Dimitris Markos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μάρκος; born 31 January 1971) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a scout for OFI.

Dimitris Markos
Personal information
Full name Dimitrios Markos
Date of birth (1971-01-31) 31 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Kilkis, Greece
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
OFI (Scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Naoussa 129 (15)
1992–1997 Panathinaikos 99 (13)
1997–1998 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1998 Kalamata 16 (1)
1998–2000 AEK Athens 49 (3)
2000–2002 Aris 36 (2)
2002–2005 PAOK 39 (2)
Total 368 (36)
International career
1992–1999 Greece 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Markos started his football career in 1987 at Naoussa, where he played for five seasons before joining Panathinaikos in 1992. He gradually established himself as a first-team player for five years, won 3 championships, 3 Greek Cups and 2 Super Cups including a double in 1995 and at the same time he became an international. He a member of the team that reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 1996, scoring in the decisive away win against Porto.[1]

In the summer of 1997 he moved to England for Sheffield United, where he failed to compete in any game and after a few months he returned to Greece to play for the second division side, Kalamata.[2] The people of AEK Athens noticed that he was by no means finished as a footballer and decided to sign him in the summer of 1998. He was a regular in the midfield of the team and with his presence helped the club a lot for two seasons.[3] On 10 May 2000 he won the cup, even though staying on the bench throughout the final against Ionikos.[4] After leaving AEK he signed for Aris, where he played for 2 seasons. In 2002 he moved to their rivals, PAOK where he played for 3 seasons before retiring, winning yet another cup on 17 May 2003, playing the full match against his former club.[5][6][7]

International career edit

Markos was first called to play with Greece in 1992 and made 17 appearances scoring 1 goal until 1999.[8]

After football edit

In 2005 he returned to AEK for a few years as a team scout.[9] In 2013 was also a scout at the Panathinaikos academies.[10] Since 2018, he works as a scout for OFI.[11]

Honours edit

Panathinaikos

AEK Athens

PAOK

References edit

  1. ^ "Porto-Panathinaikos". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος, πάντα στη πρώτη γραμμή". retrosport.wordpress.com. 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος". kitrinomavro.gr.
  4. ^ "ΑΕΚ-Ιωνικός 3-0: Ο τελικός Κυπέλλου… ήθους με το fair play του Ντέμη". onsports.gr. 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK". uefa.com. 17 May 2003.
  6. ^ "Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2003.
  7. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–0 Τελικός 2003". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 17 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Greece men appearances". 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010.
  9. ^ newsroom, sport-fm. "Μάρκος: "Είμαι ευχαριστημένος για τη νέα μου θέση"". sport-fm.gr.
  10. ^ newsroom, sport-fm. "Αυτό είναι το μέλλον του". sport-fm.gr.
  11. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος". oficretefc.com.

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