Dimitrios Gesios (; born 1948) is a former

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player that played as a striker. Gesios spend most of his professional career with Iraklis, where he is their all time top scorer.

Club career

Gesios started his professional career in

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, when he was in the town to fulfill his military service. In the summer of 1972 after several teams expressed their interest and a short trial at

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, Gesios signed for Iraklis. He was Iraklis' league top scorer for 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78 scoring 12, 9, 12 and 13 goals respectively. He was also in the starting line up in Iraklis' 1976 Cup win and scored the club's fourth goal in overtime. Gesios played for Iraklis until the 1979–80 season reaching 74 league goals and becoming the club's league all-time top scorer. In 1980 Gesios signed for

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playing for the club for the 1980–81 season appearing in 22 league games and scoring 7 goals. In summer of 1982, he finished his career playing for

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International career

Gesios made his debut for

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in a friendly 0-1 home loss against

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on 22 September 1976. Totally he gained 5 caps for Greece.

After football

Gesios lives in

where he runs a furniture store.

Honours

;Iraklis *

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: 1975–76

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gesios, Dimitrios 1948 births Living people Greece men's international footballers Greek men's footballers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Kozani F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Veria F.C. players Super League Greece players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Naousa, Imathia 20th-century Greek sportsmen