Dimitrios Melikiotis (; born 10 July 1996) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club Iraklis.

Club career

Veria

Melikiotis signed his professional contract on 6 February 2014. So far he didn't make his official squad debut, though he was selected during 2013–14 season, three times as first team substitute. Despite his young age, he was selected by his current coach Georgios Georgiadis to join the team in there pre-season tour in

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. He made his professional debut against

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

in a 2–0 away defeat.

AEK Athens

On 2 January 2017, Melikiotis signed a -year contract with

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. On 25 January 2017 he made his debut for AEK in the

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and provided an assist to

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in what would prove to be the only goal in the 1–0 away win against

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Kerkyra (loan)

On 16 August 2017 Melikiotis joined

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on a season-long loan.

Volos

On 11 July 2018, he joined

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on a three-year contract.

International career

On 4 October 2016,

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head coach of

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called up Melikiotis for the first time ever in his career to the national team for the games against

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and

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Honours

;Veria *

: 2018–19 (2nd Group) *Imathia Cup: 2018–19

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melikiotis, Dimitrios 1996 births Living people Footballers from Veria Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Veria F.C. players PAE Kerkyra players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Edessaikos F.C. players Volos F.C. players 21st-century Greek sportsmen