Dimitrios “Dimitris” Kolovos was born 27 April 1993), is a Greek footballer who plays for Omonia, on loan from Mechelen, as an attacking midfielder or winger. He entered in football by signing in PAS Oropos in the local league of Athens. Playing with PAS Oropos since the beginning of 2009\/10 season, he succeeded to win the amateurs’ championship in 2009 and promoted in the Delta Ethniki. As his talent became known among the professional teams, he needed only a year to sign with Panionios in the Superleague. At the beginning he was a member of the U-20 team who took the 3rd place in the U-20 Greek Championship of 2012. At the same time he played mostly as a reserve with the first team. At the beginning of 2012\/13 season under the coaching of Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos became a full-time member of the team, ensuring the interest of the Italian club Bologna, as well as the interest of the Greek giants AEK and PAOK. He was seen as one of the most promising players of Panionios and the team reportedly rejected a \u20ac250,000 transfer offer from Fiorentina during the January transfer period of 2012. In May 2012, he renewed his contract with the club until 2016. In August 2013 he signed with the Greek champions Olympiacos, but it was decided to let him play for one year in his former team Panionios. On 26 September 2015, he made his debut with Olympiacos in a 5\u20131 hammering home win over PAS Giannina replacing Seb\u00e1 on second half. On 2 December 2015, he scored his first goal with Olympiacos in all competitions in a victorious 4\u20130 away win against Panegialios for Greek Cup. On 7 January 2016, he scored in a glorious 4\u20131 away win against Chania for the Greek Cup. He finished his first season with the champions having 11 appearances(2 goals, 1 assist) in all competitions. On 15 June 2016, Kolovos has signed a long season loan from Olympiakos with Belgian Pro League club KV Mechelen. On 29 July 2016 he made his debut as a late substitute in a 2\u20130 home loss against Club Brugge. On 10 September 2016, Kolovos netted his first ever Mechelen goal to cap off a thrilling 2\u20130 home victory against Sint-Truidense in Round 6 of the Belgian Pro League. On 22 October 2016, he netted with the head, the second goal sealing a 2\u20130 home win against Mouscron. On 10 December 2016, he opened the score in a glorious 4\u20131 away win against Royal Excel Mouscron. On 22 January 2016, he equalized the score in a 2\u20131 home loss against Westerlo. On 18 February 2017, he scored giving a 2\u20130 lead to his club against Lokeren but only six minutes later due to a cruciate ligament rupture, after contesting the ball with fellow countryman Georgios Galitsios of Lokeren, he has being substituted. A day later, Mechelen announced that Kolovos suffered a ruptured ACL on his right knee and will be sidelined for 6\u20138 months. Kolovos is currently on loan at Mechelen from Olympiacos, but despite the injury the Belgian club are still interested in buying the player from the Greek giants. On 8 May 2017, Mechelen officially announced that it has acquired Greek striker from Olympiacos for a three years contract. After a very difficult period for the winger marred by injury (235 days to be exact), Kolovos returned to action in an away game against K.A.S. Eupen in October 21, 2017. After a mediocre season with Mechelen, Kolovos signed a long season contract with Dutch club Willem II on loan from Mechelen. On 28 December 2018, he agreed to join Omonia on an initial 6-month loan deal, with a buy-out clause. On 19 January 2019, in his third appearance with the club was the MVP as he played as a substiture and scored a brace, giving David Ramirez an assist in a 3\u20131 home win game against Nea Salamis. Kolovos has a plural international career in youth Greece squads. On 9 November 2014 Greece head coach Claudio Ranieri announced the first call up of Kolovos (replaced injured Salpingidis) for the match against Faroe Islands. He made his international debut four days later in a friendly home match against Serbia<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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