Dimitris Markos ( el, Δημήτρης Μάρκος; born 31 January 1971) is a Greek former professional

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who played as a

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. He now works as a

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for OFI.

Club career

Markos started his football career in 1987 at Naoussa, where he played for five seasons before joining Panathinaikos in 1992. He gradually established himself as a first-team player for five years, won 3 championships, 3 Greek Cups and 2 Super Cups including a double in 1995 and at the same time he became an international. He a member of the team that reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1996, scoring in the decisive away win against

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. In the summer of 1997 he moved to England for

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, where he failed to compete in any game and after a few months he returned to

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to play for the second division side,

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. The people of

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

noticed that he was by no means finished as a footballer and decided to sign him in the summer of 1998. He was a regular in the midfield of the team and with his presence helped the club a lot for two seasons. On 10 May 2000 he won the cup, even though staying on the bench throughout the final against Ionikos. After leaving AEK he signed for

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, where he played for 2 seasons. In 2002 he moved to their rivals, PAOK where he played for 3 seasons before retiring, winning yet another cup on 17 May 2003, playing the full match against his former club.

International career

Markos was first called to play with

in 1992 and made 17 appearances scoring 1 goal until 1999.

After football

In 2005 he returned to AEK for a few years as a team scout. In 2013 was also a scout at the Panathinaikos academies. Since 2018, he works as a scout for OFI.

Honours

;Panathinaikos *

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 1994–95, 1995–96 *

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: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994 ;AEK Athens *Greek Cup: 1999–2000 ;PAOK *Greek Cup: 2002–03

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markos, Dimitris 1971 births Living people Greek footballers Footballers from Kilkis Greece international footballers Greek expatriate footballers Association football midfielders AEK Athens F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players PAOK FC players Naoussa F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Kalamata F.C. players Super League Greece players Expatriate footballers in England AEK F.C. non-playing staff Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players