Dimitris Konstantinidis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dimitris Konstantinidis

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Dimitrios Konstantinidis{{cite web |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2013/pdf/FWYC_2013_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Greece |work=FIFA.com |page=11 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=23 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627043508/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2013/pdf/FWYC_2013_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|6|2}}

| birth_place = Korinos, Greece

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = Pierikos

| clubnumber =

| position = Right back

| youthyears1 = 2008–2012

| youthclubs1 = PAOK

| years1 = 2012–2018

| clubs1 = PAOK

| caps1 = 40

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014

| clubs2 = → Aiginiakos (loan)

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = → Omonia Nicosia (loan)

| caps3 = 18

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018

| clubs4 = Brescia

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2018–2020

| clubs5 = Aris

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2020

| clubs6 = Zemplín Michalovce

| caps6 = 8

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2020

| clubs7 = Spartak Trnava

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020

| clubs8 = Petržalka

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2021

| clubs9 = Olympiakos Nicosia

| caps9 = 7

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2021

| clubs10 = Ionikos

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2022–2023

| clubs11 = Levadiakos

| caps11 = 25

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 2023–

| clubs12 = Pierikos

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Greece U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2011

| nationalteam2 = Greece U18

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2012–2013

| nationalteam3 = Greece U19

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2013

| nationalteam4 = Greece U20

| nationalcaps4 = 5

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2015

| nationalteam5 = Greece U21

| nationalcaps5 = 4

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| pcupdate = 20:30, 13 February 2023 (UTC).

}}

Dimitrios Konstantinidis ({{langx|el|Δημήτρης Κωνσταντινίδης}}, born 2 June 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a right back.

Club career

=PAOK=

Born in Korinos, Pieria, Konstantinidis started his career at the age of 14 in the youth ranks of PAOK after being spotted by the club's grassroots staff. He made his unofficial debut with the first team just having turned 16 years, against Partizan Belgrade in a 2010 friendly game. Initially, Konstantinidis played as a right midfielder, but in the academies turned to be a fully right-back player.{{cite news|url=http://www.presspublica.gr/o-paok-sta-play-off-tou-europa-league/|title=Ο ΠΑΟΚ στα πλέι οφ του Europa League, 1-1 με Σπάρτακ Τρνάβα|date=6 August 2015}}

On 26 August 2012, Konstantinidis made his league debut in a 1–0 home win against Panthrakikos. At the end of the season, he signed a five-year contract with the club.{{cite news|url=http://www.paokfc.gr/profiles/dimitris-konstantinidis/|title=Δημήτρης Κωνσταντινίδης|publisher=paokfc.gr|access-date=7 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064421/http://www.paokfc.gr/profiles/dimitris-konstantinidis/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}} In the third UEFA Europa League qualifying round, he scored his first goal for his club, equalizing the score to send the club to the UEFA Europa League playoffs. In the 2012–13 season he made 18 appearances. In January 2014, he was loamed out to Aiginiakos before returning to PAOK after six months.

On 6 August 2015, Konstantinidis scored his first goal with the club in all competitions in a 1–1 away draw for UEFA Europa League third preliminary round against Spartak Trnava. On 10 December 2015, he assisted Róbert Mak in a 0–1 defeat against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League group stage,{{cite news|url=http://www.vavel.com/en/international-football/germany-bundesliga/577770-borussia-dortmund-paok-saloniki-01-home-defeat-in-spite-of-many-opportunities.html |title=Borussia Dortmund 0-1 PAOK |date=10 December 2015}} earning him a selection to the best UEFA Europa League squad of the week.{{cite news|url=http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/stous-korufaious-tou-Europa-o-kwnstadinidis-tou-paok/3127916 |title=Στους κορυφαίους του Europa ο Κωνσταντινίδης του ΠΑΟΚ |date=10 December 2015}} On 20 December 2015, Konstantinidis suffered a cruciate ligament injury during Super League home game against Platanias keeping him out for the remainder of the season.{{cite news|url=http://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/148430/konstantinidis-suffers-serious-injury |title=Konstantinidis suffers serious injury |date=20 December 2015}}

He returned to PAOK for the 2017–18 season, without making a single appearance with the club in the first half of the season.

==Loan to Omonia==

On 8 August 2016, Konstantinidis joined Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia on a 12-month loan deal from PAOK.{{cite news|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Paok/sthn-omonoia-o-kwnstantinidhs.4207373.html |title=Στην Ομόνοια ο Κωνσταντινίδης |date=8 August 2016}} He made 20 appearances with the club. On 26 May 2017, the club announced that with the end of the season the player would leave.{{cite web|publisher=AC Omonia|url=http://omonoia.com.cy/info.php?section=1&page=1&newsid=4840&lang=GR|title=Ολοκλήρωση συνεργασίας και ευχές για καλή συνέχεια στην καριέρα τους|date=4 June 2017|language=Greek}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

=Brescia=

In January 2018, Konstantinidis joined Serie B club Brescia rejecting a loan offer from financially struggling Panathinaikos. He joined manager Roberto Boscaglia's team as a free-agent, with the administration of the Greek Cup winners still keeping 30% of his rights in a future sale.{{cite web |publisher= gianlucadimarzio.com |url= http://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/calciomercato-brescia-dal-paok-arriva-il-terzino-konstantinidis |title= Calciomercato {{!}} Brescia, dal Paok arriva il terzino Konstantinidis |date= 31 January 2018 |language= Italian}}

=Aris=

On 19 July 2018 he returned to the Superleague, signing a two-year contract with Aris.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Aris/prin-apo-eksi-mhnes-ston-paok-twra-ston-arh-o-kwnstantinidhs.5265989.html |title=Πριν από έξι μήνες στον ΠΑΟΚ, τώρα στον Άρη ο Κωνσταντινίδης |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=19 July 2018}} On 9 December 2018, he scored in a 4–2 away loss against Atromitos.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/SuperLeague/atromhtos-arhs-4-2-matsara-sto-peristeri-ksana-deuterh-h-armada-toy-kananti.5384226.html |title=Ατρόμητος - Άρης 4-2: Ματσάρα στο Περιστέρι, ξανά δεύτερη η αρμάδα του Κάναντι |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=9 December 2018}} On 31 December 2019, he mutually solved his contract with the club.

=Zemplín Michalovce=

On 4 February 2020, he signed to the Fortuna Liga club Zemplín Michalovce, for an undisclosed fee until the end of the year.{{cite web |url=https://www.sport24.gr/Files/h-slovakikh-zemplin-xtypaei-eyrwph-me-pente-ellhnes.5678920.html |title=H σλοβακική Ζέμπλιν "χτυπάει" Ευρώπη με πέντε Έλληνες |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=8 February 2020}} He became another Greek to play for the eastern-Slovak club, joining Georgios Neofytidis, Kyriakos Savvidis, Christos Kountouriotis and Dimitris Popovits. Playing as a right-back, he made his debut in the Fortuna Liga away fixture against AS Trenčín on 15 February 2020. His debut turned out disastrous as Zemplín Michalovce were destroyed with a 1–8 defeat.{{Cite web|title=AS Trenčín - MFK Zemplín Michalovce {{!}} 8 - 1|url=https://ulk.futbalnet.sk/zapas/426437/|website=ulk.futbalnet.sk|language=sk|access-date=2020-05-12|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215122430/https://ulk.futbalnet.sk/zapas/426437/|url-status=dead}} Konstantinidis also competed in three other games those had preceded the suspension of Fortuna Liga caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

=Olympiakos Nicosia=

He signed for Olympiakos Nicosia in January 2021.

International career

He was a member of all Greek national teams. At the age of 18, he was a starter for the Greece U20 team that participated in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey.

Career statistics

class="wikitable", style="text-align:center" \|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|Cup ! colspan="2" \|Continental ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="5" \|PAOK \|2012–13 \| rowspan="4" \|Super League Greece \|15 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|18 \|0
2013–14 \|2 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|1{{Efn\|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} \|0 \|5 \|0
2014–15 \|14 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|15 \|0
2015–16 \|9 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|5{{Efn\|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}} \|0 \|15 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !40 !0 !7 !0 !6 !0 !53 !0
Aiginiakos (loan) \|2013–14 \|Football League (Greece) \|20 \|1 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|20 \|1
Omonia Nicosia (loan) \|2016–17 \|Cypriot First Division \|18 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|20 \|0
Aris \|2018–19 \|Super League Greece \|9 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|9 \|1
Zemplín Michalovce \|2019–20 \|Slovak First Football League \|8 \|2 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|8 \|2
Spartak Trnava \|2020–21 \|Slovak First Football League \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|1 \|0
Petržalka \|2020–21 \|Slovak 2. Liga \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|1 \|0
Olympiakos Nicosia \|2020–21 \|Cypriot First Division \|7 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|9 \|0
Ionikos \|2021–22 \|Super League Greece \|5 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|7 \|0
rowspan="3" \|Levaidakos \|2021–22 \|Super League Greece 2 \|16 \|2 \|0 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|16 \|2
2022–23 \|Super League Greece \|9 \|0 \|2 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|— \|11 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !25 !2 !2 !0 !0 !0 !27 !2
colspan="3" \|Career total !134 !6 !15 !0 !6 !0 !155 !6

class="wikitable", style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |Cup

! colspan="2" |Continental

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="5" |PAOK

|2012–13

| rowspan="4" |Super League Greece

|15

|18

2013–14

|1{{Efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}

2014–15

|14

|15

2015–16

|5{{Efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}

|15

colspan="2" |Total

!40

!53

Aiginiakos (loan)

|2013–14

|Football League (Greece)

|20

| colspan="2" |—

|20

Omonia Nicosia (loan)

|2016–17

|Cypriot First Division

|18

| colspan="2" |—

|20

|Super League Greece

|Slovak First Football League

| colspan="2" |—

Spartak Trnava

|2020–21

|Slovak First Football League

| colspan="2" |—

|2020–21

| colspan="2" |—

|Cypriot First Division

| colspan="2" |—

Ionikos

|2021–22

|Super League Greece

| colspan="2" |—

rowspan="3" |Levaidakos

|2021–22

|Super League Greece 2

|16

| colspan="2" |—

|16

2022–23

|Super League Greece

| colspan="2" |—

|11

colspan="2" |Total

!25

!27

colspan="3" |Career total

!134

!15

!155

Honours

;Levadiakos

Super League 2: 2021–22

References

External links

{{Soccerway|dimitrios-konstantinidis/233602}}
[http://www.onsports.gr/onstats/?url=/soccer/player/main.php&sport-select=soccer&player-select=9475 OnSports]

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football fullbacks

Category:Greek men's footballers

Category:Greek expatriate men's footballers

Category:Greece men's youth international footballers

Category:Greece men's under-21 international footballers

Category:PAOK FC players

Category:Aiginiakos F.C. players

Category:AC Omonia players

Category:Olympiakos Nicosia players

Category:Brescia Calcio players