Giannis Dintsikos (; born 25 June 1960) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Dintsikos started playing football in his hometown of

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at Doxa Rodiani. Five years later he joined the academies of

Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ...

, where he was promoted to the men's team in 1977. He was a member of the team that won the

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in 1980, while he also scored in the final at the 5–2 against Iraklis. In the summer of 1981, Dintsikos moved to

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. On 21 October 1984 he scored a hat-trick in the imposing 7–2 at home over

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. In November 1988 Dintsikos was forced to retire from football at the age of 29, due to health issues and his problematic off-field life. He played for 8 seasons at the club winning another Greek Cup in

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, as well as the

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in 1989.

International career

Dintsikos made three appearances for

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during 1984. He made his debut on 12 September 1984, in an away friendly against

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, where he started the match under the guidance of

Miltos Papapostolou Miltiadis "Miltos" Papapostolou (, 9 September 1935 – 2 February 2017) was a Greek professional footballer and manager. Club career Papapostolou started his career at Omvros Omvriakis, where in 1951 he joined Egaleo. He played there for 5 sea ...

. He was also a member of the Olympic team that participated in the pre-Olympic tournament to qualify for the

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, where he scored in his only appearance, in the away match against

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Honours

Kastoria *

: 1979–80 AEK Athens *

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: 1988–89 *Greek Cup: 1982–83

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dintsikos, Giannis 1960 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's international footballers Super League Greece players Kastoria 1980 F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Men's association football forwards People from Kozani (regional unit) Footballers from Western Macedonia 20th-century Greek sportsmen