Dimitris Froxylias

Dimitris Froxylias

Personal information
Full name	Dimitris Froxylias
Date of birth	28 June 1993 (1993-06-28) (age 18)
Place of birth	Larissa, Greece
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Winger / Striker
Club information
Current club	Fokikos F.C.
Youth career
	Toxotis Larissas
	APOEL
	AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010-2011	AEK Athens	1	(0)
2011-	Fokikos F.C.	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Dimitris Froxylias (Greek: Δημήτρης Φροξυλιάς) (born on 28 June 1993 in Larissa, Greece) is a Greek football forward currently playing for the Greek Super League club AEK Athens.^[1] On the 14th of October 2011, he was loaned to Fokikos F.C. until the 30th of June 2012 with his teammate Giorgios Nikoltsis.^[2]

Club career

At the age of 12, in 2005, he began his early career at Toxotis Larissas youth team. He continued in APOEL and in July 2007, he moved to AEK Athens youth academy after Toni Savevski's recommendation.^[3]

In October 2009, he was selected by coach Dušan Bajević to begin training with AEK's first squad.^[3] In January 2010, at the age of sixteen, he signed a three-year contract with AEK.^[4] Froxylias made his first appearance for the club, as a substitute for Panagiotis Lagos, during a match for the UEFA Europa League with R.S.C. Anderlecht on 4 November 2010, becoming youngest player ever to wear the club's shirt in a European club football contest match, at the age of seventeen.^[5][6][7]

Personal

Froxylias holds passports from both Greece and Cyprus, since his mother originates from Cypriot village Agios Epifanios, and is yet to decide which national team he would like to join.^[8]

References

1. ^ Dimitris Froxylias AEK profile at UEFA.com
2. ^ Announcement (Greek)
3. ^ ^{a b} Letsios, Labros (2009-10-23). "Στη πρώτη ομάδα ο Φροξυλιάς" (in Greek). aek365.gr. http://www.aek365.gr/article.php?id=28218. Retrieved 4 November 2010. 
4. ^ Siori, Vicky (2010-01-22). "Επαγγελματίας της ΑΕΚ ο Φροξυλιάς" (in Greek). sentragoal.gr. http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=10523&subid=2&pubid=6994267. Retrieved 4 November 2010. 
5. ^ "'Ε«Χ»ασε την ευκαιρία και γλίτωσε τα χειρότερα η ΑΕΚ απέναντι στην Άντερλεχτ" (in Greek). To Vima. 2010-11-04. http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=41&nid=1231066180. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
6. ^ Kounadis, Thodoris (2010-11-05). "Ιστορικό ματς για Φροξυλιά" (in Greek). http://sport24.gr. http://sport24.gr/football/omades/Aek/istoriko_mats_gia_froksylia.620424.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010. 
7. ^ AEK Athens 1 – 1 Anderlecht
8. ^ "Επαγγελματίας Ο ΑΠΟΕΛ, η Μ. Σίτι, ο "Νίκκι" και η ΑΕΚ" (in Greek). aek365.gr. 2011-02-15. http://www.aek365.gr/article.php?id=88365. Retrieved 15 February 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Froxylias, Dimitris
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	28 June 1993
Place of birth	Larissa, Greece
Date of death
Place of death