Filippos Darlas (; born 23 October 1983) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Apollon Dokimiou.

Club career

Superleague Greece

Born in Kenourgio, Greece, Darlas began his professional career 1999 in

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrini ...

. In the 2001–02 season Darlas was transferred to

Panathinaikos Athens Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of ...

but due to his relative young age (just 19 years old) he was sent on loan to the first Greek division team Kalithea and for the two following years to Markopoulo-based Third Division side F.C. Marko. In the 2004–05 season Darlas went to

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), ...

before returning to Panathinaikos and made his Champions League debut against

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and

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. During the transfer period in 2008 he moved to

PAOK Salonika PAOK FC (, ), short for "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans" (), and commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki, PAOK Salonika or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional football club based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. PAOK ...

as an exchange to the transfer of

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Brest

On 28 June 2010, Darlas signed for French club

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for one year with an option for a second. In January 2011, he joined

Atromitos F.C. Atromitos Football Club (, ''PAE APS Atromitos Athinon''), also simply known as Atromitos ), is a Greek professional football club based in Peristeri, a suburban city in the Athens agglomeration, that competes in the Super League. Founded in ...

on loan.http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/Atromitos/304233.html ''(in Greek)'' Title translation: "Atromitos has announced Darlas" In January 2012 he joined

Ergotelis F.C. Ergotelis Football Club () is a Greek professional football club based in Heraklion, Crete, which competes in the FCA Heraklion A1, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system, and hosts its home games at the Pankritio Stadium. Establ ...

On 18 July 2012, Darlas returned to Greece and former club Panetolikos, signing a one-year contract.

International career

Darlas was a main stay in the Under 21s making 14 consecutive appearances. In 2006, national coach

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called him to wear his national team shirt for his first and only cap.

Honours

Panathinaikos *

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 2009–10 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Atromitos *

: runners up

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Darlas, Filippos 1983 births Living people Footballers from Agrinio Men's association football fullbacks Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players Panathinaikos F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players PAOK FC players Stade Brestois 29 players Atromitos F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players Super League Greece players Ligue 1 players Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Greek sportsmen