Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos

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Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
Personal information
Full name	Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
Date of birth	August 7, 1976
Place of birth	Piraeus, Greece
Height	1.90cm
Nickname	Ele
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Ascoli
Number	33

Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos (born August 7, 1976 in Piraeus) is a Greek goalkeeper who is currently playing for Ascoli Calcio and the Greek National team.

He is a fanatic of local club Olympiakos, where he started playing as a goalie at very early age. Except for 1996, when he was loaned to Proodeftiki FC, he played for the Red and Whites from 1997 to 2003.

He is considered to be one of the most talented goalkeepers ever to have played in the Greek fields with great vision for one-on-one situations and for astonishing flying saves, which has earned him the nickname of "The Eagle". He is also a great penalty stopper.

After several bad games in 2003, he was accused of spoiling his career with nightlife and top models. This criticism eventually led to his decision to leave Greece, and he was transferred to newly-promoted Serie A side Messina, where, despite some great performances, he could not unseat Marco Storari for the #1 jersey. In the summer of 2005. he was signed by A.C. Milan, but due to a series of subpar performances in friendlies against Chelsea FC and the MLS's Chicago Fire during a summer tour of the United States, coupled with Milan's heavy surplus of goalkeepers, he was loaned to A.S. Roma before being shipped to Ascoli for the '06-07 season.

Ascoli Calcio - Current Squad

1 Pagliuca | 2 Gotti | 3 Luković | 4 Pecorari | 6 Cudini | 7 Fontana | 8 Fini | 9 Paolucci | 10 Galloppa | 11 Bjelanović | 13 Pasqualini | 14 Skela | 16 Giampà | 17 Guberti | 18 Pesce | 19 Boccolini | 20 Perrulli | 21 Boudianski | 22 Vastola | 23 Corallo | 24 Delvecchio | 26 Della Morte | 27 Zanetti | 28 Bocchetti | 31 Foglio | 32 Năstase | 33 Eleftheropoulos | 41 Pecchia | 77 N'Siabamfumu | 84 Job | ~ Gauračs | Coach: Sonetti