Dimitris Markos (; born 31 January 1971) is a

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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 Sheffield United, 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

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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 PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

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 *

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: 1994–95, 1995–96 *

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: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 *

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

AEK Athens *Greek Cup: 1999–2000 PAOK *Greek Cup: 2002–03

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Markos, Dimitris 1971 births Living people Greek men's footballers Footballers from Kilkis Greece men's international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Men's 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 men's footballers in England AEK Athens F.C. non-playing staff Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players