Konstantinos Dimitriou Explained

Konstantinos Dimitriou
Full Name:Konstantinos Dimitriou
Birth Place:Thessaloniki, Greece
Birth Date:30 June 1999
Height:1.86 m[1]
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Diagoras
Clubnumber:4
Youthyears1:2004–2013
Youthclubs1:Giannitsa
Youthyears2:2013–2018
Youthclubs2:PAOK
Youthyears3:2018–2019
Youthclubs3:Basel U21
Years1:2019–2021
Clubs1:Basel
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:2020
Clubs2:Wil (loan)
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:2021
Clubs3:Mezőkövesd
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:2021–
Clubs4:Panserraikos
Caps4:18
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:2015–2016
Nationalteam1:Greece U17
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2017–2018
Nationalteam2:Greece U19
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2019
Nationalteam3:Greece U21
Nationalcaps3:8
Nationalgoals3:0
Pcupdate:16 June 2023
Ntupdate:14 October 2019

Konstantinos Dimitriou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Konstantinos Dimitriou . Greek . Panserraikos F.C. . 4 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Το ταξίδι του Κώστα Δημητρίου από τα Γιαννιτσά μέχρι την Ελβετία (pics). 2019-10-19. 2020-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20200129093002/http://www.youngtalents.gr/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BA%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%B9/. dead.
  3. Web site: FC Basel 1893 . 11 May 2018 . Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Konstatinos Dimitriou . FC Basel 1893 signs Konstatinos Dimitriou . FC Basel 1893 AG . de . 2022-11-16.
  4. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 3 August 2019 . FC Thun - FC Basel 2:3 (1:1) . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 2022-11-16.
  5. Web site: FC Basel 1893 . 15 October 2019 . Weiterer Covid-19-Fall beim FC Basel 1893 . Another Covid 19 case at FC Basel 1893 . FC Basel 1893 AG . de . 2022-11-16.
  6. Web site: Η Βασιλεία ανακοίνωσε τον δανεισμό Δημητρίου στη Βιλ.
  7. Web site: FC Basel 1893 . 28 January 2021 . Konstantinos Dimitriou wechselt zu Mezőkövesdi SE . Konstantinos Dimitriou joins Mezőkövesdi SE . FC Basel 1893 AG . de . 2022-11-16.
  8. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 2021 . Konstantinos Dimitriou - FCB statistic . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 2022-11-16.