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Dimitrios Limnios (Greek: Δημήτριος Λημνιός; born 27 May 1998) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln, and the Greece national team.[1]

Dimitrios Limnios

Limnios with PAOK in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Dimitrios Limnios
Date of birth	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth	Volos, Greece
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	1. FC Köln
Number	42
Youth career
2002–2012	Niki Volos
2012–2014	Atromitos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Atromitos	34	(1)
2017–2020	PAOK	76	(5)
2020–	1. FC Köln	12	(0)
2021–2022	→ Twente (loan)	32	(8)
National team‡
2014	Greece U16	1	(0)
2014–2015	Greece U17	16	(3)
2015–2017	Greece U19	15	(3)
2017–2019	Greece U21	12	(3)
2018–	Greece	23	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 1 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Volos in 1998, Limnios started his football career with Niki Volos.[2] In 2012, Limnios moved to the Atromitos youth team.

Atromitos

In 2014, Limnios was called up to the Atromitos first team. At the age of 16, on 16 October 2014, he made his Superleague Greece debut against Ergotelis at Peristeri Stadium, replacing Andreas Tatos at the 84th minute.[3] He is the third-youngest player to have appeared in the Greek Super League (after Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Kostas Antoniou) and he made his European debut this season against AIK in the Europa League second qualifying round. He is not dissimilar to Kostas Mitroglou in playing style – often swatting aside defenders with his powerful runs. On 4 December 2016, Limnios scored his first goal with the club in a triumphic 2–1 away win against AEL in the Super League Greece. The goal came one minute into first half injury time, and was assisted by Anthony Le Tallec.[4]

On 6 April 2017, Atromitos accepted an offer from PAOK for the signing of the 18-year-old international winger. PAOK have been in negotiations with Atromitos for the 18-year-old youngster who has impressed with his performances since the start of the 2016–17 season. The two clubs reached an agreement in the region of €900,000 (with a 15% future resale rate) and Limnios will join PAOK in the summer transfer window. Limnios is described as one of the best prospects in Greek football and PAOK moved quickly to secure his services.[5][6]

PAOK

On 20 August 2017, Limnios made his debut with the club in a 0–0 away game against Levadiakos. He was replaced by Diego Biseswar in the 62nd minute.[7] On 29 November 2017, he scored his first goal with the club in a 5–0 away Greek Cup win against Aiginiakos. On 8 August 2018, Limnios scored when Léo Matos from the right turned the ball to the penalty shootout and Limnios screamed for the equaliser, in a 3–2 home win game for UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round, 1st leg against Spartak Moskva.[8] On 29 October 2018, Limnios barely 30 seconds after coming on to replace Biseswar, slide from close range after an assist from Léo Jabá to finish a slick move down the left flank, in a 2–0 home win game against rivals Panathinaikos.[9]

Despite Limnios' goal in PAOK's 2019–20 Europa League play-off second leg that helped give his side a 3–2 win on the night, opponents Slovan Bratislava progressed on away goals after the scores finished 3–3 on aggregate.[10] On 20 October 2019, Limnios nodded a header past Markos Vellidis, who found himself in a poor position again, from a Dimitris Giannoulis' cross, in a hammering 3–0 home win game against Lamia.[11] A week later, he scored with a header in a 2–0 away win against Volos after Giannoulis' assist.[12] On 15 December 2019, he scored after a Chuba Akpom's assist sealing a 3–0 away win against Panetolikos.[13] On 15 February 2020, he opened the score lashing the ball high into the right corner after Akpom found him with a headed pass, in a 2–1 away win against AEL.[14]

1. FC Köln

On 7 September 2020, 1. FC Köln have reached an agreement with PAOK to sign a four years' contract[15] with the 22-year-old international winger for €3.3 million, according to Kicker. The Greek Super League side have secured a 15% sell-on clause of any future transfer fee that 1. FC Köln will receive.[15] The Bundesliga club made a move for the attacker after Florian Kainz underwent surgery on his knee.[16] 14 days later he became officially a new Köln player.[17]

In August 2021, he signed a season-long loan contract with Dutch club FC Twente.[18] On 23 September 2021, Dimitris Limnios scored his first goal with a club in a 3-1 home win game against AZ Alkmaar, with a left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner, after an assist by Virgil Misidjan following a corner.[19]

International career

Limnios has represented his country at various age groups. He was capped for Greece at Under-19 level. It was while on international duty, scoring a hat-trick against Moldova U19, that he was spotted by U.C. Sampdoria. He visited the Serie A club for a week's training in 2014.

He was a member of Greece U17 national team in the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. In the competition, he played nine games and scored two goals including qualification round.[20] Since March 2016, he has been member of Greece national under-19 football team and played in 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[21] On 16 March 2018, he called up to the Greece national team by Michael Skibbe for the friendly match against Switzerland on 23 March 2018.

On 15 November 2019, Limnios scored the only goal of the game after 35 minutes of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Armenia.[22] On 9 June 2022, Limnios at the last minute of a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League game against Cyprus suffered a cruciate ligament rupture, and according to doctors' estimatios will be out for at least six to seven months.[23]

Personal life

Limnios' father, Stelios, played for Niki Volos. His mother is named Aide-Silva Barreto and is from Bahia, Brazil.[24]

In September 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[15] He recovered in October of the same year.

Career statistics

Club

As of 18:00, 15 May 2022. (UTC).

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atromitos	2014–15	Super League Greece	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	2015–16		8	0	5	0	1	0	14	0
	2016–17		25	1	7	0	—		32	1
	Total		34	1	13	0	1	0	48	1
PAOK	2017–18	Superleague Greece	21	0	9	1	1	0	31	1
	2018–19		20	1	7	1	10	1	37	3
	2019–20		35	4	5	1	3	1	43	6
	2020–21		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	Total		76	5	21	3	15	2	112	10
1. FC Köln	2020–21	Bundesliga	12	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
FC Twente (loan)	2021–22	Eredivisie	33	8	3	0	0	0	36	8
Career total			155	14	38	3	16	2	210	19

International goals

Scores and results list Greece's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Limnios goal.[25]

List of international goals scored by Dimitris Limnios

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2019	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2	6 September 2020	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Prishtina, Kosovo	Kosovo	1–0	2–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
3	9 June 2022	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece	Cyprus	3–0	3–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

PAOK

• Super League Greece: 2018–19
• Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19

References

External links

• Media related to Dimitris Limnios at Wikimedia Commons
• Dimitrios Limnios at Soccerway
• Dimitrios Limnios – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Dimitrios Limnios at ESPN FC

На других языках

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[de] Dimitris Limnios

Dimitris Limnios, oder auch Dimitrios Limnios[1] (griechisch Δημήτρης Λημνιός; * 27. Mai 1998 in Volos), ist ein griechischer Fußballspieler brasilianischer Abstammung, der seit September 2020 beim 1. FC Köln unter Vertrag steht. Der Flügelspieler ist seit Mai 2018 griechischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Dimitrios Limnios

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[es] Dimitris Limnios

Dimitris Limnios (Volos, 27 de mayo de 1998) es un futbolista griego que juega de delantero en el F. C. Twente de la Eredivisie de Países Bajos. Es internacional con la selección de fútbol de Grecia.

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[fr] Dimítris Limniós

Dimítris Limniós (grec moderne : Δημήτρης Λημνιός) est un footballeur grec né le 27 mai 1998 à Vólos. Il évolue au poste d'ailier au FC Twente prêté par le FC Cologne.

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[it] Dīmītrīs Limnios

Dīmītrīs Līmnios (in greco: Δημήτρης Λημνιός; Volos, 27 maggio 1998) è un calciatore greco, attaccante del Twente, in prestito dal Colonia, e della nazionale greca.

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[ru] Лимниос, Димитриос

Димитриос Лимниос (греч. Δημήτρης Λημνιός; 27 мая 1998, Волос, Греция) — греческий футболист, вингер клуба «Кёльн» и сборной Греции, выступающий на правах аренды за нидерландский «Твенте».

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