Dimitrios Koukoulitsios

Dimitrios Koukoulitsios
Personal information
Date of birth 1960
Place of birth Larissa, Greece
Date of death 6 September 1979(1979-09-06) (aged 19)
Place of death Thiva, Greece
Playing position Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
1972-1975 Larissa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975-1979 Larissa 119 (22)
National team
Greece U-17
Greece U-19
Greece U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dimitrios Koukoulitsios was a Greek football player, one of the greatest talents of the 1970s. He played only for his hometown team Larissa from 1972 to 1979. He became a professional at the early age of 15 and he earned 119 caps, scoring 22 goals. During this period, he was a part of U-17, U-19 and U-21 Greece national teams.

Koukoulitsios died in a car accident in Thiva on 6 September 1979, along with his teammate Dimitrios Mousiaris. He was only 19. In the car was Giannis Valaoras too, who survived and became one of Larissa's best of all times.