A familiar face to English fans after a three-year spell at Sunderland (and a frustrating one-season stint at Chelsea), Macho enters Euro 2008 reportedly on the radar of Serie A giants Juventus.

Despite playing in one of Europe's lesser leagues, the AEK Athens custodian has seen his stock rise since spending time as Thomas Sorensen's understudy, then the fourth-choice at Stamford Bridge.

Spells at Rapid Vienna, where he would play in the UEFA Cup, and Kaiserslautern followed before his move to AEK - having been linked with a move back to England with Arsenal earlier in the summer - in August 2007.

Capped 13 times by Austria at Under-21 level, he made his full debut in 2005 and went on to play twice in qualifying for the last World Cup.

Yet his most recent high-profile appearance for his country went anything-but to plan as he was stretchered off during the friendly with England in November after swallowing his tongue after a collision with Peter Crouch.