Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dimitris Salpingidis | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Zagliveri, Greece | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1999 | PAOK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2006 | PAOK | 103 | (50) |
1999–2000 | → AEL (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2000–2002 | → Kavala (loan) | 43 | (25) |
2006–2010 | Panathinaikos | 119 | (46) |
2010–2015 | PAOK | 159 | (40) |
Total | 431 | (161) | |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2005 | Greece U23 | 3 | (0) |
2005–2014 | Greece | 82 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 October 2014 |
Dimitris Salpingidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης pronounced [ðiˈmitris salpiɲˈɟiðis]; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack."[2]