Christos Dimopoulos
{{short description|Greek footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christos Dimopoulos
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|9|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gastouni, Greece
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1978–1980 | clubs1 = Panetolikos | caps1 = 63 | goals1 = 18
| years2 = 1980–1985 | clubs2 = PAOK | caps2 = 112 | goals2 = 47
| years3 = 1985–1990 | clubs3 = Panathinaikos | caps3 = 112 | goals3 = 40
| years4 = 1990–1993 | clubs4 = Athinaikos | caps4 = 60 | goals4 = 21
| years5 = 1993–1994
| clubs5 = Kalamata
| caps5 = 18
| goals5 = 8| totalcaps = 365 |totalgoals = 134
| nationalyears1 = 1982–1985 | nationalteam1 = Greece
| nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Christos Dimopoulos ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Δημόπουλος}}, born 6 September 1959) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a forward for PAOK and Panathinaikos F.C. His nickname was "Fonias" (Φονιάς, meaning Killer) of Greek football. Alongside his brothers, Thanasis Dimopoulos and Spyros, he holds the world record for the highest number of siblings scoring on the same day on 2 February 1992 in the Greek first division.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk92.html|title=Greece 1991-92|access-date= |website=RSSSF|date= }}
Career
Dimopoulos was born in Gastouni, Greece. He started his professional career in Aias Gastounis.
He played for PAOK from 1980 to 1985, scoring 47 league goals in 112 appearances and 5 UEFA Europa League goals in 8 appearances with the club. With PAOK he won one greek championship.
At the end of the 1985 season, Dimopoulos signed to Panathinaikos and later played professional with Athinaikos F.C. and Kalamata F.C. He finished his career playing with PAE Pyrgos at Fourth Division during 1994–95 season. Throughout his career, he made 10 appearances for the Greece national football team.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk-intres81.html Greek internationals of the 1980s at rsssf.org] With Panathaikos, he won two greek championships (1985–86, 1989–90), three Greek Cups (1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89), and one super cup.
Nowadays, he is believed to be one of the best strikers in PAOK history.{{cite web|publisher=Evrytania News|author=Kolokotsios, Lambros|script-title=el:Αθλητικοί Φάκελοι (ΧΡ.ΔΗΜΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ)|trans-title=Sporting Capsules (Chr. Dimopoulos)|url=http://www.evrytanika.com/article.php?id=6260|language=Greek|date=11 September 2010|access-date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132232/http://evrytanika.com/article.php?id=6260|archive-date=18 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
As a football player, he won seven titles in total, 3 greek championships, 3 greek cups and one Super Cup.
References
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Category:Greek men's footballers
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Panetolikos F.C. players
Category:Panathinaikos F.C. players
Category:Athinaikos F.C. players
Category:Kalamata F.C. players
Category:Greece men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards