28 Facts About Dimitrios Konstantopoulos

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos is a Greek former international football player who played as a goalkeeper.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos moved to Portuguese side Farense after this, before joining Hartlepool United in October 2003.

However, he was unable to hold down a first team place, and, after loan spells with Nottingham Forest, Swansea City and Cardiff City between 2008 and 2009, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was released in 2010 having made 31 league appearances for Coventry.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos returned to Greece, spending a successful season with Kerkyra before switching to AEK Athens for the next two seasons.

Internationally, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos made nine appearances for the Greek under-21 side, and made his full international debut for Greece in 2011; his only senior cap.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos began his professional career with Kalamata in 1996, having previously been playing amateur football for Iraklis Ampelokipi that year.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos then returned to Kalamata, and made another five appearances the following season.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was given a trial at Hartlepool United in 2003 by the then-manager Neale Cooper.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos spent the majority of his first season playing for Hartlepool's reserve team and as a substitute.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos signed for Coventry City on 30 June 2007, after he rejected a new contract offer from Hartlepool.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos then ruptured his Achilles tendon on his first day of training at The City Ground.

On 24 October 2008, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos signed for Swansea City on a one-month emergency loan deal, after Swansea's first choice keeper Dorus de Vries suffered a double fracture to his jaw against Queens Park Rangers.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos thus returned to Coventry having made five appearances for Swansea in total.

Three days after returning to Coventry, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was again loaned out, this time to Swansea's local rivals Cardiff City until the end of the season as cover for Finland international Peter Enckelman who was ruled out for up to two months after undergoing knee surgery.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was released at the end of the season after his contract expired, having made 27 appearances for the club.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos finished the season having made 30 appearances for Kerkyra.

On 13 July 2011, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos signed a two-year deal with AEK Athens.

On 16 August 2013, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos signed a short-term deal with Middlesbrough until January 2014, which was later extended to the end of the season.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos had to wait for January's FA Cup defeat to Hull City on 4 January 2014 to make his debut, with Shay Given having joined on loan when first-choice Jason Steele injured his ankle, conceding two goals in the process.

On 1 May 2014, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos signed a new one-year contract with Middlesbrough after making 13 appearances.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos extended his contract with Middlesbrough in February 2015, although the terms were undisclosed.

Alan Judge's booming shot hit the cross-bar out of nowhere, and replays confirmed Dimitrios Konstantopoulos' fingertips stopped the ball from going in.

On 17 December 2015, Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka said that Dimitrios Konstantopoulos played a big part of that solidity and the first place of the club so far in the Championship, and with the keeper having made 20 league appearances this season, he activated a clause in his contract to stay on Teesside for another year.

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was part of the record-breaking Boro rearguard who racked up nine consecutive league clean sheets, smashing a 30-year club milestone.

However, most journalists stated that Dimitrios Konstantopoulos should be given a chance in top flight football, despite his advancing age and the fact he has no Premier League experience.

New manager Tony Pulis decided that Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was worthy of signing a new contract, and did so, signing another one-year contract extension.

On 17 November 2010, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was called up to the Greece national football team for a match against Austria.

In June 2022, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos took up the role of goalkeeper coach at Panetolikos and later had a spell as assistant manager.