{{Short description|Greek footballer (1946–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zacharias Chaliabalias | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|3|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|7|22|1946|3|8|df=y}} | death_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | currentclub = | position = Centre-back | years1 = 1964–1975 | clubs1 = Iraklis | caps1 = 280 | goals1 = | nationalteam1 = Greece | nationalyears1 = 1968–1972 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 |pcupdate = 6 October 2013 |ntupdate = 6 October 2013 }}
'''Zacharias Chaliabalias''' ({{langx|el|Ζαχαρίας Χαλιαμπάλιας}}; 8 March 1946 – 22 July 2020) was a Greek international footballer who spent his entire career with Iraklis playing as a centre-back.
==Club career== Chaliabalias was born in Thessaloniki and started his career at Iraklis in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=RSSSF|title=Greece 1974/75|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk75.html|access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref> He was driven out of the club in 1975, after he admitted to a bribe attempt by Panathinaikos officials.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=BlueArena.gr|script-title=el:Για να θυμούνται οι παλιοί και να μαθαίνουν οι νέοι|url=http://www.bluearena.gr/index.php/kyanoleyka/classic-blues/11818-gia-na-thimountai-oi-palioi-kai-na-mathainoun-oi-neoi|language=el|date=7 September 2011|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=30 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830051834/http://www.bluearena.gr/index.php/kyanoleyka/classic-blues/11818-gia-na-thimountai-oi-palioi-kai-na-mathainoun-oi-neoi|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Γ.Σ. Ηρακλής|url=http://www.iraklis.org/podosfairo/461-2010-03-09-21-09-49|script-title=el:Η ιστορία του τμήματος μέρος Γ'|language=el|date=9 March 2010|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610205948/http://www.iraklis.org/podosfairo/461-2010-03-09-21-09-49|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chaliabalias is the fifth all-time leader in league appearances for Iraklis, appearing in no less than 280 occasions for the club.<ref>{{cite web|website=sport-fm.gr|script-title=el:Ένα Κύπελλο & 4 χαμένοι τελικοί|url=http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/156151|language=el|date=29 November 2008|access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
==International career== Chaliabalias made his debut for Greece in a friendly 4–1 home win against Egypt on 21 November 1968.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hellenic Football Federation|script-title=el:Εθνική Ανδρών 1966-1970|url=http://www.epo.gr/media/files/ETHNIKES_OMADES/MATCH_ANDRES_1929-2000/ethniki_andrwn_1966-70.pdf|language=el| access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref> Totally he gained three caps for Greece.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Hellenic Football Federation|script-title=el:Συμμετοχές – Γκολ – Χ|url=http://www.epo.gr/Default.aspx?a_id=40746|language=el|access-date=5 October 2013}}</ref>
==See also== *List of one-club men in association football
==References== {{reflist}}
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