Dimitris Konstantopoulos

Dimitris Konstantopoulos

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Early career

Konstantopoulos began his professional career with Kalamata in 1996, having previously been playing amateur football for Ampelokipi that year. After making seven appearances in four seasons, he spent just over a season with Egaleo from 2001 to 2001, where he made three appearances. He then returned to Kalamata, and made another five appearances the following season. Prior to moving to England, he had been playing in Portugal for SC Farense.

Hartlepool United

Konstantopoulos was given a trial at Hartlepool United in 2003 by the then-manager Neale Cooper. He signed a permanent contract in October 2003. Konstantopoulos spent the majority of his first season playing for Hartlepool's reserve team and as a substitute. In the following 2004–05 season, Konstantopoulos finally made his début in the 2–1 League Cup win over Macclesfield Town on 24 August 2004. Konstantopoulos then made his league début in the 2–1 win against Colchester United six days later. Although still second-choice to Jim Provett at that point, he would become number one from the end of October, going on to make a total of 37 appearances that year. He was part of the Hartlepool United side that reached the fourth round of the FA Cup in 2005, and he kept 25 clean sheets during Hartlepool's 2005–06 campaign.

Coventry City

Konstantopoulos signed for Coventry City on 30 June 2007, after he rejected a new contract offer from Hartlepool. He made his debut in Coventry's first…

International career

On 17 November 2010, Konstantopoulos was called up to the Greece national football team for the first time, for a match against Austria. On 6 April 2011, he made his only appearance for the national team against Malta in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier.

Coaching career

In August 2021, it was announced that Konstantopoulos would become Hartlepool United's goalkeeper coach following the departure of Ross Turnbull. Dimi left the club on 8 June 2022. In June 2022, Konstantopoulos took up the role of goalkeeper coach at Panetolikos and later had a spell as assistant manager. However, in June 2023, it was announced that Dimi had moved back to the UK and had taken up the dual role of first team and goalkeeper coach at Ayr United. From June to September 2025 he was an assistant coach at Iraklis and from September 2025 until January 2026 was the assistant coach of Super League club Asteras Tripolis.

Club
Greece men's national football team (2011–2011)
Club
Kalamata F.C. (2001–2002)
Club
Swansea City A.F.C. (2009–2009)
Club
AEK Athens F.C. (2011–2013)
Club
Cardiff City F.C. (2009–2009)
Club
A.O.K. Kerkyra (2010–2011)
Club
S.C. Farense (2002–2003)
Club
Swansea City A.F.C. (2008–2009)
Club
Nottingham Forest F.C. (2008–2008)
Club
Hartlepool United F.C. (2003–2007)
Club
Coventry City F.C. (2007–2010)
Club
Egaleo F.C. (2000–2001)
Club
Kalamata F.C. (1996–2000)
Club
Middlesbrough F.C. (2013–)
Club
Greece national under-21 football team (1998–1999)
National team
Greece

Personal

Personal life

In 2016, Dimi opened a Greek restaurant in Middlesbrough called Great Greek Modern Restaurant.

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Greek coach and retired association football player

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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