Dimitris Markos

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

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.

Club career

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

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

After football

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

Panathinaikos

AEK Athens

PAOK

References

  1. ^ "Porto-Panathinaikos". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος, πάντα στη πρώτη γραμμή". retrosport.wordpress.com. 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος". aekpedia.com.
  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". epo.gr. 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. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ newsroom, sport-fm. "Αυτό είναι το μέλλον του". sport-fm.gr. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Δημήτρης Μάρκος". oficretefc.com.