Konstantinos Dimitriou

Konstantinos Dimitriou
	Dimitriou with Greece U21 in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Dimitriou
Date of birth	30 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Diagoras
Number	4
Youth career
2004–2013	Giannitsa
2013–2018	PAOK
2018–2019	Basel U21
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	Basel
2020	→ Wil (loan)
2021	Mezőkövesd
2021–2023	Panserraikos
2023–	Diagoras
International career‡
2015–2016	Greece U17
2017–2018	Greece U19
2019	Greece U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2019

Konstantinos Dimitriou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δημητρίου; born 30 June 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League 2 club Diagoras.

Career

Early career

Dimitriou began playing football at the age of 4 in the youth academy of Giannitsa, and moved to PAOK in 2013.^[2]

Basel

On 11 May 2018, Swiss club Basel announced that they had signed Dimitriou from the youth department of PAOK.^[3] At the beginning of his stay with the club Dimitriu played at trainer with Basel's U21 team, where he had 18 appearances. To the start of their 2019–20 season under head coach Marcel Koller Dimitriu advanced to Basel's first team. After playing in four test games he played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stockhorn Arena on 3 August 2019 as Basel won 3–2 against Thun.^[4] Two weeks later he played in the Swiss Cup away match against amateur club Pully Football. This was his last appearance in the first team, because after visiting his family in Greece he was tested corona positive.^[5] Following his recovery he returned to the U21 team.

Loan to Wil

During the winter break of the 2019–20 season, on 9 January 2020, Dimitriou was loaned to Wil until the end of the season.^[6]

Return to Basel

Following his loan period Dimitriou returned to Basel, but only appeared in one test match. On 28 January 2020 it was announced that he transferred to Mezőkövesd.^[7] Between the years 2018 and 2021 Dimitriou played a total of 12 games for Basel's first team without scoring a goal. One of these games were in the Swiss Super League, one in the Swiss Cup and 10 were friendly games.^[8]

Mezőkövesd

Dimitriou moved to Hungary and stayed with Mezőkövesd until the end of the season.

Honours

Basel

Swiss Cup: 2018–19

References

^ "Konstantinos Dimitriou" (in Greek). Panserraikos F.C. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "Το ταξίδι του Κώστα Δημητρίου από τα Γιαννιτσά μέχρι την Ελβετία (pics)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ FC Basel 1893 (11 May 2018). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Konstatinos Dimitriou". FC Basel 1893 signs Konstatinos Dimitriou (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 August 2019). "FC Thun - FC Basel 2:3 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ FC Basel 1893 (15 October 2019). "Weiterer Covid-19-Fall beim FC Basel 1893". Another Covid 19 case at FC Basel 1893 (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Η Βασιλεία ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό Δημητρίου στη Βιλ".
^ FC Basel 1893 (28 January 2021). "Konstantinos Dimitriou wechselt zu Mezőkövesdi SE". Konstantinos Dimitriou joins Mezőkövesdi SE (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2021). "Konstantinos Dimitriou - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

External links

[1] "Konstantinos Dimitriou" (in Greek). Panserraikos F.C. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[2] "Το ταξίδι του Κώστα Δημητρίου από τα Γιαννιτσά μέχρι την Ελβετία (pics)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[fcb-aktuell-2018/19-Dimitriou-3] FC Basel 1893 (11 May 2018). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Konstatinos Dimitriou". FC Basel 1893 signs Konstatinos Dimitriou (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb-achiv-2019/20-Thun-FCB-4] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (3 August 2019). "FC Thun - FC Basel 2:3 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[fcb-aktuell-2019-Dimitriou-Corona-5] FC Basel 1893 (15 October 2019). "Weiterer Covid-19-Fall beim FC Basel 1893". Another Covid 19 case at FC Basel 1893 (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[6] "Η Βασιλεία ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό Δημητρίου στη Βιλ".

[fcb-aktuell-2020/21-Dimitriou-7] FC Basel 1893 (28 January 2021). "Konstantinos Dimitriou wechselt zu Mezőkövesdi SE". Konstantinos Dimitriou joins Mezőkövesdi SE (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 16 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[fcb-achiv-Konstantinos_Dimitriou-8] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2021). "Konstantinos Dimitriou - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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