Lay down your souls to the gods rock n roll.

[@tassosyannopoulos7525]

Μuch respect! Τhank you very much for this international recognition of Vassilis Chatzipanayis, regarding this memorial video! Ο καλύτερος ποδοσφαιριστής της Ελλάδος!

[@airzoomhuarache]

As a Napoli fan I can say this guy was a little Maradona :)

[@antonisch3861]

@Michalis Sifakis μην λες μπούρδες... Σίγουρα ο Χατζηπαναγής ήταν με διαφορά ο καλύτερος Έλληνας ποδοσφαιριστής όλων των εποχών, και μάλλον ο καλύτερος παίχτης που πέρασε από την Ελλάδα (ίσως μετά τον Ριβάλντο)... Αλλά ο Μαραντόνα έπαιζε εναντίον των καλύτερων ποδοσφαιριστών του πλανήτη ενώ ο Χατζηπαναγής, αν και παιχταράς μεγάλος, οι αντίπαλοι του ήταν μετριότατοι για αυτό τους ρεζίλευε τόσο εύκολα... Αν έπαιζε στο Ιταλικό πρωτάθλημα και στο Ισπανικό πρωτάθλημα της εποχής, δεν θα έκανε τόσο εύκολα βόλτες με την μπάλα όπως έκανε στα Ελληνικά γήπεδα... Άλλης ποιότητας το Ιταλικό πρωτάθλημα και άλλης ποιότητας το Ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα της εποχής εκέινης...

[@grgmtk1]

Ο Βάσια ήταν τεράστιος ποδοσφαιριστής. Respect από έναν ΑΕΚτζή.

[@betojohngreek345]

Respect, the best player I've ever watched in the field, and I have watched many.

[@billmoultos2970]

Proud to support Iraklis i hope some day this legendary team will be on top again Iraklis 1908 A.G 10

[@net904]

Why we have never heard of this Awesome Player? This guy is fantastic. 3.37 min: There is no other player able to make a goal in this style.

[@detomasopantera1966]

Every Greek player coach fan will agree...Vasia was above everybody 👌👌👌💙🇬🇷

[@charalamposmitakos966]

He was the only football player that even the opponents fans were standing up and applaud to the majesty of his skills in football....Even the most fanatics were going to the stadium to marvel at his glory and skills!!!! There was and there will not exist another football player like him in Greece, not to say in the world!!!!

[@NikosFrag98]

Δόξα και δικαιοσύνη για τον Ηρακλή!! Πολύ σεβασμό από έναν Κιτρινόμαυρο συμπολίτη!! Εύχομαι ότι καλύτερο αδέρφια μην εγκαταλείπετε!!

[@Tritskos]

Respect. The best Greek player ever.

[@tpampouk]

Best Greek player ever

[@minikosgeorgiou]

Number one, pure pleasure watching him!

[@achilleskrp1]

how is it possible not to put the drible rainbow flick in the corner.

[@ektoras_fl4943]

Αστα να πάνε

[@panagiotisroumeliotis9317]

Against AEK's left back, Stylianopoulos. Greatest dribble in Greek's football history

[@TheMysterySolvedFox]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OQk2Zsl9SSqpY

[@MetoVamvaki]

Πρέπει νά έβαλε 3 γκόλ κατευθείαν από κόρνερ. Έτσι θυμάμαι.

[@steliosmarg]

Hats off to COPA90 team for covering this amazing artist. I guess you must have let a Greek guy into the content team!

[@VF8228]

The best Greek player of all time🇬🇷🇬🇷💪💪🔥🔥

[@ceasn17]

Great vid, it's awesome to hear about less known Legends. Hope you do one on Jorge "Mágico" González one day

[@itwillgetbetter769]

Well i live so close to Greece and never heard before of this amazing player. ima go do some more research on this player 😁👏 Greeting from Albania

[@kvv8863]

This guy was for Greece the same zlatan is for Sweden ... definitely he could play on top level everywhere for many years .. maradonas level

[@MokenLanX]

💯 έτσι είναι

[@Adam-ku5oz]

The legend of planet!

[@εξες]

μονο σεβασμος για αυτον τον παιχταρα,καλη επιστροφη στον Ηρακλη στην μεγαλη κατηγορια χαιρετισματα απο Κρητη,SNAKES-4- YΓ: Ευχαριστουμε για τον Κωφιδη,απο τους λιγους παλαιμαχους στην σουπερ λιγκ με ηθος (παρε παραδειγμα απο τσιαρτα)

[@kyrostsa1180]

The best Greek player since I remember watching football (1978) respect from Panathinaikos fan

[@MokenLanX]

💯

[@KillBill-km8ly]

He was a great player. The best Greek who ever played the game. If his team at that moment let him to leave Greece for a European club he could be among the top 5 players of all time. I am a PAOK fan⚫⚪ and back in the years we went to the stadium of Iraklis just to watch Hatzipanagis playing live. People from all Greece came in Thessaloniki just to see him playing. Legend. Respect from a PAOK fan⚫⚪🦅.

[@amintasmakedon6020]

Respect from a PAOK fun.You can't appreciate this player if you haven't seen him play in a game. For those who did, are very lucky!

[@fatdevil1978]

Thank you very much for this tribute to a very great footballer. He was wronged by many internal and external factors.

[@YiannisDrosos-DIO13]

Βασίλης Χατζηπαναγής ένας ''ζωντανός Θρύλος'' του Ελληνικού ποδοσφαίρου και όχι μόνο!!! Ήταν ένας μάγος του ποδοσφαίρου, τον αποκαλούσαν ο ''Νουρέγιεφ'' του ποδοσφαίρου για την καταπληκτική του ντρίπλα!!! Είχε κερδίσει τον σεβασμό και την εκτίμηση από όλους τους φιλάθλους των ομάδων εδώ στην Ελλάδα. Τέτοιοι παίκτες σπανίζουν στο σημερινό ποδόσφαιρο, ...σεβασμός λοιπόν στον ''Βάσια'', σε ένα τόσο τεράστιο και μοναδικό παίκτη!!! Aπό ένα φίλαθλο του Παναθηναϊκού. Vasilis Hatzipanagis a ''living legend'' of Greek football and not only!!! Ηe was a magician of football, they called him ''Nureyev'' of football for his amazing dribble!!! He had earned the respect and the appreciation from all the fans of the teams here in Greece. Such players are rare in today's football, ...so, respect to ''Vassia'', to a such a huge and unique player!!! From a Panathinaikos fan.

[@lggb3588]

ΩΧ ΗΡΑΚΛΑΡΑ ΜΟΥ. Amazing player. If He was playing today He would probably be in a team like Barcelona or Real Madrid. People from all over Greece would come to see him in our stadium. 50.000 people in some games. A real football magician!

[@1111IIIIII]

I'm from Greece and he played in Heracles , my hometown team

[@JohnnyWalkerKat]

Great player i didn't have the chance to watch him live but one of players that have the respect from his opponents also.

[@Reddragon-hn6ot]

His style resembled so much maradona's. A magician who could had easily played in teams like juventus and real madrid in those days.

[@salvlos43_79]

R.I.P MARADONA "We will always remember you"

[@maynard1138gibbons]

Respect from an olympiacos fan. He was indeed the best. As far as I know he didn't play for the greek national team because he had 3 caps with the USSR U21 national

[@XXX-vy6xv]

Yep. Thats the real reason for not playing for the Greek national team.

[@kwstasl88]

All the greek fans of every football club loved and continue to love Hatzipanagis. Today he would be the most valuable player in the world.

[@pittassavvas7512]

It's simply amazing, to think that the club that loved him so much, and they did, would be the reason why he didn't play in Europe, and the reason why? The club was afraid of the fans reaction to selling him. I'm one of the lucky ones to have seen him play, simply Majestic!!

[@cuatrocaminos2067]

Beautiful story!

[@Savylak7]

Ο μεγαλύτερος όλων. RESPECT.... SIMPLY THE BEST.

[@nick19greek]

i met hatzipanagis numerous times while he was visiting the place i was working ! he is very humble man and great character! respect

[@plastikman1878]

2:57 : Ha, that's my dad in the background..

[@ΒασίληςΠουλιασης-ψ1ω]

Οντως ρε ??😂😂😁😁

[@kaiserwilhelm1914]

Εμ δεν νομίζω

[@plastikman1878]

@@ΒασίληςΠουλιασης-ψ1ω Όντως..:) Και το αστείο είναι ότι ήταν επίσης στη φωτογραφία της άφιξης του Βάσια στο σιδηροδρομικό σταθμό τον Οκτώβριο του '75...Γριές καταραμένες από την κούνια είμαστε!

[@plastikman1878]

@@kaiserwilhelm1914 Μη βάλεις στοίχημα..

[@Jason.Kalogeropoulos]

@@plastikman1878 τι λες ρε φιλεε!!

[@GilGalland]

I ve head stories from my father and his friends about him! It didnt matter if you were an Aris,Paok or Iraklis fan..they would all go to watch the matches just because he was playing there!!!So at the time a chunk of the spectators were not even fans of Iraklis they were there to support Hatzipanagis and celebrate fooball!!Beautifull times...we cant have nice things like that anymore...going to a match with your friends, beeing next to them even if you are not supporting the same teams... He was a legend that brought greek football fans together through his ability to play like a god!!! Thanks for the video man!! Great job!!!

[@ltoz77]

it's a shame that Vassia has never played in one of Europe's big leagues .. it would be great to see him playing at the campionato in Italy

[@visstheonepap1579]

Ok i am truly happy someone finally understood the value of the best player of all time. 🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@bitterbold]

I never heard of him. But from what I see, I think it's a shame he went underrated.

[@BILLY-ky9yq]

i have autograph from Hatzipanagis and im very pleased for this

[@rh8338]

Anyone who knows anything about football heard about this guy years ago. The Guardian has done this story to death and seems to dig it out every couple of years when they're low on content. Still, amazing player though, and if younger fans find him via this video then that's great.

[@skatzoheros9]

Vasilis was one of a kind indeed , I still remember when I was saw him in one match against PAO when I was a kid and when a defender try to stop him he shot slowly the ball and then he rolled forcing the defender to jump over to avoid him and he hot got up and continued with the ball like he was doing the most natural thing in the world. It was a shame that this player never had a chance to go worldwide.

[@hellenespirit6009]

The best Hellene player of all times.definitely one of the best 10-15 of the wold, and it's a shame that they didnt let him play in national team, in a bigger club in Greece and then in Europe.

[@NordicStadiums]

Wow that's a really great story. What an amazing player!

[@Greekmamba1993]

Was big player 💣

[@deliriumbee4678]

Amazing player he should have played in a top club of europe totally underrated for his skills

[@tasosgruppoautonomo7691]

THE BEST PLEAYER EVER!!!

[@jangofett6022]

@fearlesslegend maradona is a puppy in front of him

[@georgemacpherson1992]

fearlesslegend Maradona couldn’t go a whole career without scoring without his hand

[@ap5113]

Χατζηπαναγής of the best the world.

[@dimitriskokkaris9009]

History maker for our club !

[@yannismavrommatis4325]

ΟΛΟΙ ΟΙ ΓΑΥΡΟΙ ΓΕΜΙΖΑΜΕ ΤΟ ΓΗΠΕΔΟ ΝΑ ΔΟΥΜΕ ΤΟ ΧΑΤΖΗΠΑΝΑΓΗ...ΘΕΟΣ

[@ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ1908]

Ειναι τιμη μου που υποστηρίΖω μια ομάδα που είχε ενα τετοιο παίκτη

[@PoolD3ad007]

Μακάρι να τον είχε και η Πανάθα ☘️ , αλλά αν ήμουν από Σαλόνικα θα υποστήριζα Ηρακλή εννοείται !!!👍 1908 for ever 😜

[@ΜπιθικωτσικοςΗρακληδέας]

Iσχυει

[@Dageekay]

Im ARIS FC fan, but, Hatzipanagis was a phenomenon for Greek football, its very bad for the sport that he stayed in Greece and did not moved to a big European club.

[@akis1958]

Ερώτηση: Πελέ ή Μαραντόνα ; Απάντηση: Χατζηπαναγής. Question: Pele or Maradona? Answer: Hatzipanagis . kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioG2Z2N4etmdeM0

[@Nikolaos0603]

As an American born with Greek heritage and a passion for football I’m surprised I never knew about this player. He seemed like a god for his time.