{{Short description|Greek footballer (born 1940)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stathis Chaitas | image = | fullname = Efstathios Chaitas | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|3|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Istiaia, Euboea, Greece | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1959–1960 | youthclubs1 = Panionios | years1 = 1960–1974 | clubs1 = Panionios | caps1 = 418 | goals1 = 67 | years2 = 1974–1975 | clubs2 = AEL | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1975–1977 | clubs3 = Panionios | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 2 | totalcaps = 480 | totalgoals = 70 | nationalyears1= 1964–1971 | nationalteam1= Greece | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = 12 December 2015 | manageryears1 = 1983 | managerclubs1 = Panionios | manageryears2 = 1984 | managerclubs2 = Panionios | manageryears3 = 1996 | managerclubs3 = Panionios }}
'''Stathis Chaitas''' ({{langx|el|Στάθης Xάιτας}}; born 20 March 1940) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1960s and '70s. He was named the 1969 Greek Athlete of the Year.
==Career== ===Club career=== Born in Istiaia, Euboea, Chaitas played football for Panionios from 1958 until 1977 with a brief interlude in 1974–1975 season when he played for AEL. He still holds the record of most appearances in the 1st National for Panionios with 460 caps.<ref name="Ev">{{cite web|publisher=Evrytania News|author=Kolokotsios, Lambros|script-title=el:Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΧΑΪΤΑΣ)|trans-title=Sporting Capsules (Chaitas)|url=http://www.evrytanika.com/article.php?id=4614|language=Greek|date=1 May 2009}}</ref>
===International career=== Chaitas appeared in 24 matches for the senior Greece national football team from 1964 to 1971, scoring one goal.<ref>{{cite web|website=RSSSF|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece - International Matches 1971–1980|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk-intres71.html|accessdate=2008-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hellenic Football Federation|script-title=el:ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών|url=http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men8.asp|language=Greek|accessdate=2010-04-21}}</ref>
===Career as manager=== After his playing days were over, he coached a number of clubs including Panionios, late in 1996.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|47472}}
{{PSAT Greek Male Athlete of the Year}} {{Panionios F.C. managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaitas, Stathis}} Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Greek men's footballers Category:Greece men's international footballers Category:Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Category:Panionios F.C. players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:People from Euboea (regional unit) Category:Greek football managers Category:Panionios F.C. managers <!--Istiaia, Istiaia-Aidipsos, Euboea--> Category:Footballers from Central Greece Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen