Dimitrios_Diamantopoulos

Dimitrios Diamantopoulos

Dimitrios Diamantopoulos

Greek professional footballer

Dimitrios Diamantopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Διαμαντόπουλος; born 18 November 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Ayia Napa.

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Career

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]

Aris

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]

References

  1. [1]
    Απέκτησε Διαμαντόπουλο, συζητάει με Βραζιλιάνο [Signed Diamantopoulos, discussing with a Brazilian] (in Greek). fokikos.gr. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Φαίακες" οι Βασιλόγιαννης, Διαμαντόπουλος [Vasilogiannis, Diamantopoulos now "Faiakes"] (in Greek). aokerkyra.com.gr. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    Kiousis, T.; Methymakis, K. (7 July 2012). Πήρε Διαμαντόπουλο, τελειώνει με Γιάντση [Signed Diamantopoulos, concluding with Giantsis]. Goal News (in Greek). Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  4. [4]
    Διαμαντόπουλος διετίας στον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης! (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. [5]
    Ο Διαμαντόπουλος εξηγεί τα θέλω του στο metrosport.gr (in Greek). www.metrosport.gr. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. [6]
    Χαιρετούν Περογαμβράκης-Διαμαντόπουλος! (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  7. [7]
    Υπέγραψε ο Διαμαντόπουλος! (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  8. [8]
    Άρης- Καλλιθέα 2-0! (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  9. [9]
    Συγκλονιστική ανατροπή από τον Άρη! (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  10. [10]
    "Άρης 7 x 7, πέρασε κι από τη Δράμα". www.sport24.gr. 10 December 2017.
  11. [11]
    Απόλλων Λάρισας-Άρης 0-2! (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  12. [12]
    Νίκη στο φινάλε για τον Άρη! (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  13. [13]
    Αιγινιακός - Άρης 1-4! (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  14. [14]
    "Aris beat Kissamikos and maintain Football League's top spot". Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  15. [15]
    Αρης-Παναιγιάλειος 5-2 (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  16. [16]
    Αρης-Απόλλων Λάρισας 3-0 (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  17. [17]
    Σπάρτη-Άρης 0-3 (vid) (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  18. [18]
    Άρης - Αήττητος Σπατών 2-1 (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  19. [19]
    "Ατρόμητος - Άρης 4-2: Ματσάρα στο Περιστέρι, ξανά δεύτερη η αρμάδα του Κάναντι". www.sport24.gr. 9 December 2018.
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