Christos Dimopoulos ( el, Χρήστος Δημόπουλος, born 6 September 1959) is a retired

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who played as a forward for PAOK and

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. His nickname was "Fonias" (''Φονιάς'', meaning Killer) of Greek football. Alongside his brothers Thanasis Dimopoulos and Spyros he holds the

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for the highest number of siblings scoring on the same day, on 2 February 1992 in the Greek first division.

Career

Dimopoulos was born in

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, 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

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goals in 8 appearances with the club. At the end of the 1985 season, Dimopoulos signed to Panathinaikos and later played professional with

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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

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.Greek internationals of the 1980s at rsssf.org
/ref> Nowadays, he is believed to be one of the best strikers in PAOK history.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimopoulos, Christos 1959 births Living people People from Gastouni Greek footballers Super League Greece players Panetolikos F.C. players PAOK FC players Panathinaikos F.C. players Athinaikos F.C. players Kalamata F.C. players Greece men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Western Greece