Dimitrios Pelkas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitrios Pelkas[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Giannitsa, Greece | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2012 | PAOK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2020 | PAOK | 125 | (21) |
2013–2014 | → Apollon Kalamarias (loan) | 17 | (7) |
2014–2015 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 24 | (2) |
2020–2023 | Fenerbahçe | 55 | (11) |
2022–2023 | → Hull City (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2023– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 19 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Greece U19 | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Greece U20 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Greece U21 | 5 | (0) |
2015– | Greece | 36 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:40, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Dimitrios Pelkas (
.Club career
PAOK
Pelkas made his club debut on 2 August, against
On 22 August 2013, Pelkas signed for a year contract with
On 7 July 2014, Pelkas signed a new one-year contract with Vitória on loan from PAOK playing in Portuguese Primeira Liga.[5]
The young midfielder will get his opportunities, as pointed out by Vitória's manager Domingos Paciência at the newspaper «Metrosport». "I spoke with the president of PAOK Zisis Vryzas, and he told me that he (Pelkas) is a quality, talented player who needs time to show his abilities. At Vitória he will get his chances to show us what he's made of. The Portuguese league, as the Greek one has a lot of power and he must show us that he can handle it." [7]On 27 July 2015, Pelkas has signed a new contract with PAOK, which will keep him in Toumba until 2018.[8]
His indisputable best professional year so far eventually attracted the interest of many clubs among that of
On 29 September 2017, Pelkas agreed to a contract extension with PAOK, until the summer of 2021.[15] On 30 September 2017, reached 100 appearances with the jersey of PAOK in all competitions.[16] On 27 August 2017, he scored his first goal for the
On 8 August 2018, Pelkas scored when
At the beginning of
On 25 August 2020, Pelkas scored for 2020–21 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round against Beşiktaş after Christos Tzolis assist.[31] On 22 September 2020, Pelkas scored by flicking Andrija Živković's ball past Matvei Safonov to give PAOK the lead as he missed an early penalty kick in a 2–1 away 2020–21 UEFA Champions League play-offs 1st leg loss against Krasnodar.[32]
Fenerbahçe
On 5 October 2020, Pelkas joined
During the first three months of the 2021–22 season, seems that Dimitris Pelkas will not stay in the ranks of Fenerbahçe for long. According to an article in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, the international midfielder is ready to leave the Turkish club, due to the match plan that his coach, Vitor Pereira, wants to implement.[38] On 26 December 2021, Dimitris Pelkas scored his first goal since the beginning of the 2021–22 season and contributed to Fenerbahce's 2–0 victory over Yeni Malatyaspor. The Greek midfielder came as a substitute in the second half in place of İrfan Kahveci and with a wonderful slalom in 73' sealing the final score.[39]
In January 2022, according to reports from the Turkish media, Fenerbahce is considering a proposal from Greece for Dimitris Pelkas. Pelkas had a great season in the 2020–21 season with her jersey Fenerbahce, as he scored eight times and shared seven assists in 34 games, but the season we are going through is not going so well. The international midfielder counts 19 games with “Fener” with only one goal and without sharing assists, in a total of 749 minutes. Fenerbahçe have already accepted proposals for his former football player PAOK, having received offers from Russia, Italy but also Hellas, but without naming the club that is interested in repatriating the international midfielder.[40] On 12 February 2022, he scored sealing an away 2-1 win game against Giresunspor,putting an end to a bad course of six games, without a victory. [41] On 17 February 2022, he scored after an assist from Ferdi Kadıoğlu in a 3-2 home loss against Slavia Prague for UEFA Europa Conference League. [42] On 20 March 2022, with a perfect fake right shot in the 88th minute, Dimitris Pelkas helped his club to prevail 2-1 over Konyaspor. [43]
Loan to Hull City
On 1 September 2022, Pelkas joined Hull City on a season-long loan spell.[44] He made his debut on 4 September 2022, coming off the bench as a 77th-minute substitute for Ozan Tufan in the 2–0 home loss to Sheffield United.[45] On 5 October 2022, Pelkas started the home match against Wigan Athletic, scoring Hull's first goal in a 2–1 win.[46]
İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
On 21 July 2023, Pelkas joined İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. for one year, with an option to extend for another year as a free transfer.[47]
International career
On 2 October 2015 Interim Greece coach
Personal life
Pelkas' cousin, Vasilios, is also a professional footballer.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 April 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PAOK | 2012–13 | Super League Greece | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3[c] | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
2015–16 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | – | 10[c] | 2 | 49 | 9 | |||
2016–17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | – | 4[c] | 1 | 26 | 7 | |||
2017–18 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 4 | – | 3[c] | 0 | 36 | 12 | |||
2018–19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 11[d] | 2 | 36 | 6 | |||
2019–20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 4[e] | 0 | 27 | 7 | |||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[f] | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
Total | 125 | 21 | 34 | 15 | – | 39 | 8 | 198 | 44 | |||
Apollon Kalamarias (loan) | 2013–14 | Football League Greece
|
17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 7 | ||
Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | – | 30 | 4 | |
Fenerbahçe | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 8 | ||
2021–22 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 8[g] | 1 | 33 | 5 | |||
Total | 55 | 11 | 4 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | 67 | 13 | |||
Hull City (loan) | 2022–23 | Championship | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | |
İstanbul Başakşehir | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 21 | 5 | ||
Career total | 266 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 9 | 360 | 75 |
- ^ Includes Greek Cup, Taça de Portugal, Turkish Cup
- ^ Includes Taça da Liga
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 October 2021 | Batumi Stadium, Batumi , Georgia |
Georgia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 27 September 2022 | Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens, Greece | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
3 | 10 September 2023 | Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece | Gibraltar | 1–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
4 | 21 March 2024 | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
Honours
PAOK
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External links
- Dimitrios Pelkas – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Dimitrios Pelkas at ESPN FC
- Dimitrios Pelkas at Soccerbase