Dimitris Brinias

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Personal information
Dimitris Brinias
Full name	Dimitris Brinias
Date of birth	March 2, 1984 (1984-03-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1,88 m.
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Olympic Xylofagou
Youth clubs
1999-2002	A.F.C. Bournemouth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 ?-? ?-? ?-? 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007-	Panathinaikos FC Lupa Frascati Chievo Frenasos FC Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. Ayia Napa FC Bangor City F.C. Galway United F.C. Olympic Xylofagou	0 (0) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 5 (0) ? (?) 1 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Dimitris Brinias (born 2 March 1984 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a Greek-Australian football (soccer) player, currently signed as a goalkeeper with Cypriot club Olympic Xylofagou. He is 6’2” / 1.88m tall and weighs 13st 10lbs / 192lbs / 87kg. In addition to being called up to the squad for the and Greek Under-19 international team and being capped for the Australian Under-17 team, Brinias has played for several European clubs since he left Australia.

While playing for the A.F.C. Bournemouth youth team in England, Brinias signed a one-year contract with Greek Super League club Panathinaikos FC, after writing to the team and being invited to Greece for trials.^[1] He played for Pana's third division feeder team, Marko, for the 2002-03 season, before returning to Australia to play for Wollongong Wolves in the New South Wales Premier League.^[2]

After a spell with Cyprus third division club Frenaros FC 2000, Brinias spent several months (August to October 2006) playing for Welsh club Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. as a replacement for injured goalkeeper Paul Smith, making his debut in the Nomads' 2–1 victory over Newtown.^[3] He went back to Cyprus to play for AOAN Agia Napa on 12 October^[4], and then returned to Wales where he made one appearance for Bangor City.^[5]

On 22 January 2007, Irish Premier League club Galway United F.C. announced that Brinias has signed with them. He made his debut for Galway on 9 March in a match against Sligo Rovers F.C., United lost the match 2–0.^[6] . He was released from his contract with Galway United, having only played one match, and later signed for his Cypriot club.