Pavlos Dermitzakis

Dermitzakis began his football career in Kavala, playing for amateur local side Vyron Kavala. In 1987, he was acquired by the city's most prestigious club Kavala, where he played for five years in both the second and third tiers of the Greek football league system, and scoring a total of 47 goals. In 1992, Dermitzakis joined Alpha Ethniki side PAOK, where he spent the next three years of his career. In his last season with PAOK, he was not among coach Arie Haan's first choices, and as a result, his playing time was severely limited. He made a total of 4 league appearances for PAOK during the 1994–95 Alpha Ethniki and another 4 in the Cup. He subsequently moved to fellow top-tier side Athinaikos for the first half of the 1995–96 season, followed by Kalamata for the second half, recording 9 and 13 caps for each side respectively. In the following years, Dermitzakis spent the remainder of his career on season-long contracts with various clubs playing in the Beta and Gamma Ethniki, consecutively signing with Ergotelis, Panegialios, EAR, Anagennisi Karditsa, and Atromitos Athens and back to Ergotelis, until his retirement in 2001 to pursue a managerial career. During his 13-year professional career, Dermitzakis made a total of 327 caps and scored 106 goals across all three professional divisions of the Greek football league system.

Dermitzakis began his managerial career at Ergotelis, at the time playing in the Delta Ethniki, succeeding Myron Sifakis. He then moved to fellow Delta Ethniki Heraklion-based club Atsalenios, whom he also managed to promote to the Gamma Ethniki, this time as champions of Group 10. Dermitzakis cemented his post in Atsalenios, maintaining an undefeated home record during the 2005−06 and 2006−07 seasons in which the club finished in 4th and 3rd place respectively, narrowly missing out on promotion to the Beta Ethniki. After his departure from Atsalenios in 2007, Dermitzakis moved to fellow Gamma Ethniki club Diagoras, achieving promotion to the Beta Ethniki as champions of the Southern Group, once again achieving an undefeated home record for the Rhodes-based club. He managed the club in the Beta Ethniki until 30 November 2009, when he resigned from his post to take over management of Super League side Panthrakikos. Although Panthrakikos had already failed to avoid relegation when Dermitzakis took over, he managed to improve the Thracians performance and led the club to its first victories in the 2009−10 Super League season. In the summer of 2010, Dermitzakis was rumored to take over management of PAOK, who instead appointed Mario Beretta as head coach for the club. Dermitzakis eventually replaced Beretta after his sacking in pre-season, but he was himself also fired a few months later on 17 October 2010, after three consecutive losses vs. Skoda Xanthi, fierce club rival Aris…