Dinos Kouis

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Dinos Kouis
Personal information
Full name	Kostantinos Kouis
Date of birth	November 23, 1955
Place of birth	Evosmos, Salonika, Greece
Height	1.80 cm[citation needed]
Nickname	Dinos
Position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	retired
Number	8
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1975–1991	Aris FC	473 (142)
National team**
1978 - 1986	Greece	33 (7)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1991. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 1991.

Arguably the best player ever to wear the jersey of Aris Thessaloniki, Dinos Kouis was a football midfielder who starred at Kleanthis Vikelides Stadium between 1975 and 1991.

Kouis was born in 1955 and began his career at Agrotikos Asteras in 1970. After five years he joined Aris where, over the next 16 years he would make his mark on Greek football, participating in 473 Alpha Ethniki games and scoring 142 goals. Among his distinctions, Kouis was top scorer in 1981 with 21 goals.

During his football career Kouis was capped 33 times scoring 7 goals. The high point of his international career came on October 15, 1980 when his goal helped Greece defeat Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen.

After his playing days were over Kouis stayed on in football in various coaching roles with clubs such as Anagennisis Giannitsa, Olympiakos Volou, Kerkyra FC, Karditsa FC, Agrotikos Asteras.