Full name Dimitrios Siovas Name Dimitris Siovas Salary 300,000 EUR (2012) Years Team Weight 92 kg | Number 5 Height 1.92 m Place of birth Drama, Greece Role Footballer Parents Athanasios Siovas | |
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Date of birth (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 27) Playing position Current teams Olympiacos F.C. (#23 / Defender), Greece national football team (Defender) Similar People Michel, Leonardo Jardim, Vitor Pereira, Ernesto Valverde, Marco Silva | ||
Siovas Dimitris - Olympiacos 13-14
Dimitrios "Dimitris" Siovas (Greek: Δημήτρης Σιόβας; born 16 September 1988) is a Greek footballer who plays as a central defender for Spanish club CD Leganés and the Greek national team.
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- Siovas Dimitris Olympiacos 13 14
- Early career Panionios
- Olympiacos
- Legans
- nternational career
- Career statistics
- Club
- References
Early career & Panionios
He was born and raised in Drama, Greece and played in the local teams before he was scouted from Skoda Xanthi. He started his career at the youth team of Skoda Xanthi, from where he moved to Panionios in 2008. He spend the second half of the 2008–09 season on loan to Ionikos, where he made 11 league appearances. Since 2009 he became a regular central defender for Panionios, making a total of 33 appearances and scoring 2 goals during his last season with Neosmyrniotes.
Olympiacos
On 15 June 2012, it was announced that Siovas signed a four-year contract for Olympiacos, having agreed with the club since January of the same year. He scored his first goal against Levadiakos F.C. in a 4-0 home win. On 11 January 2014, Siovas during the daily training suffered a severe injury and Olympiacos are likely to be without Siovas for the rest of the season after the central defender underwent surgery on a broken right ankle. The player will be out of the club for the next four months according to doctors' estimations. Siovas, did not miss a minute of his side's UEFA Champions League group stage campaign. W"e are very sad with what happened to Dimitris because apart from his abilities on the pitch, we also like him very much as a person," said coach Míchel. "We will deal with the issue next week and check out if we need to make a signing to cover for his absence. We hope that he will make it in time for the World Cup but we probably won't be able to count on him for the remainder of the season."
In his debut season after his injury he helped his club to its 41st league title, the championship being sealed with five matches to go. Siovas began the 2015–16 campaign as the de facto leader of the Olympiakos defence. On 9 February 2016, Siovas in a winning 1-0 matchday against fierce rivals PAOK, reached 100 appearances with the club's jersey in all competitions, having the amazing undefeated percentage of 89%, one of the largest among Olympiakos players.
Leganés
On 23 December 2016, after a frustrating half season, Olympiakos defender is close to move to CD Leganés on loan until the end of the season, with a buyout clause of €4 million. Siovas had dropped down the pecking order at Olympiakos and the Greek giants were looking to offload him in the upcoming January transfer window. The Greek defender is very close to join Leganes on loan and the deal will be finalised imminently. On 29 December 2016, CD Leganés officially announced the signing of Greek international till the end of 2016-17 season. On 4 February 2017, he made as a starter his debut with the club in a 2-0 away loss against Atletico Madrid. On 9 April 2016, he scored his first goal in La Liga in a 2-1 away loss against rivals CA Osasuna.
On 19 June 2017, Siovas signed a permanent four-year deal with Lega, for a fee believed in the region of €3 million. On 15 September 2017, he made his debut for the 2017-18 season.
Ιnternational career
Siovas was a member of the Greek under-19 team who reached the final of the 2007 European under-19 championship, losing 1–0 to Spain under-19. Since 2008, he was also a member of Greece under-21.
He was called by Greece's national manager Fernando Santos for a friendly match against Austria on 17 November 2010, but he remained on the bench.
He made his debut for the senior national team on 15 August 2012 in a friendly match against Norway. He is credited for being an aggressive yet skillful defender leading to a lot of praise by the Greek press.
He made his competitive debut for the senior national team on 16 October 2012 during Greece's 1-0 away win in Slovakia during the World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign.