Everton striker Apostolos Vellios is being backed to gatecrash Greece's Euros squad.

Greece U21 coach George Georgiadis is convinced Vellios can play his way into the senior squad.

"He is a good player," Georgiadis told evertonfc.com. "He is a young player, still only 19, and has only been around for one or two years. But he has done well.

"He is a tall player who is good with his head, he is strong and powerful and he can score goals. He is good technically - not just in the air.

"I think he can play at Euro 2012. He needs to keep doing well at Everton and Greece has a lot of good players, a lot of good strikers. But he has a chance."