Greek footballer
Dimitrios Keramitsis (Greek : Δημήτριος Κεραμίτσης ; born 1 July 2004) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Roma .[ 1]
Club 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.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Instrumental in his team under-19 top Italian division title,[ 3] [ 7] 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.[ 2]
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 .[ 2] [ 8] By doing so he became the first 2004 to play for the club[ 9] and the third-youngest foreigner, behind his compatriote Lampros Choutos but in front of players like Marquinhos and Felix Afena-Gyan .[ 6]
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 .[ 10] [ 11]
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 .[ 12]
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.[ 2] [ 5] [ 7] [ 3]
In his early career, his origins and his debut at Roma soon earned him comparisons with the international defender Kostas Manolas .[ 3] [ 7] [ 8]
Personal
His paternal hails is from Lepti Evros .[ 13]
Honours
Club
Roma
Empoli U19
Roma U19
References
^ a b Dimitrios Keramitsis at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ a b c d e "Dimitrios Keramitsis, chi è il difensore della Roma che ha esordito contro il Cagliari" . Sky Sport (in Italian). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022 .
^ a b c d "Roma, ecco Keramitsis: tutto sul giovane greco che assomiglia a Manolas" . Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ Oddi, Francesco (18 January 2022). "L'esordio di Keramitsis: giallorosso da 5 mesi, in breve ha scalato le tappe" . IlRomanista.eu . Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ a b c Andrea Di Carlo (10 January 2022). "Keramitsis, la stella greca di Trigoria" . Siamo la Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ a b "Δημήτρης Κεραμίτσης: Ποιος είναι ο 17χρονος Έλληνας της Ρόμα που "τρέλανε" τον Μουρίνιο (video)" . On Sports (in Greek). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ a b c Canicchio, Lorenzo (13 January 2022). "Roma, uno sguardo al futuro. Il 2022 sarà l'anno di Dimitrios Keramitsis?" . Gazzetta Regionale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022 .
^ a b Soudoulidis, Stavros (21 January 2022). "Δημήτρης Κεραμίτσης: Η Ρόμα, ο Μουρίνιο και ο… ΠΑΟΚ!" . Gazzetta (in Greek). Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ "6 statistiche dopo Roma-Cagliari" . AS Roma (in Italian). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ a b Di Chiaro, Michael (25 April 2023). "La Roma vince la Coppa Italia Primavera: Keramitsis stende la Fiorentina ai supplementari" . Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2023 .
^ a b Andreuccetti, Gianluca (25 April 2023). "[FINALE] - Primavera TIM Cup, Fiorentina-Roma 1-2 d.t.s: Keramitsis regala la Coppa Italia ai giallorossi, termina l'egemonia viola" . MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2023 .
^ "Εθνική Νέων: Η αποστολή για το EURO 2023" . epo.gr . Retrieved 2 July 2023 .
^ Ο 17χρονος Εβρίτης Δημήτρης Κεραμίτσης, έκανε χθες ντεμπούτο στη Ρόμα του Μουρίνιο evros-news.gr
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