Dimitrios Gesios
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimitrios Gesios | ||
| Date of birth | 1948 (age 75–76) | ||
| Place of birth | Monospita, Greece | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1972 | Kozani | ||
| 1972–1980 | Iraklis | 211 | (74) |
| 1980–1981 | AEK | 22 | (7) |
| 1981-1982 | Veria | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1976–1978 | Greece | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 October 2013 | |||
Dimitris Gesios (Greek: Δημήτρης Γκέσιος; born 1948 in Monospita) is a former Greek international footballer that played as a striker for Kozani, Iraklis, AEK and Veria. Gesios spend most most of his professional career with Iraklis, a club that he leads in goals scored.
Club career
Gesios started his professional career in Kozani, when he was in the town to fulfill his military service.[1] In the summer of 1972 after several teams expressed their interest and a short trial at Aris Gesios signed for Iraklis.[1] He was Iraklis' top league goalscorer for 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78 scoring 12, 9, 12 and 13 goals respectively.[2][3][4][5] He was also in the starting line up in Iraklis' 1976 Cup win and scored the club's fourth goal in overtime.[6] Gesios played for Iraklis until the 1979–80 season reaching 74 league goals and becoming the club's all time top league goalscorer.[1] In 1980 Gesios signed for AEK playing for the club for the 1980–81 season appearing in 22 league games and scoring 7 goals.[7] He finished his career in Veria.[1]
International career
Gesios made his debut for Greece in a friendly 0-1 home loss against Israel on 22 September 1976.[8] Totally he gained 5 caps for Greece.[9]
Honours
Iraklis
References
- ^ a b c d "Κορυφαίος γκολτζής του "Γηραιού"" (in Greek). ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΤΥΠΙΑ. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greece 1973/74". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greece 1975/76". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greece 1976/77". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greece 1977/78". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Σαν σήμερα γράφεται το έπος του 1976" (in Greek). Bluearena.gr. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Greece 1980/81". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Εθνική Ανδρών 1976-1980" (PDF) (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Συμμετοχές – Γκολ - Γ" (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2013.