Dimitris Markos

Dimitris Markos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μάρκος; born 31 January 1971) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He now works as a scout for OFI.

Markos started his football career in 1987 at Naoussa, where he played for five seasons before joining Panathinaikos in 1992. He gradually established himself as a first-team player for five years, won 3 Championships, 3 Cups and 2 Super Cups, including a double in 1995 and at the same time he became an international. He a member of the team that reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in 1996, scoring in the decisive away win against Porto.¹

In the summer of 1997 Markos moved to England for Sheffield United, where he failed to compete in any game and after a few months he returned to Greece to play for the second division side, Kalamata.² The officials of AEK Athens noticing that he was by no means a second-division player, decided to sign him in the summer of 1998.³ He was a regular in the midfield of the team and with his presence helped the club a lot for two seasons.⁴ On 10 May 2000 he won the cup, even though staying on the bench throughout the final against Ionikos.⁵

On 27 June 2000 Markos was released from AEK⁶ and signed for Aris,⁷ where he played for 2 seasons. In 2002 he moved to their rivals, PAOK where he played for 3 seasons before retiring, winning yet another cup on 17 May 2003, playing the full match against his former club.⁸⁹¹⁰

Markos was first called to play with Greece in 1992 and made 17 appearances scoring 1 goal until 1999.¹¹

In 2005 he returned to AEK for a few years as a team scout.¹² In 2013 was also a scout at the Panathinaikos academies.¹³ Since 2018, he works as a scout for OFI.¹⁴

Panathinaikos

• Alpha Ethniki: 1994–95, 1995–96
• Greek Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
• Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: 1999–2000

PAOK

• Greek Cup: 2002–03