Dinos Kouis Explained

Dinos Kouis
Fullname:Konstantinos Kouis
Birth Date:1955 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Xylopoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
Position:Central Midfielder
Years1:1970–1974
Clubs1:Agrotikos Asteras
Years2:1974–1991
Clubs2:Aris
Caps2:473
Goals2:142
Nationalyears1:1978–1986
Nationalteam1:Greece
Nationalcaps1:33
Nationalgoals1:7
Pcupdate:1991
Ntupdate:1991

Dinos Kouis (Greek: Ντίνος Κούης) is a Greek retired footballer, one of the best to have ever played for Aris Thessaloniki. Kouis moved to Thessaloniki with his family at age ten, while he started his football career playing for Agrotikos Asteras in 1970. In 1974 he transferred to Aris Thessaloniki. In "the black and yellows", he immediately became a regular starter, initially as a central midfielder and later as an attacking midfielder.

He made his debut on 6 October 1974 in a derby against PAOK Stadium Kleanthis Vikelidis stadium (2–1 win for Aris). He was one of the key players of Aris in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside Giorgos Foiros, Theodoros Pallas George Semertzidis etc.

His farewell match was on 3 February 1991 in an Alpha Ethniki game against Olympiakos.He played for 16 years and would leave his mark on Greek football, participating in 473 Alpha Ethniki games and scoring 142 goals.[1] Among his distinctions, Kouis was the league top scorer in 1981 with 21 goals.Kouis is considered by many fans to be the best player to have ever played for Aris F.C.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greece - All-Time Top Scorers 1959/1960-1998/1999. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. RSSSF. 19 January 2013.