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Dimitris Brinias Personal information Full name Dimitris Brinias Date of birth 2 March 1984 Place of birth Adelaide, Australia Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position goalkeeper Club information Current club Cumberland United Youth career 1999–2002 A.F.C. Bournemouth Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2003 Panathinaikos FC 0 (0) Lupa Frascati ? (?) Chievo ? (?) Frenasos FC ? (?) 2006 Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. 5 (0) 2006 Ayia Napa FC ? (?) 2006 Bangor City F.C. 1 (0) 2007 Galway United 1 (0) 2007 Olympos Xylofagou 2008– White City Woodville * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 May 2007Dimitris Brinias (born 2 March 1984 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a Greek-Australian football (soccer) player, currently signed as a goalkeeper with White City Woodville. He is 6 ft 2 in / 1.88 m tall and weighs 13 st 10 lb / 192 lb / 87 kg. In addition to being called up to the squad for the and Greek Under-19 international team and being capped for the Australian Under-17 team, Brinias has played for several European clubs since he left Australia.
While playing for the A.F.C. Bournemouth youth team in England, Brinias signed a one-year contract with Greek Super League club Panathinaikos FC, after writing to the team and being invited to Greece for trials.[1] He played for Pana's third division feeder team, Marko, for the 2002-03 season, before returning to Australia to play for Wollongong Wolves in the New South Wales Premier League.[2]
After a spell with Cyprus third division club Frenaros FC 2000, Brinias spent several months (August to October 2006) playing for Welsh club Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. as a replacement for injured goalkeeper Paul Smith, making his debut in the Nomads' 2–1 victory over Newtown.[3] He went back to Cyprus to play for AOAN Agia Napa on 12 October,[4] and then returned to Wales where he made one appearance for Bangor City.[5]
On 22 January 2007, Irish Premier League club Galway United F.C. announced that Brinias has signed with them. He made his debut for Galway on 9 March in a match against Sligo Rovers F.C., United lost the match 2–0.[6] He was released from his contract with Galway United, having only played one match, and later signed for Olympos Xylofagou in Cyprus. In 2008 he signed for White City Woodville.
References
- ^ Brinias joins Greek giants, Dorset Echo, 27 June 2002.
- ^ Flown From The Nest, ex-canaries.co.uk
- ^ Welsh Premier Roundup, bbc.co.uk, 2 September 2006
- ^ Playing squad Connah's Quay Nomads 06/07: Dimitris Brinias
- ^ Two more in Bangor City exit, Welsh-Premier.com
- ^ Match reports: Galway United 0 Sligo Rovers 2, Galway United F.C., 9 March 2007.
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Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Adelaide
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- Galway United F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Ayia Napa FC players
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