Elini Dimoutsos
Elini Dimoutsos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Early life and career
After growing up in his native Albania, his family moved to Greece when he was seven. He started playing football in the youth team of Ilisiakos. In the 2006–07 season he was on loan to Fostiras ; scouts from Panathinaikos were impressed by him and he moved to Panathinaikos FC, signing for four years in July 2007.He is a midfielder and was selected for the Greece National Under 19 Football Team, with which he played a vital role in the EURO U19 Championships, where Greece finished second to Spain.
Panathinaikos
He endeared himself to the Panathinaikos fans with his impressive dribbling skills, stamina and determination to win the ball. Although being signed primarily as a reserve player, Dimoutsos broke into the first team due to his performance. He is a versatile player, who can operate at defensive midfield, right midfield and central midfield.In the summer transfer period of 2008, Dimoutsos signed with Crete club OFI on loan.
In January 2010, Dimoutsos signed with Panetolikos on loan. In the summer of 2010, he returned to Panathinaikos and, after participating in the team's pre-season training, he gained a spot at the team's roster. While managing to participate against Barcelona in November 2010 in the group stage of the Champions League, he did not gain any more appearances with the main team and was loaned to FK Mladá Boleslav for the rest of the 2011 season.