Dimitrios Kolovetsios


Dimitrios "Dimitris" Kolovetsios is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Panathinaikos.

Club career

AEL

Born and raised in Larissa, Kolovetsios began playing football with his boyhood football club AEL, where he played a total 41 games scoring 2 goals.

PAS Giannina

In 2012, Kolovetsios transferred to Super League side PAS Giannina. His impressing performances attracted the interest of many topflight Greek teams such as Olympiacos, PAOK and AEK Athens.

AEK Athens

In the summer of 2014, Kolovetsios signed with AEK Athens for €250,000. He made his debut on 29 August in a match against Fokikos for the first round of the Greek Cup. He finished the season with a total of 27 appearances and 2 goals.
On 27 June 2017, it was officially announced that the player's contract with AEK was not renewed and the player is now a free agent.

Panathinaikos

On 3 July 2017, Kolovetsios joined Panathinaikos on a two-year deal.
The 26 year old defender signed a two year deal after leaving AEK Athens as a free agent, but in the first half of the season his performances have largely been solid but unspectacular. Having started the season as third choice centre back behind Rodrigo Moledo and Giorgos Koutroubis, the Larissa born defender has gradually earned the trust of Marinos Ouzounidis to become a starter at the expense of the latter. In addition to this, he can also provide cover at right back if need be. He has stepped in a few times when Ousmane Coulibaly has been injured.
On 4 January 2019, Kolovetsios agreed to a contract extension until the summer of 2022. Signed by Marinos Ouzounidis in the summer of 2017 on a free transfer from AEK, Kolovetsios has drastically improved under Giorgos Donis, earning a call up to the Ethniki squad along the way as a reward for his efforts. On 14 January 2019, Panathinaikos then turned the game on its head by taking a 2–1 lead in the 68th minute through Kolovetsios, who headed past Xanthi goalkeeper Živko Živković from the rebound after Christos Donis’ shot had been saved, in a 2–2 home draw against Xanthi. It was his first goal with the club in all competitions. On 10 November 2019, former AEK Athens defender, Kolovetsios was left unmarked and scored a great header from a corner to give Panathinaikos a memorable 3–2 comeback win against rivals AEK Athens. On 1 July 2020, with two minutes left Kolovetsios rose highest to score after a corner delivered by Giannis Bouzoukis, in a 2-0 home win game against Aris..

International career

On 3 September 2018, following the injury sustained by AEK Athens right-back Michalis Bakakis, Panathinaikos defender Dimitris Kolovetsios has been called up to the Greek national team for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Estonia on 8 September 2018 and Hungary on 11 September 2018, for first time in his career.
On 19 March 2019, Greece head coach Angelos Anastasiadis announced the call up of Mavrias for the match against Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina for UEFA Euro 2020. Anastasiadis called up Panathinaikos defender to replace Petros Mantalos in the squad for the upcoming qualifiers.

Career statistics

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Honours

;AEK Athens