Dionysis Chiotis (; born 4 June 1977) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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. Currently, he serves as a goalkeeping coach for AEK Athens Academy.

Club career

AEK Athens

Chiotis took his first football steps in 1992 at Daphni Daphniou of

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. In 1994, he was spotted by the people of

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

and was brought to the club's

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. After 2.5 years,

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promoted him to the men's team. In January 1999, he went on loan to

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμι� ...

until the end of the season. In July of the same year he was loaned again at

Proodeftiki Proodeftiki Football Club, also known as Proodeftiki Piraeus, simply as Proodeftiki, or with its full name as A.O. Proodeftiki Neolea (, transliterated "Athlitikós Όmilos Proodeftiki Neolea", ''Athletic Club Progressive Youth''), is a Greek fo ...

, where he had a good performance. He returned to AEK in 2000, he stayed on the bench as a back-up choice behind

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. In 2001, he managed to establish himself as a starter. On 20 April 2002 he faced one of the worst moments of his career, in the crucial away match against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

, that decided the champion, his miscommunication with the defender Ferrugem in the 58th minute, gave their opponents the opportunity to score their third goal, which judged to a large extent the negative course of the match, where AEK eventually lost 4–3 along with the title. Ηowever, a week later, in the cup final at the same stadium and against the same opponent, AEK got their revenge by winning 2–1 and with Chiotis was named mvp of the match. The following season, Chiotis had his best year at AEK, with an amazing performance both in the league and in the big matches for the

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. In 2005, the arrival of

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, combined with an injury suffered by Chiotis, left him out of the team again and since then he has not been a regular. In the summer of 2007, with

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at the bench, Chiotis left AEK after 13 years. With AEK he won 3 cups and 1 Super Cup.

Kerkyra

On 22 May 2007, Chiotis was released by AEK to join

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, where he signed a one-year contract, which was terminated on 6 May 2008.

APOEL

In June 2008, he joined

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

and with his high-level appearances, he contributed to the winning of the Cyprus Championship 2008–09 and the qualification for the first time of the club at the group stage of the

2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010 at the Santiago Bernabéu St ...

. In that season, his club had the lowest number of goals conceded. He was also voted as the MVP of the club for that season, and became one of the favorite players of

fans. In the 2009–10 Champions League group stage, he helped

to take a point against Atletico Madrid in Spain by holding Atletico to 0-0. At the same week he was voted as the best goalkeeper of the week in the Champions League. He appeared in all six official

2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches took place between 15 September and 9 December 2009. The draw for the eight groups took place on 27 August 2009, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The group stage featured the 22 automatic ...

matches with

and he had great performances. The next season, he helped APOEL to win the

2010–11 Cypriot First Division The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The def ...

, adding the second championship title to his honours list. The following season, he appeared in six

2011–12 UEFA Champions League The 2011–12 UEFA Champions League was the 57th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 20th season in its current Champions League format. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa Lea ...

matches for APOEL, in the club's surprising run to the

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of the competition. On 7 March 2012, Chiotis helped APOEL to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals by saving two penalties in the penalty shoot-out of the last 16 return match against

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. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he became a champion for the third time in his career after winning the

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with APOEL. During the 2013–14 season, he appeared in one

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match for APOEL and managed to win all the titles in Cyprus, the

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, the

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and the

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. On 25 May 2015, one day after winning the 2014–15 season

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with APOEL, the team announced that Chiotis was leaving after 7 years in the club, as his contract would not be renewed. Eventually he had 121 appearances with the club in all competitions.

Trikala

On 24 June 2015, aged 38, Chiotis signed a contract with Panelefsiniakos, but he left the team two months later due to important changes to the club's board of directors. A few days later, on 26 August 2015, he signed a contract with the Greek Football League side

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Apollon Smyrnis

On 29 June 2016, aged 39, Chiotis signed a contract with

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

, in his club's effort to be promoted to

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International career

Chiotis competed with

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once in 20 November 2002, in a friendly match against

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for 45 minutes replacing

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Honours

AEK Athens *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup (), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup () is a Greek association football one-match competition, which is contested annually either between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the hold ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

APOEL *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

: 2008–09,

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, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013

References

External links

APOEL official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiotis, Dionysis 1977 births Living people Greece men's international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AEK Athens F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Proodeftiki F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players APOEL FC players Trikala F.C. players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Greek expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Athens Greek men's footballers