Nikos Dabizas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL.
14 Facts About Nikos Dabizas
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Nikos Dabizas was in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad.
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Nikos Dabizas played for a year as an amateur at the local team of Amydeo called Hermes, which was enough to give him the ticket to a team in the third division and a professional contract, as he joined Pontioi Veria, as an 18-year-old, where he remained for three consecutive seasons, playing one year on the third division and two in the second.
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Nikos Dabizas got an offer from Olympiacos, one of the biggest teams in Greece.
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Nikos Dabizas moved to Piraeus and helped his new team win the Greek championship twice, something they hadn't done in ten years.
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Nikos Dabizas took part in his first UEFA Champions League games.
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Nikos Dabizas accepted an offer from Leicester City in January 2004.
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Nikos Dabizas played regularly for Leicester as they battled to stay in the Premier League, their efforts were inadequate and the team was relegated to the Championship.
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Nikos Dabizas was selected for the 2004 European Football Championship Greek squad but never saw any action as an injury kept him on the sidelines.
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Nikos Dabizas scored twice during his spell at Leicester, one in the league against Sheffield United, and another in the FA Cup against Charlton Athletic.
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Nikos Dabizas was released by Leicester at the end of his contract in May 2005.
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Nikos Dabizas, playing in UEFA Cup, reaching the group stage by eliminating Blackburn Rovers.
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Nikos Dabizas joined Panathinaikos on 17 May 2013 as the club's football director until 11 November 2014, and he returned in this position on 17 May 2018 until 18 October 2019.
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Nikos Dabizas joined Cypriot club Omonia on 30 March 2016 as football director.