Theodoros Chatzitheodorou

{{short description|Greek water polo player}}

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|caption = Chatzitheodorou at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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|birth_place = Athens, Greece

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|position = Head coach

|currentclub = P.A.O.K. Water Polo Club

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|years1 = –1995
1995–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013

|clubs1 = Ilisiakos
Olympiacos
Partizan
Chios
Nireas Lamias

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Montreal | Team competition }}

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{{MedalBronze | 2004 Long Beach | Team competition }}

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Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou ({{langx|el|Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου}} {{IPA|el|θeˈoðoɾos xadziθeoˈðoɾu|}}, born 1 October 1976) is a retired Greek water polo player and current coach.

Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to Olympiacos where he played for fifteen consecutive seasons (1995–2010), winning 27 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 12 Greek Championships, 11 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups) and being voted Best European Player of the Year in 2001.[http://portfolio.sport24.gr/oi-arxhgoi-tou-olympiakou Οι αρχηγοί του Ολυμπιακού] sport24.gr (in Greek) He captained Olympiacos for several years and was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002).{{cite web|url=http://archive.sport.gr/news/021229/polo.asp|script-title=el:Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος|publisher=sport.gr|language=Greek|accessdate=18 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213190337/http://archive.sport.gr/news/021229/polo.asp|archivedate=13 December 2013}}[http://www2.rizospastis.gr/page.do?publDate=31/12/2002&pageNo=31&direction=1#overlay/0/ Εγραψε ιστορία! Ο λόγος για τον Ολυμπιακό που έγραψε τη δική του χρυσή ιστορία στο πόλο αφού κέρδισε 6–5 την ουγγρική Βάσας μέσα στο σπίτι της και είναι η μοναδική ομάδα στην ιστορία του αθλήματος που κατάφερε να κατακτήσει και τα τέσσερα τρόπαια που διεκδίκησε] (in Greek), rizospastis.gr, 31/12/2002

In 2010–2011 season he played for VK Partizan, where he won the LEN Euroleague, the Serbian Championship, the Serbian Cup and the Eurointer Cup.

He has 156 appearances with Greece national water polo team, with whom he won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach. A four-time Olympian, Chatzitheodorou competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2012 Summer Olympics (9th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.

He is currently the record holder of titles (31) in the history of Greek team sports.[http://www.protothema.gr/Stories/article/372916/thodoris-hatzitheodorouo-maestro-tis-pisinas/ Θοδωρής Χατζηθεοδώρου: Ο maestro της πισίνας] protothema.gr, 24/04/2014