Dimitrios Koukoulitsios was a
Greek football
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player during the 1970s. He played only for his hometown team
AEL from 1972 to 1979. He became a professional at the early age of 15 and he earned 119 caps, scoring 22 goals. During this period, he was a part of U-17,
U-19 and
U-21 Greece national teams.
Koukoulitsios died in a car accident in
Thiva
Thebes (; ell, Θήβα, ''Thíva'' ; grc, Θῆβαι, ''Thêbai'' .) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others. Archaeolo ...
on 6 September 1979, along with his teammate
Dimitrios Mousiaris
Dimitris Mousiaris was a Greek
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. He was only 19. In the car was
Giannis Valaoras
Giannis Valaoras ( el, Γιάννης Bαλαώρας; born 23 May 1958) is a Greek former footballer who played as a forward during the 1980s and early 1990s. He played for Larissa and Trikala F.C. He captained the team on various occasions, ...
too, who survived and became one of
AEL's best of all times.
1960 births
1979 deaths
Footballers from Larissa
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
Greek footballers
Road incident deaths in Greece
Association football forwards
Association football midfielders
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