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.

Club career

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 Greek 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 he 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 people of AEK Athens noticed that he was by no means finished as a footballer and decided to sign him in the summer of 1998. He was a regular in the midfield of the team and with his presence helped the club a lot for two seasons.^[3] On 10 May 2000 he won the cup, even though staying on the bench throughout the final against Ionikos.^[4] After leaving AEK he signed for Aris, 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.^[5][6][7]

International career

Markos was first called to play with Greece in 1992 and made 17 appearances scoring 1 goal until 1999.^[8]

After football

In 2005 he returned to AEK for a few years as a team scout.^[9] In 2013 was also a scout at the Panathinaikos academies.^[10] Since 2018, he works as a scout for OFI.^[11]

Honours

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