Nikos Dabizas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolaos Dabizas | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Amyntaio, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Omonoia Nicosia (Technical Director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pontioi Veria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | Pontioi Veria | 85 | (7) |
| 1994–1998 | Olympiacos | 104 | (8) |
| 1998–2003 | Newcastle United | 130 | (11) |
| 2003–2005 | Leicester City | 51 | (1) |
| 2005–2011 | AEL | 144 | (4) |
| Total | 514 | (31) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2004 | Greece | 70 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Νταμπίζας, born 3 August 1973 in Amyntaio) is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL defender. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad. Currently is working for Omonoia Lefkosias as Technical Director
Dabizas Join Omonoia Lefkosia on April 2016 as Technical Director
Dabizas spent his days playing football and helping in his father's company. His first contact with football came when he was sixteen, although he never dreamt of becoming a professional footballer. However, fate had other plans for him. He 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. His big career break came when he was 21. He got an offer from Olympiacos, one of the biggest teams in Greece.
He moved to Piraeus and helped his new team win the Greek championship twice, something they hadn't done in ten years. He also took part in his first UEFA Champions League games. After three-and-a-half seasons with Olympiacos he received an offer from Newcastle United, which opened him the doors to the English football fields, in the Premier League.
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