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            <title>Kerala Blasters FC sign Greece’s Dimitrios Diamantakos - The Daily Guardian</title>
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            <pubDate>August 27, 2022, 9:21 am</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Indian Super League giants Kerala Blasters FC has secured the services of Dimitrios Diamantakos of Greece for the upcoming season. The 29-year-old striker joined Kerala Blasters FC from Croatian top division Club HNK Hajduk Split. Dimitrios who plays a striker started his youth career with Greek side Atromitos Piraeus and in 2009, joined the Olympiacos [&hellip;]
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<p>Indian Super League giants Kerala Blasters FC has secured the services of Dimitrios Diamantakos of Greece for the upcoming season.</p>



<p>The 29-year-old striker joined Kerala Blasters FC from Croatian top division Club HNK Hajduk Split.</p>



<p>Dimitrios who plays a striker started his youth career with Greek side Atromitos Piraeus and in 2009, joined the Olympiacos youth squad.</p>



<p>His impressive performances in the U19 league and Youth Champions League later earned him a senior team contract with the club. Between 2012 and 2014, he was loaned out to several Greek sides like Panionios Athens, Aris Thessaloniki, and Ergotelis FC, scoring a total of 14 goals from 49 games before returning back to Olympiacos where he added another 4 goals from 17 appearances.</p>



<p>In what would turn out to be a fresh and long chapter of his career, in 2015, Diamantakos went on loan to German Bundesliga 2nd Division side Karlsruher SC before making a permanent switch to the German club the following summer.</p>



<p>This was the beginning of a 6-year stint in Germany, where he also played for VFL Bochum and FC St. Pauli, during which he recorded 34 goals &amp; 8 assists in over 100 appearances.</p>



<p>In the summer of July 2020, he signed for Croatian top division side Hajduk Split on a three-year contract and has made over 30 appearances for the club.</p>



<p>Dimitrios has represented Greece at all youth levels, scoring 19 goals in 46 matches. He was the runner-up at the European U19 Championship as well as the 2nd top scorer of the tournament.</p>



<p>Diamantakos has also played 5 times for the Greece National Team under former Premier League winning coach Claudio Ranieri.</p>



<p>Commenting on the Blaster’s last foreign signing of the summer Karolis Skinkys said, “I would like to invite all Kerals fans to congratulate Dimitrios in the best possible way.”</p>
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