Natalia Chatzigiannidou

International career

Greece

On 2 November 1997, Chatzigiannidou made her debut for Greece women's national football team in a match against Yugoslavia, where she also scored.

Chatzigiannidou was also part of the squad that competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

On 26 January 2016, Chatzigiannidou made her 139th top level international appearance and tied Giorgos Karagounis, in a match against Albania for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifiers, a feat combined with remarkable stability in the national team, having played in 139 matches out of 146 available since her debut.

Chatzigiannidou would then go on extending her record, reaching 145 appearances until January 2017, for a tally she was awarded by Macedonia Football Clubs Association (EPSM), until 13 June 2017 had reached the remarkable number of 150 appearances, and, having made over 160 international appearances, she currently (27 January 2022) remains the most capped player in the history of the Greece national team, which she also captains. and she has also been at least in a respective selection again in 2022 for an unofficial charity friendly match against Ladies FC Ialysos club, which was also a celebration match for the club's promotion to the A Division, for a match she was called up alongside the club teammate Argiro Karamousadaki, who was also called up, with the club congratulating both of them for the honour in an announcement.

Honours

Filiriakos Florinas Greek A Division (1): 1999–00; runners-up: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04 Greek Regional Championship (1): 1992–93

PAOK Greek A Division (12): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Greek Cup (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017