His corner in the Euro 2004 semi-final against the Czech Republic found Traianos Dellas, and the header that followed remains the only silver goal ever scored at a major tournament. A European champion that summer, he had already won two Greek championships and two cups with AEK Athens, scored twenty-six league goals in 1995-96 to finish top scorer, and been christened El Mago in Seville. Career record: 70 caps and 12 goals for Greece; club career at AEK Athens, A.E.K., Sevilla.
| 1989–1992 | F.A.S. Naoussa |
| 1993–1996 | AEK Athens |
| 1993–1996 | A.E.K. |
| 1996–2000 | Sevilla |
| 2000–2004 | AEK Athens |
| 2000–2004 | A.E.K. |
| 2004–2005 | 1. FC Köln |
| 2006–2007 | Ethnikos O.F.P.F. (men's association football) |
| Greece | 70 caps, 12 goals |
Greece legends whose careers overlapped Tsiartas's
One rank above: Kostas Katsouranis at #11.
One rank below: Angelos Basinas at #13.
Greece's editorial top five: Mimis Domazos · Theodoros Zagorakis · Giorgos Karagounis · Vasilis Hatzipanagis · Antonis Nikopolidis.