Giorgos Dedes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georgios Dedes | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Nafplio, Greece | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1958–1967 | Phivos Neou Kosmou | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1974 | Panionios | 358 | (149) |
| 1974–1977 | AEK Athens | 64 | (29) |
| 1977–1978 | Panionios | 8 | (3) |
| Total | 430 | (181) | |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1963 | Greece U-18 | 8 | (3) |
| 1969 | Greece U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1966–1973 | Greece | 20 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Giorgos Dedes (Greek: Γιώργος Δέδες; born 15 December 1942) is a former Greek footballer of Asia Minor descent who played as a forward. His main characteristics were his speed, his technique and his shooting. He competed in 430 games in total on the Greek Championship for Panionios and AEK Athens, scoring 181 goals. He was the top scorer of the league in 1970–71 and 1975–1796. In 1971, he was awarded the bronze boot after becoming the third best scorer in Europe.
Son of Athanasios and Nikoleta, Giorgos was the fifth of their six children. Dedes was nephew of AEK Athens' legentary goalkeeper, 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. In 1957 his family moved to Athens and Giorgos played alongside his brother for Phivos Neou Kosmou. In 1960-61 Phivos won the B1 league of Athens Football Clubs Association and Dedes was one of the basic scorers.
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; the transfer fee was 1000 drachmas and some other 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 March 28 of 1965 Dedes scored the fastest hat-trick in Alpha Ethniki 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. He was the top scorer of the Greek Championship with 28 goals, becoming the 3rd scorer in Europe behind the Croatian, Josip Skoblar of Olympique de Marseille with 39 and Keita of Saint-Étienne with 33.
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