Date of birth 1959 1977-1979 Larissa Years Team Died September 6, 1979 | Place of death Thiva, Greece Role Football player Place of birth Larissa, Greece Name Dimitrios Mousiaris | |
Date of death 6 September 1979(1979-09-06) (aged 20) | ||
Dimitris Mousiaris was a Greek football player, one of the greatest talents of the 1970s. He played, as a professional, only for his hometown team AEL from 1977 to 1979, earning 64 caps and scoring 10 goals. He was a part of U-19 and U-21 Greece national teams and he was recognized by the great Mimis Domazos as his heir apparent.
Mousiaris died in a car accident in Thiva on 6 September 1979, along with his teammate Dimitrios Koukoulitsios. He was only 20. In the car was also Giannis Valaoras, who survived and became one of AEL's all-time best players.
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