Panagiotis Vlachodimos ( Greek: Παναγιώτης Βλαχοδήμος; born 12 October 1991) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Dynamo Dresden. Born in Germany, he has represented Greece at youth level.

Club career

Early career

Vlachodimos started his career with local club VfL Stuttgart-Wangen. He later joined

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

in 2001. He was promoted to the

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in 2010. On 20 June 2011, Vlachodimos moved to Greek Superleague club

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

. He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2011 against PAOK. He scored his first goal against

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 ...

, his next goal came against

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

in a stunning 1–0 victory against the Greek giants, he scored his third and final goal of the season against

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

. For his efforts during the season, he won the best young player award for the 2011–12 season. On 23 May 2012, Vlachodimos signed a five-year contract with Greek side Olympiacos for a transfer fee of €400,000. He made his debut on 20 October 2012 against his former club Skoda Xanthi in a 4–0 home win. In a Greek Cup match against Panachaiki, Vlachodimos assisted Kostas Mitroglou's goal in a 2–0 home win. On 14 February 2013, he also made his European debut against Levante in a 3–0 away loss. In the second leg against Levante of the Europa League, Vlachodimos made an impressive performance but it was not enough to save Olympiakos from being knocked out on a 4–0 aggregate. Three days later, Vlachodimos assisted

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's goal in a 2–1 win over

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on 24 February. His first goal came one week later in Olympiakos's 4–0 away win over OFI. He also managed to score against

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in a 4–0 away win. On 6 July 2013, Vlachodimos joined

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side

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on a season–long loan. He made his first and only appearance for Augsburg on 10 August 2013 against

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. At the end of the year, the club cancelled his loan and he returned to Greece. In January 2014 he signed for Platanias on loan from Olympiacos until the end of the season. On 2 February 2015, Vlachodimos joined French

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side Nîmes Olympique for the rest of the 2014–15 season. On 30 August 2015, after having returned to Olympiacos, his contract was dissolved and Vlachodimos became a

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Panathinaikos

On 5 January 2016, it was announced that Panathinaikos had a deal with Vlachodimos, who was released by Olympiacos the previous summer and had been training with Greuther Fürth and

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. Eventually, on 6 January 2016, he signed with "The Greens". On 30 January 2016, despite the probable legal actions for the signing of the player from Olympiacos, he was included in Panathinaikos' squad for the league away match against Platanias. Eventually, on 10 February 2016, he made his debut with the club in a 1–0 away loss against

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for the Greek Cup coming in as a late substitute. On 14 February 2016 he made his debut in the Super League, opening the score in a 3–0 away win against

Return to Nîmes and Germany

On 10 July 2017, Vlachodimos signed for French

side Nîmes Olympique on a three-year contract, after not being in the plans of Panathinaikos coach

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. On 27 August 2017, he scored his first goal with the club sealing a 1–0 home win game against Le Havre AC. At the end of the season, he returned to

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, for the first time since the 1992–93 season after finishing second in Ligue 2. On 23 August 2019, Vlachodimos joined Sonnenhof Großaspach on a two-year deal.

Dynamo Dresden

On 15 July 2020, signed a two years contract with German club Dynamo Dresden for an undisclosed fee. On 1 May 2021 he scored against Uerdingen 05 in

in the season

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at the

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. On 16 May 2021 he scored against

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at the

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in the season

. With Dynamo Dresden won the

in the season

and got promoted

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. On 19 September 2021, Panagiotis Vlachodimos during

's match against

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suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will need to be out of action for at least six months, with the player expected to undergo immediate surgery to repair the problem.

International career

Vlachodimos decided to represent Greece, the country of his origin, from youth level. He has played for the under-19 team and the under-21 team.

Personal life

Panagiotis is the older brother of Odysseas, who plays for

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in England.

Career statistics

Honours

Olympiacos *

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* Greek Cup:

Dynamo Dresden *

Nîmes *

: 2017–18 Individual * Greek Young Footballer of the year:

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References

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