Dimitrios Keramitsis


Dimitrios Keramitsis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin.

Club career

Youth career

Having started to play football in Thessaloniki, where he was born, Dimitrios Keramitsis then played for the likes of PAOK and Aris Thessaloniki, before joining the Empoli academy in Italy in the summer of 2020.

AS Roma

Instrumental in his team under-19 top Italian division title, he attracted the attention of several Serie A clubs, eventually joining AS Roma one year after his arrival in Italy. There he soon became a key member of Alberto De Rossi's Primavera squad.
Brought to the first team squad by José Mourinho, he made his professional debut for Roma on 16 January 2022, replacing Maitland-Niles in the last moments of a 1–0 home Serie A win against Cagliari. By doing so, he became the first player born in 2004 to play for the club, and the third-youngest foreigner, behind his compatriot Lampros Choutos.
During the 2022–23 season, he was part of Roma's under-19 squad that won the Coppa Italia Primavera, having scored the winning goal in the final against Fiorentina.

Pogoń Szczecin

On 6 September 2024, Keramitsis signed a three-year deal with Polish Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin. He made his debut for Pogoń's reserve team on 15 September 2024, in a 1–1 draw against Unia Swarzędz. On 20 October, he made his Ekstraklasa debut in a 1–0 away loss over Raków Częstochowa. In the 65th minute of that match, he was given a straight red card for fouling Adriano Amorim. One month later, on 24 November 2024, Keramitsis was shown a second yellow card during a 0–0 draw played against Elana Toruń in Pogoń's reserve team.

International career

In July 2023, Keramitsis was included in the Greek under-19 squad that took part in the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Style of play

A right-footed centre-back who also makes good use of his left foot—allowing him to build the game from the back—he is described as a physical player, good at marking his opponent and with a fine sense of timing, able to play both in a 3 or 4-men defense.
In his early career, his origins and his debut at Roma soon earned him comparisons with the international defender Kostas Manolas.

Personal life

His paternal hails is from Lepti Evros.

Honours

Empoli U19
Roma U19