Dimitrios Meliopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Μελιόπουλος; born 22 March 2000) is a Greek footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Agrotikos Kastritsas.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimitrios Meliopoulos | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Vergina, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Agrotikos Kastritsas | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | PAOK Koulouras | ||
| 2015–2017 | Xanthi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Xanthi | 28 | (0) |
| 2019 | PAOK | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | Thyella Katsika | 12 | (0) |
| 2024 | Apollon | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | Agrotikos Kastritsas | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Greece U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Greece U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2018 | Greece U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Greece U19 | 20 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2019 | |||
Career
editXanthi
editOn 4 November 2017, Meliopoulos made his debut in Super League at the age of 17, as a substitute in a 3–1 away win against Panetolikos.
PAOK
editAccording to rumours, PAOK will be turning their attention to signing youngsters that have the potential for a bright future at the club. PAOK’s first transfer target in January 2019 will be securing 18-year-old Xanthi midfielder Dimitris Meliopoulos. With both clubs still negotiating the deal at this point in time, it is unclear whether Meliopoulos will join the club next month in the January transfer period or at the end of the 2018–19 Super League campaign in June. He did sign for the Thessaloniki club in May 2019, but after not featuring in the new head coach's plans and being told he would be sent on loan, he shockingly announced his retirement from the sport two months later, at the age of just 19.[1] Meliopoulos has been a regular for the Greece U19s national team as a defensive midfielder.[2] [3]
References
edit- ^ Γιώργος Περπερίδης (3 September 2019). "Δημήτρης Μελιόπουλος, ένα σπουδαίο ταλέντο που σταματάει το ποδόσφαιρο στα 19". contra.gr (in Greek).
- ^ "Μελιόπουλος: Ο ΠΑΟΚ πρόλαβε Μπενφίκα, Νιουκάστλ, Ρεν". www.sport24.gr. 3 December 2018.
- ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: Έκλεισε ο Μελιόπουλος!". www.onsports.gr. 3 December 2018.