Dimitrios Anakoglou (; born 6 September 1991) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Marko.

Career

Panserraikos

Dimitris Anakoglou began his football career in 2008. Within four years and six months, he managed to compete in 89 games scoring 5 times. His good performances led him to play in nine games with the Greece National Team U19 and U21.

AEK Athens

In January 2013,

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bought Anakoglou from

Panserraikos Panserraikos Football Club (), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and well-supported clubs in northern G ...

. Although he was immediately loved by the fans of AEK, he did not play many games; He played in 3 games. After the relegation of the team, he renewed his contract with AEK for 4 years. Anakoglou has been a mainstay in the midfield of AEK during their battle to return to Greece's top flight helping them with back to back promotions from the third tier back to the Super League in just 2 seasons, he also captained the side on many occasions due to the absence of Georgeas and Cordero. From 2015-16 season and the return of AEK at the

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, Anakoglou became the first captain of the team. On 25 July 2016,

terminated the contract of central midfielder and former captain of the club, who had joined the 2016 Greek Cup winners in January 2013.

Veria

On 1 February 2016, Anakoglou was loaned to Superleague side

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until the end of season. On 7 February 2016, he made his debut with the club, scored in a 2-0 home win against

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helping his club to gain its first victory in 2016.

Aris

On the 2 August 2016 Anakoglou signed with

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for 2 years. On 6 April 2017, during club's training workout Anakoglou seriously injured, after a duel with

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. A day later, Anakoglou had a surgery, faced a cruciate ligament rupture that probably kept him out of the team for 6 months.

Lamia

On 4 July 2019,

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officially announced the signing of Anakoglou on a free transfer.

Career statistics

Honours

;AEK Athens *

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: 2014–15 (South Group) *

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: 2013–14 (6th Group) ;Panserraikos *

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(North Group) ;Marko *

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(4th Group)

References

External links

Scoresway.com ProfileProfile
at Onsports.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:Anakoglou, Dimitrios 1991 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Super League Greece players Football League (Greece) players Panserraikos F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Veria F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Serres 21st-century Greek sportsmen