Dimitrios Gesios
Greek footballer (born 1948)
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Dimitrios Gesios (Greek: Δημήτριος Γκέσιος; born 1948) is a former Greek international football player that played as a striker. Gesios spend most of his professional career with Iraklis, where he is their all-time top scorer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dimitrios Gesios | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Monospita, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1972 | Kozani | (31) | |
| 1972–1980 | Iraklis | 211 | (74) |
| 1980–1981 | AEK Athens | 22 | (7) |
| 1981–1982 | Veria | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1976–1978 | Greece | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 October 2013 | |||
Club career
Gesios started his professional career in Kozani, when he was in the town to fulfill his military service.[1] In the summer of 1972 after several teams expressed their interest and a short trial at Aris, Gesios signed for Iraklis.[1] He was Iraklis' league top scorer for 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78 scoring 12, 9, 12 and 13 goals respectively.[2][3][4][5] He was also in the starting line up in Iraklis' 1976 Cup win and scored the club's fourth goal in overtime.[6] Gesios played for Iraklis until 1980, reaching 74 league goals and becoming the club's league all-time top scorer.[1][7]
On 7 July 1980, Gesios signed for AEK Athens for a fee of 1.5 million drachmas.[8] He played with the club for one season scoring 22 appearances and 7 goals.[9] On 13 August 1981, he was transferred to Veria for a fee of 400,000 drachmas,[10] where he finished his career after a season at the club.[1]
