Dimitris Limnios ( gr, Δημήτρης Λημνιός; born 27 May 1998) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

and the Greece national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Volos, Limnios started his football career at home-town club

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, before joining the youth academy of

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in 2012.

Atromitos

In 2014, Limnios was called up to the

first team. At the age of 16, on 16 October 2014, he made his

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debut against

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, replacing

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in the 84th minute. He became the third-youngest player to ever appear in the Greek top-tier (after

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and

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); he later made his European debut against AIK in the Europa League second qualifying round. On 4 December 2016, Limnios scored his first goal for Atromitos in a 2–1 away

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win over AEL.

PAOK

On 6 April 2017, Atromitos announced that they had reached an agreement for the permanent transfer of Limnios to fellow Greek club PAOK, starting from the 2017–18 season, for a reported fee of €900,000 and a 15% sell-on clause on future sales. On 20 August 2017, Limnios made his debut for PAOK, starting in a goalless away draw against

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.. On 29 November, he scored his first goal in a 5–0 away Greek Cup win against Aiginiakos. On 8 August 2018, he scored a goal in a 3–2 home win over Spartak Moscow in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. On 29 October, he scored just 30 seconds after replacing

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in the second-half of a 2–0 home win over

. On 29 August 2019, he scored a goal in a 3–2 win over Slovan Bratislava in the second leg of the

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; however, Slovan progressed on away goals due to the final 3–3 score on aggregate.

1. FC Köln

On 7 September 2020,

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reached an agreement with PAOK to sign Limnios on a four-year contract, for a reported fee of €3.3 million. The Greek Super League side also obtained a 15% sell-on clause of any future transfer. Köln officially announced the arrival of Limnios two weeks later. In August 2021, Limnios was sent out on a season-long loan to Dutch club Twente. On 23 September 2021, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 home

win over AZ Alkmaar. He scored eight goals and two assists in 33 appearances for Twente. On 25 February 2023, he returned to action with Köln's reserve team, eight and a half months after suffering an

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Panathinaikos

On 29 December 2023, Limnios joined Greek Super League club

on a permanent deal, signing a contract until June 2027. On 21 February 2024, Limnios scored a goal in the 120+9 minute to force the Greek Cup semifinal against PAOK to go to penalties, where

ended up winning and advancing to the final.

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

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. In the competition, he played nine games and scored two goals including

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. Since March 2016, he has been member of

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and played in

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. On 16 March 2018, he called up to the Greece national team by

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for the friendly match against

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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. On 9 June 2022, Limnios at the last minute of a

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game against Cyprus suffered a cruciate ligament rupture, and according to doctors' estimations will be out for at least six to seven months.

Personal life

Limnios' father, Stelios, played for

. His mother is named Aide-Silva Barreto and is from Bahia, Brazil.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

PAOK *

: 2018–19 * Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19 Individual * Eredivisie Team of the Month: May 2022,

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Limnios, Dimitrios 1998 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greek people of Brazilian descent Brazilian people of Greek descent Men's association football forwards Greece men's international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Super League Greece players Bundesliga players Eredivisie players Atromitos F.C. players PAOK FC players 1. FC Köln players FC Twente players Greek expatriate men's footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Greek expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Footballers from Volos