Dimitrios Papadopoulos (footballer, born 1981)
Dinamo Zagreb in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Dimitrios Papadopoulos | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 October 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gagarin, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1989–1999 |
Akratitos | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2001 |
Akratitos | 57 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Burnley | 39 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Panathinaikos | 126 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 |
Lecce | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 |
Celta Vigo | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | → Levadiakos (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Panthrakikos | 25 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Atromitos | 35 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 |
PAOK | 24 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 |
Asteras Tripolis | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Atromitos | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Panetolikos | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 409 | (112) | |||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Greece U21 | 27 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Greece Olympic | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2014 | Greece | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014 |
Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος; born 20 October 1981 in Uzbekistan, Jizzakh region, Mirzachul district) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Akratitos
Papadopoulos started his career from the youth academies of Greek minnows
Burnley
Shortly after, Papadopoulos was transferred to Burnley in England, for a transfer fee reported to be €500,000.[2] He stayed at the club for two seasons. In July 2003, Burnley sold Papadopoulos to Panathinaikos for a reported €200,000 including a sell-on clause in which Burnley could profit from future transfers.[2][3]
Panathinaikos
Papadopoulos starred in his very first season with Panathinaikos becoming its top scorer with 17 goals in 26 games and winning the double with the club. It was the first championship in almost 10 years of Olympiacos domination in the Greek championship.
He was subsequently voted best footballer of that year in the league and was awarded a place in the
An integral part of the Panathinaikos offence, he signed a three-year extension with the team in the summer of 2006 and his stellar performances were one of the reasons that the team's board let fellow starter Michalis Konstantinou leave the team.
Lecce
On 13 November 2008,
Dinamo Zagreb
On 26 June 2009, he signed a three-year contract worth €650,000 annually with the Croatian champions
Celta Vigo
On 22 January 2010, Papadopoulos signed a contract with
Levadiakos
In January 2012, Papadopoulos moved on loan to Levadiakos of the Greek Super League,[8] but he failed to score a goal although the team finished in 7th place.
Panthrakikos
In the summer of 2012 he moved to
Papadopoulos was named Best Player of the Super League. The player of
On the other hand, Papadopoulos put several frustrating campaigns behind him : "I always believed I could get my career back on track," he said at Monday's award ceremony in Athens. "I was given that chance at
Atromitos
After a great season, in the summer of 2013 he signed a two-year contract with
On 30 August 2013 in a dramatic game against
On a 0-0 cup game against the Greek giant Olympiakos after an excellent appearance he said in front of TV : "We have a good team confronting any opponent. Our team has experienced players who know what to do in such games. In the first half Olympiacos pushing us so we could not keep the ball, and be aggressive. In the second half we got better and by entering Karamanos the whole match changed. Against Olympiakos we tried to have a good run defense, as our mail target was not to nil in the first match and see what happens in the second".[14]
At the end of the 2013/14 regular season he scored 14 league goals being the top scorer of his club.[15] On 27 May 2014 Atromitos announced the end of cooperation with the striker.[16]
PAOK
On 29 August 2014, Papadopoulos, although, he was linked with
Asteras Tripolis
On 8 September 2015, Papadopoulos signed a year contract with
Second spell in Atromitos
On 21 January 2016, Papadopoulos signed a contract with his former team,
Panetolikos
On 1 February 2017, Papadopoulos signed a six-month contract with Panetolikos. At that very day, he had his first training session with his new team.[28] He made his debut 4 February 2017 against his previews team Atromitos. On 4 March 2017, scored his first goal with his new team against Levadiakos, his ex-club.
Retirement
On 23 September 2017, Papadopoulos officially announced his retirement from professional football.[29]
International career
Dimitrios Papadopoulos made his debut in the Greece national team on 20 November 2002 against
On 29 August 2013, the coach of the Greece national team,
International goals
- Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Papadopoulos goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 18 February 2004 | Athens, Greece | Bulgaria | 2–0 | Friendly | |
2 | 12 October 2005 | Piraeus, Greece | Georgia | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Honours
Panathinaikos
- Super League Greece: 2003–04
- 2003–04
Dinamo Zagreb
- 2009–10
Greece
- European Championship: 2004
Individual
References
- ^ "Dimitrios Papadopoulos » Club matches » Segunda División".
- ^ a b "Burnley sell Greek striker Papadopoulos". Yorkshire Post. 4 July 2003.
- ^ "Το πλήρες πακέτο φορ ψάχνει ο ΠΑΟ...Το "κάτι" που (αποδείχθηκε ότι) λείπει από τους Παπαδόπουλο, Μάντζιο, Σαλπιγγίδη". tovima.gr. 26 April 2007.
- ^ "Trovato l'accordo con il calciatore Papadopoulos" (in Italian). US Lecce. 13 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
- ^ "Στη Ντιναμό Ζάγκρεμπ για τρία χρόνια ο Δ. Παπαδόπουλος". prasinanea.gr. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Υπέγραψε στην Θέλτα ο Παπαδόπουλος". sentragoal.gr. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "¿Habrá un tercer descarte? - Faro de Vigo". 12 July 2011.
- ^ "Υπέγραψε στον Λεβαδειακό ο Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος". contra.gr. 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Στον Πανθρακικό ο Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος!". onsports.gr. 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Papadopoulos stars at Greek player awards". fifpro.org. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Award completes Dimitris Papadopoulos revival". uefa.com. 3 February 2014.
- ^ Ατρόμητος: Παπαδόπουλος διετίας στο Περιστέρι (in Greek). onsports.gr. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Europa League: AZ Alkmaar beat Atromitos after fire causes delay". bbc.com. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ Ο Ατρόμητος κοντράρει κάθε αντίπαλο (in Greek). gazetta.gr. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Summary - Super League 1 - Greece - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
- ^ "Τέλος Παπαδόπουλος, Σηφάκης και Φωτάκης". Τέλος Παπαδόπουλος, Σηφάκης και Φωτάκης
- ^ Μια υπογραφή καθρέφτης της τρικυμίας
- ^ "Στον ΠΑΟΚ ο Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος". Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Στην Καρσίγιακα ο Παπαδόπουλος Retrieved 19 July 2015
- ^ Papadopoulos ve Baye Djiby Fall Karşıyaka'da Retrieved 19 July 2015
- ^ Απάντησε αρνητικά σε Καλλονή ο Παπαδόπουλος Retrieved 28 August 2015
- ^ "Αρκάς" ο Παπαδόπουλος, πήρε το "9"
- ^ Ε-x-ασαν την ευκαιρία, έμειναν στο 1-1 Αστέρας και Ξάνθη
- ^ Αστέρας ο Παπαδόπουλος 1-0 την ΑΕΚ στο ΟΑΚΑ
- ^ Οριστικά τέλος από Αστέρα ο Παπαδόπουλος
- ^ Papadopoulos returns to Atromitos
- ^ «Πράσινη» τραγωδία: Ο Ατρόμητος πέταξε εκτός Κυπέλλου τον Παναθηναϊκό (1-0)
- ^ "Dimitris Papadopoulos officially joins Panaitolikos". sdna.gr. 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Ο "προτελευταίος" του EURO 2004 έβαλε τέλος στην καριέρα του!" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Papadopoulos back for Greece after 6-year absence". enetenglish.gr. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ "Ο Δ. Παπαδόπουλος κορυφαίος Έλληνας της Super League 2012/2013". sport24.gr. 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ για το 2014 Αναστασίου, Μπεργκ και Παπαδόπουλος". naftemporiki.gr. 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Οι κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ". Οι κορυφαίοι του ΠΣΑΠ. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
External links
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos at BDFutbol
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos – FIFA competition record (archived)