page_title: Avraam Papadopoulos
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Avraam Papadopoulos / International career
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Griechische Fußballnationalmannschaft vor dem freundschaftlichen Länderspiel gegen die Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft am 17. November 2010 im Wiener Ernst-Happel-Stadion (2:1) English: Greece national football team against the Austrian national football team (2:1)
context_page_description: Avraam Papadopoulos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Olympiacos. He was born in Melbourne, Australia to Greek parents.
context_section_description: Papadopoulos had been capped for Greece U-21 for several times. After impressing Greece coach Otto Rehhagel, He was called to the Greek national football team for the first time on 1 February 2008 and made his debut in the win over the Czech Republic on 5 February.
  In 2010, Papadopoulos played for Greece at the 2010 World Cup. He was later a regular squad member of Greece as they went unbeaten through qualifying for Euro 2012. In the finals, however, Papadopoulos was injured in the opening game against Poland and missed the rest of the tournament.
  He made his come back with the national squad on March 23, 2013 during the World Cup 2014 qualification game in Bosnia/Herzegovina, (lost 3–1). Since the end of the qualifying rounds he hasn't appeared in the team managed by Fernando Santos. Avraam was called from Greek national manager Fernando Santos to the 30 man provisional World Cup squad, but he did not make it to be the final 23-man squad for 2014 FIFA World Cup.
caption: Papadopoulos with Greece in 2010
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