Giorgos Dedes

Early years

In 1957 his family moved to Athens and Dedes played alongside his brother for Phivos Neos Kosmos. In 1960–61, Phivos won the B1 league of Athens Football Clubs Association and Dedes was one of their main scorers.

Panionios

At the age of 17 he was discovered by Panagiotis Pallas of Panionios and he was recommended to the technical director of the team, Thanasis Papathanasiou. Dedes was transferred to Panionios on atransfer fee of 1,000 drachmas and some players as an exchange. Two months later, the coach of the team, Ioannis Skordillis and Nikos Zakardis gave him the chance to play for the first time against Fostiras. On 28 March 1965 Dedes scored the fastest hat-trick in league in a period of 120 seconds after the 88th minute. In the 1969–70 season, Dedes scored five goals in a game in an 8–0 victory against Olympiakos Nicosia, which is the club's largest victory. That was a rare record which only a few Greek footballers have achieved. Dedes has also scored four goals in a match on two occasions. He played for Panionios for 14 years, winning a Balkans Cup in 1971, while his team finished second in the Championship at the same year. He was the top scorer of the Greek Championship with 28 goals, becoming the 3rd scorer in Europe behind the Croatian, Josip Skoblar of Marseille with 39 and Salif Keita of Saint-Étienne with 33.

AEK Athens

On 8 August 1974, Dedes was transferred to AEK Athens of Loukas Barlos. The deal also included the…

In 1962, Dedes was called to Greece U18, for which he played in two matches against Turkey, a 1–0 defeat in Athens and 1–0 win in Smyrni where he was the scorer in the 18th minute. With the U-19 team he competed in two games for the qualifying matches of UEFA European Under-19 Championship against Turkey. With a 2–1 victory in Athens and a 1–1 draw in Ankara, Greece managed to qualify for 1963 UEFA European Under-18 Championship in London. Dedes played in both 3 matches of the tournament in which he scored two goals in a 7–2 victory against Germany. Greece didn't qualify for the quarter-finals as they finished third in the group. In 1969, Dedes played the only game for Greece U21 against Israel. He managed 20 appearances and scored seven goals for Greece from 1966 to 1973. He played his first match on 16 October 1966 in a 2–1 win against Finland for the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying. He scored his first two goals for Greece on 21 November 1968 in a 4–1 home victory against Egypt. Dedes was a regular in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification squad where he scored twice. His first goal for the tournament was in a historical 2–1 victory against Portugal on 11 December 1968 in Karaiskakis Stadium and the second was in a 2–2 draw against Romania on 16 April 1969 with Dedes taking the lead for Greece. He made his last appearance for Greece on 31 January 1973 in a match against Bulgaria as a second-half substitute in a match which ended 2–2.

Dedes was the son of Athanasios and Nikoleta and the fifth of their six children. He was nephew of the legendary goalkeeper of AEK Athens, Christos Ribas, and his elder brother, Kostas played for Pannafpliakos. As a boy he supported AEK Athens and he was a great fan of Kostas Nestoridis. From his marriage he has two sons, Thanasis and Christos.

Panionios

Balkans Cup: 1971 Individual

Alpha Ethniki top scorer: 1970–71, 1975–76 European Golden Boot: 1971 (third place) Panionios Golden Cross: 1978