Efstathios Tavlaridis

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Personal information
Stathis Tavlaridis
Full name	Efstathios Tavlaridis
Date of birth	January 25, 1980 (age 27)
Place of birth	Serres, Greece
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Lille
Number	4
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2001 2001-2004 2003 2004-	Iraklis Arsenal Portsmouth (loan) Lille	64 (1) 1 (0) 4 (0) 75 (2)
National team²
	Greece	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05/10/2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 05/10/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Efstathios Tavlaridis (born January 25, 1980), sometimes known as Stathis Tavlaridis, is a Greek footballer. He currently plays for Lille OSC in the centre of defence.

He started his career at Iraklis FC and in 2001 was transferred to Arsenal for a fee of $3,000,000^{[citation needed]} at the age of 21. He never fully broke into the first team, unable to displace Sol Campbell and Kolo Touré, and spent a period on loan to Portsmouth. He made eight appearances for Arsenal, all but one of them in the League Cup. In early 2004 he was loaned to Lille OSC and the deal was made permanent that summer.

Lille OSC - Current Squad
1 Sylva \| 2 Debuchy \| 4 Tavlaridis \| 5 Schmitz \| 7 Cabaye \| 8 Bastos \| 9 Audel \| 11 Youla \| 12 Bodmer \| 13 Fauvergue \| 14 Odemwingie \| 14 da Conceição \| 16 Malicki \| 17 Makoun \| 19 Franquart \| 20 Tafforeau \| 21 Chalme \| 22 Vitakić \| 23 Keïta \| 25 Plestan \| 26 Lichtsteiner \| 27 Mirallas \| 29 Dumont \| 30 Pichon \| 31 Ewane-Elong \| 35 Obraniak \| -- Chedjou \| -- Makiese \| coach Puel