Dimitrios Diamantopoulos | |
Birth Date: | 1988 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Thessaloniki, Greece |
Height: | 1.79m (05.87feet) |
Position: | Centre forward |
Currentclub: | Ayia Napa |
Clubnumber: | 19 |
Youthyears1: | 1994–2007 |
Youthclubs1: | PAOK |
Years1: | 2007–2009 |
Clubs1: | Thermaikos |
Caps1: | 42 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Years2: | 2009–2010 |
Clubs2: | Eordaikos |
Caps2: | 26 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Years3: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs3: | Veria |
Caps3: | 14 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2012 |
Clubs4: | Fokikos |
Caps4: | 20 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Years5: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs5: | Kerkyra |
Caps5: | 5 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2013 |
Clubs6: | Apollon Kalamarias |
Caps6: | 7 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs7: | Doxa Drama |
Caps7: | 18 |
Goals7: | 10 |
Years8: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs8: | Olympiacos Volos |
Caps8: | 34 |
Goals8: | 15 |
Years9: | 2016 |
Clubs9: | Agrotikos Asteras |
Caps9: | 13 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Years10: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs10: | Apollon Smyrnis |
Caps10: | 22 |
Goals10: | 9 |
Years11: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs11: | Aris |
Caps11: | 37 |
Goals11: | 17 |
Years12: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs12: | Chania |
Caps12: | 26 |
Goals12: | 5 |
Years13: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs13: | Xanthi |
Caps13: | 26 |
Goals13: | 10 |
Years14: | 2022-2023 |
Clubs14: | Achironas Onisilos |
Caps14: | 25 |
Goals14: | 15 |
Years15: | 2023- |
Clubs15: | Ayia Napa |
Caps15: | 5 |
Goals15: | 2 |
Pcupdate: | 23 October 2023 |
Dimitrios Diamantopoulos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δημήτριος Διαμαντόπουλος; born 18 November 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Ayia Napa.
Born in Thessaloniki,[1] Diamantopoulos started his career in the youth teams of PAOK.[2] He signed his first professional contract in 2007 for local club Thermaikos – during his two-year stay, he made a total of 42 appearances and scored 7 goals in the Football League 2.[1] In 2009, he moved to another Football League 2 side, Eordaikos, where he made 26 appearances and scored 6 goals.[1]
In 2010, he moved to Veria in the Football League, where he stayed for 18 months with no goals scored in 14 appearances.[2] In January 2012 he moved to Fokikos of the same league, for which he made 20 appearances, scoring 6 goals and being one of the masterminds of the team's performance in the second half of the 2011–12 season, where the newly promoted club narrowly escaped relegation.[3]
In July 2012 he moved to Kerkyra in the Greek Superleague.[2] [3] He played for six months in Kerkyra and then moved to various Football League clubs, namely Apollon Kalamarias, Doxa Drama, Olympiakos Volou and Agrotikos Asteras. On 27 June 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Apollon Smyrni.[4] [5] However after the end of the season he left the team, as he wasn't part of the coach's future plans.[6]
On 12 July 2017 he signed a two-year contract with Aris.[7] On 12 November, the 29-year-old striker scored a brace helping his club to seal a 2-0 home win against Kallithea, which were his first goals of the 2017-18 season.[8] One week later he scored with a penalty in a dramatic 3-2 away win against Ergotelis, after a catastrophic first half in which his team were two goals down.[9] On 10 December he scored in a difficult 2-1 away win against Doxa Drama.[10] On 14 January 2018 he sealed a 2-0 away win against Apollon Larissa.[11] On 10 February, he scored in the 89th minute in a 3-1 away win against Panserraikos.[12] On 25 February, he was the MVP of a 4-1 away win against Aiginiakos, scoring a brace.[13] On 24 March, he scored a brace helping his club to escape with a 3-2 win against Kissamikos in its rally to win promotion to the Superleague.[14] On 15 April, he scored twice in a 5-2 home win against Panegialios.[15] Ten days later, he scored another two goals in a 3-0 home win against Apollon Larissa.[16] On 16 May, he scored a brace against Sparti, improving his tally to 16 goals.[17]
On 31 October 2018, he scored both goals in a 2-1 home win against Aittitos Spata in the group stages of the 2018–19 Greek Cup.[18] It was his first appearance of the season. On 9 December, Diamantopoulos scored his first ever Superleague goal in a disappointing 4-2 away loss against Atromitos.[19]