Dimitrios Papadopoulos

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Dimitris Papadopoulos

Full name	Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Date of birth	October 20, 1981 (1981-10-20) (age 26)
Place of birth	Gagarin, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Panathinaikos
Youth clubs
1989-1999	Akratitos
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-present	Akratitos Burnley Panathinaikos	057 (20) 035 0(6) 125 (52)
National team²
2002-	Greece	20 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 April 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος; born 20 October 1981 in Gagarin, Kazakhstan -then part of Soviet Union,) is a Greek footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC and Greece.

[edit] Playing career

He started his career from the youth academies of Greek minnows Akratitos, and made his debut in 1999, contributing to the team's promotion to Alfa Ethniki in 2001 for its first time in history.

Shorthly after he was transferred to Burnley in England, where he stayed for 2 seasons, playing a total of 35 games and scoring 6 goals. On 20 August 2002 he won his first cap for Greece and in July 2003 he moved to Greek giants Panathinaikos.He starred in his very first season with the team, becoming it's top scorer with 17 goals in 26 games in the 2003/4 double winning season for Panathinaikos which marked the team's first championship honor in almost 10 years of Olympiakos domination in Greek championship.

He was subsequently voted best footballer of that year in the league and was awarded a place in Euro 2004.Greek squad that went on to win the tournament.He played in the game against Russia and had a contribution in Greece goal that determined it's passage to the next round.He also took part in the Greek Olympic Football team during the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 in the very same summer.

He has been since an integral part of Panathinaikos offense signing a 3 year extension with the team in the summer of 2006 and his stellar performances were one of the reasons that the team's board let fellow start Michalis Konstantinou leave the team.Thus far he has earned 20 caps scoring twice for the national team.He is currently the vice-captain of his team.

[edit] Honours

Panathinaikos

Greek Championship: 2004
Greek Cup: 2004

Greece

European Championship: 2004

Individual

Greek Footballer of the Year: 2004

[edit] External links

Official player site Dimitris Papadopoulos Official Website
Official football site (in Greek and English)

v • d • e Greece squad - UEFA Euro 2004 Winners (1st Title)

1 Nikopolidis • 2 Seitaridis • 3 Venetidis • 4 Dabizas • 5 Dellas • 6 Basinas • 7 Zagorakis • 8 Giannakopoulos • 9 Charisteas • 10 Tsiartas • 11 Nikolaidis • 12 Chalkias • 13 Katergiannakis • 14 Fyssas • 15 Vryzas • 16 Kafes • 17 Georgiadis • 18 Goumas • 19 Kapsis • 20 Karagounis • 21 Katsouranis • 22 Papadopoulos • 23 Lakis • Coach: Rehhagel