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{{Short description|Greek footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dimitris Salpingidis
| image = Dimitris Salpingidis.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Salpingidis with [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in 2010
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|08|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Zagliveri]], Greece
| height = 1.72 m<ref>{{Cite news | title = 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players | url = http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf | publisher = FIFA | page = 18 | date = 11 June 2014 | access-date = 27 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045541/http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf
| archive-date = 4 April 2019}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1995–1999
| youthclubs1 = [[PAOK Academy|PAOK]]
| years1 = 1999–2006
| clubs1 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
| caps1 = 103
| goals1 = 50
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = → [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]] (loan)
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2000–2002
| clubs3 = → [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]] (loan)
| caps3 = 43
| goals3 = 25
| years4 = 2006–2010
| clubs4 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| caps4 = 119
| goals4 = 46
| years5 = 2010–2015
| clubs5 = [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
| caps5 = 159
| goals5 = 40
| totalcaps = 431
| totalgoals = 161
| nationalyears1 = 2004–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Greece national under-23 football team|Greece U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2014
| nationalteam2 = [[Greece national football team|Greece]]
| nationalcaps2 = 82
| nationalgoals2 = 13
}}

'''Dimitris Salpingidis''' ({{langx|el|Δημήτρης Σαλπιγγίδης}} {{IPA|el|ðiˈmitris salpiɲˈɟiðis|pron}}; born 18 August 1981) is a Greek former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He was known to be "a very quick and useful tool on the counter attack."<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Jonathan|title=Euro 2012 Preview: Greece|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/jonathan_wilson/05/29/euro.2012.greece.preview/index.html?sct=sc_t12_a1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717060349/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/jonathan_wilson/05/29/euro.2012.greece.preview/index.html?sct=sc_t12_a1|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2012|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=1 June 2012}}</ref>

==Club career==

===PAOK===
Born in [[Zagliveri]], Salpingidis started out as a Greco-Roman wrestler before discovering his calling in football.<ref name="UEFA">{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0210-0e87c7ae4e0c-31a5b6d99bf5-1000--salpingidis-sneaking-into-history-with-paok/|title=Salpingidis sneaking into history with PAOK|date=9 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> Salpingidis began his football career through the youth ranks of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]]. Before football Salpingidis was participating in [[wrestling]] in which he was very good at, with a dream of competing in the [[Summer Olympics|Olympics]]. He didn't make it as a wrestler but his dream came true as footballer in 2004. On 30 September 1999 he marked his official debut against [[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Lokomotivi Tbilisi]] with a goal in a 2–0 win. Acknowledging his potential and in order to gain much needed experience, the team soon loaned him for two successive seasons to [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]] where he finished top scorer of the Second Division. His plea for a return to PAOK was granted by his mentor, [[Angelos Anastasiadis]] and he became an integral part of the team. On 25 August 2002 he made his league debut for PAOK in a 4–1 win against [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. He scored his first league goal in 2–3 away win against [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]].

Despite playing out of position as a right midfielder he managed to earn a place in the starting line-up, just a few months after returning from loan. Plagued with financial problems, the next season saw the club experiencing an exodus of its top players such as striker [[Ioannis Okkas]] and ex-[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] forward [[Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1972)|Giorgos Georgiadis]], Salpingidis, at the age of 21, then became first-choice striker and captain of the team. The 2003–04 season proved to be the best in many years, as the club finished an unexpected 3rd, qualifying for the Champions league, despite running on a very low budget. His significance for PAOK was such that in the summer 2004 he was given permission to miss a match with the [[Greece national under-23 football team|Greek Olympic]] team so that he could participate in the [[UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers against [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]. The elimination at the hands of the Israeli team, followed by the sack of coach Anastasiadis and subsequent financial turmoil hit the team badly, resulting in his exodus less than 2 years later. In the [[2005–06 Alpha Ethniki|2005–06 season]] he was top-scorer in the league with 17 goals.

===Panathinaikos===
[[File:Salpi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dimitris Salpingidis before the match with Ipswich Town]]

In the summer of 2006, as the club's president Giannis Goumenos was desperate to cash in, he was openly chased by [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]], [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] and [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. Salpingidis publicly refused the offer of bitter rivals Olympiacos, despite being the most profiting one among the three. On 16 August, after a lengthy negotiation period, he finally agreed to sign a four-year contract to Panathinaikos. He transferred for a fee of €1.8 million, with PAOK additionally receiving [[Sandor Torghelle]], [[Kostas Chalarambidis]] and [[Athanasios Tsigas]] as an exchange. This was the third most expensive transfer between Greek teams at that time, estimated at €5 million. This transfer caused heavy turmoil amid PAOK fans, branding Salpingidis a traitor and ungrateful to the pains they had taken to keep him in the club. This tense situation brought about the demise of Goumenos' troubled presidency soon after. His debut with the greens was on 20 August 2006 in an away win with 4–1 against [[Egaleo F.C.|Egaleo]] where he scored three goals.

In the 2009–10 season, Salpingidis was a key player during the victorious march to the Greek championship.

===Return to PAOK===
After four very successful seasons with Panathinaikos (including a double-winning 2009–2010 season), in the summer of 2010 Salpingidis joined PAOK once again. On 16 June 2010, it was officially announced that he signed a four-year contract with PAOK, after his contract with Panathinaikos had expired. This club means everything for him as he explained : ''"I first played for the club in the 1990s and I feel very good there. My whole family and my childhood friends live in the town and I'm playing football for a team with big ambitions. PAOK are one of a select group of clubs with the most fanatical supporters in Europe. Throughout the whole of the north of Greece, people live for the team alone and nothing else."''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=2225643/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424234058/http://m.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=2225643/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2014|title=Salpingidis savouring role as Greek hero|date=19 November 2013|publisher=fifa.com}}</ref>

On 9 January 2011, he scored his 100th goal in the Greek Superleague against [[Asteras Tripolis F.C.|Asteras Tripolis]] with a header. On 3 November 2011, Salpingidis became the Greek player with the most goals in Europe. On 30 November he scored a header, beating [[Heurelho Gomes]], in a 2–1 win against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] at [[White Hart Lane]], after a cross from [[Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1972)|Giorgios Georgiadis]], in the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/EuropaLeague/totenam-paok-1-2.1518078.html|title=Τότεναμ - ΠΑΟΚ 1-2|date=1 December 2011|publisher=www.sport24.gr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/15850170|title=Tottenham 1 - 2 PAOK Salonika|date=30 November 2011|publisher=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

In the start of the [[2012–13 Superleague Greece|2012–13 season]] he changed his squad number from 9 to his favourite 14. In July 2012, [[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] are in the process of trying to sign Dimitris Salpingidis from PAOK.<ref name="www.goal.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/exclusive/2012/07/23/3260081/fortuna-dusseldorf-close-in-on-paok-attacker-salpingidis|title=Fortuna Dusseldorf close in on PAOK attacker Salpingidis|date=23 July 2012|publisher=www.goal.com}}</ref> The newly promoted [[Bundesliga]] side's general manager, Werner Wolf, claimed last week that there would be no more new arrivals at the Esprit Arena before the start of the 2012–13 campaign. However, ''Goal.com'' has learned that Fortuna are currently trying to agree a fee with PAOK for Salpingidis, who was one of the stars of Greece's surprise run to the quarter-finals of Euro 2012. The versatile attacker is on a net salary of €800,000 with his hometown club and Fortuna are not in a position to match those terms.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportal.de/wechsel-von-dimitrios-salpingidis-zu-fortuna-duesseldorf-droht-zu-scheitern-1-2012072523038800000|title=Wechsel von Dimitrios Salpingidis zu Fortuna Düsseldorf droht zu scheitern|date=25 July 2012|publisher=www.sportal.de}}</ref> However, they are prepared to make Salpingidis one of their highest earners and it is believed that the player is willing to take a pay cut in order to at last try his luck in the [[Bundesliga]], having been often linked with a move to Germany in recent seasons.<ref name="www.goal.com"/>

In late February and early March 2013  he was in superb form scoring 6 goals in 4 matches. On 17 March 2013 he put pen to paper on a 4-year deal to stay at the club until 2017, hoping to finish his career with his beloved team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.australianzougla.com/article/7263/paok-menei-gia-tessera-hronia-o-salpiggides |title=ΠΑΟΚ: ΜΕΝΕΙ ΓΙΑ ΤΕΣΣΕΡΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ Ο ΣΑΛΠΙΓΓΙΔΗΣ |date=18 March 2013 |publisher=australianzougla.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425082807/http://www.australianzougla.com/article/7263/paok-menei-gia-tessera-hronia-o-salpiggides |archive-date=25 April 2014 }}</ref>
He scored two scissor kicks on 23 February 2013 against [[Kerkyra F.C.|Kerkyra]] in a 3–1 home win. On 20 March 2013 he assumed the team captaincy after [[Pablo Gabriel García|Pablo Garcia]] left the club. For the first time in his career, he received a red card in an away match against [[Platanias F.C.|Platanias]] in which PAOK won 1–2. On 17 April 2013 he went on to score the winning goal in a thrilling 2–1 victory over Asteras Tripoli in the first leg of the [[Greek Cup]] semi-finals.

On 12 December 2013, Salpingidis took the field in PAOK FC's final Group L game, at home to [[AZ (football club)|AZ Alkmaar]] on Thursday, making his 67th appearance in the [[UEFA Cup]] and [[UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0220-0e90090a54e3-1a9cb8fa780b-1000--all-time-uefa-europa-league-and-uefa-cup-records/|title=All-time UEFA Europa League and UEFA Cup records|date=8 April 2015|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> Not a particularly attractive number, but one that carries a certain significance for the 32-year-old forward since it will move him up to fourth place in the competition's all-time appearances list. Two more in the round of 32 would take him level with FC Internazionale Milano's two-time UEFA Cup-winning goalkeeper [[Walter Zenga]] in third. Moreover, a third group stage goal this season would lift him to seventh in the overall scorers rankings on 24 goals, alongside [[Mladen Petrić]] and [[Claudio Pizarro]]. The tournament has played a significant role in Salpingidis's career; his maiden goal for PAOK came on his first-team debut when he was introduced as a substitute for [[Zisis Vryzas]] – now PAOK's president – in a UEFA Cup game against FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi on 30 September 1999. Meanwhile, his 100th goal for the 'Two-Headed Eagle Of The North' arrived in PAOK's first meeting with AZ of the current campaign. Oddly enough, both landmark goals were scored under Dutch coaches: [[Arie Haan]] in 1999 and [[Huub Stevens]] in 2013.<ref name="UEFA"/>

On 26 April 2014, Salpingidis unsuccessfully tried to win his second trophy with PAOK in the [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] final against Panathinaikos. PAOK settled, though, and with half-time their forward forays began to carry real menace. Salpingidis had twice gone close to an equaliser, rattling the bar with a header, and, right before the interval, was millimetres away from turning in [[Miroslav Stoch]]'s cross with the goal at his mercy. Eventually his club defeated by 1–4.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gre/news/newsid=2096333.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427215142/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gre/news/newsid=2096333.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2014|title=Berg inspires Panathiakos to Greek Cup triumph|date=26 April 2014|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

The 2014–15 season did not start well for the Greek international.  Salpingidis had an additional year contract with the club, but there are a few problems appeared in the season and it seems that the final discussion will take place at the end of it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.outnow.gr/news/sports/paok-anichto-na-figi-o-salpingidis-vlepi-ton-amado/ |title=ΠΑΟΚ: "Aνοιχτό" να φύγει ο Σαλπιγγίδης |publisher=www.outnow.gr |date=15 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304170741/http://www.outnow.gr/news/sports/paok-anichto-na-figi-o-salpingidis-vlepi-ton-amado/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> On 29 May 2015, just before the [[Superleague Greece]] play-offs, the international striker made a special program due to the discomfort in his operated toe, but could not be ready to help his club in the remaining games. Salpingidis is added to the list of players who missed this season, having to play since mid-March. The 34-year-old striker was not in his best physical condition, but [[Georgios Georgiadis (footballer, born 1972)|Giorgos Georgiadis]], coach of [[PAOK]] hoped that he could be able to give some solutions, mainly because of his experience. Salpingidis will be ready to help his teammates from the beginning of next season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.paokmania.gr/stiles/mme/86057-telos-i-sezon-gia-salpi|title=Τέλος η σεζόν για "Σάλπι" |publisher=www.paokmania.gr|date=30 May 2015}}</ref>

On 24 August 2015, the 34-year-old Salpingidis contract at PAOK was terminated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sdna.gr/gr/news-in-english/arthro-news-in-english/62431/salpingidis-exits-paok-/|title=Salpingidis exits PAOK |publisher=www.sdna.gr|date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Paok/telos-apo-ton-paok-o-salpiggidhs.3628060.html|title=Τέλος από τον ΠΑΟΚ ο Σαλπιγγίδης|website=sport24.gr|date=24 August 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:PA110163Salpi.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Dimitris Salpigidis Greece vs Moldova in 2008]]

Salpingidis has made 82 appearances and scored 13 times for the [[Greece national football team]], including the winning goal in the away leg of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs]] against [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]], which sent Greece through to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|final tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Hellenic Football Federation]]|script-title=el:ΕΘΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ > Εθνική Ομάδα Ανδρών|url=http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men6.asp|language=el|access-date=10 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231025348/http://www.epo.gr/ethniki/men/men6.asp|archive-date=31 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=284576&cc=5739|title=Greeks earn Donetsk shock|date=18 November 2009|work=ESPN|access-date=19 November 2009|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024070332/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=284576&cc=5739|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his debut for the national team on 17 August 2005 against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]].
On 17 June 2010, in a [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] group stage match against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], he scored Greece's first ever World Cup goal with a shot from outside the area deflected off in [[Lukman Haruna]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Fletcher|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_19/default.stm|title=Greece 2–1 Nigeria|date=17 June 2010|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
On 8 June 2012, Salpingidis came on as a substitute and scored Greece's first goal in the [[Euro 2012]] tournament, in the opening match, a 1–1 draw against [[Poland national football team|Poland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18137687|title=Poland 1 Greece 1|date=8 May 2012|work=BBC Sport|access-date=11 June 2012 }}</ref> becoming the first ever Greek player who scored in both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro. 
Later in the quarterfinals against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], he assisted [[Giorgos Samaras]]' goal and also scored the last goal with a penalty against [[Manuel Neuer]], a match that ended 4–2, resulting Germany proceeding to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7e260aaf70-c7e32fcba8c2-1000--germany-overpower-greece-in-uefa-euro-2012-quarter-finals/|title= Germany overpower Greece in Gdansk|date=22 June 2012|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

Salpingidis’ next goal is to reach new international heights in Brazil three months from now, with Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast awaiting Greece as Group C opponents. ''“Of course, my team-mates and I are already very excited,”'' he explained. ''“We can’t wait – it’s the biggest and best tournament in the world, and it’ll be a huge football party. Every child dreams of playing at a World Cup.”'' The forward continued: ''“I hope I can enjoy it. We were in South Africa four years ago and won the first World Cup match in our history there, but we went out after the group stage. This time, our aim is to reach the last 16. We’re in a finely balanced group with no major favourites. It won’t be easy, but we can do it.”'' Yet Salpingidis, who with four goals from nine games was his country's second-highest scoring player in qualifying, does not want to hog the spotlight. ''“I’m nothing special in the team, just a part in the machine,”'' he stressed. ''“We don’t have any huge stars; we’re all the same and all have one target.”''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=3/news=salpingidis-can-wait-for-brazil-2303374.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415140231/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=3/news=salpingidis-can-wait-for-brazil-2303374.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2014|title=Salpingidis: We can't wait for Brazil|date=25 March 2014|publisher=fifa.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="nft">{{NFT player|8381|name=Dimitris Salpingidis|accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/?Lang=0&CTID=31&CPID=76&pStr=Player&PLID=174215&TEID=680 |title=Dimitris Salpingidis statistics |publisher=[[Guardian.co.uk]] |access-date=23 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060322/http://guardian.touch-line.com/?Lang=0&CTID=31&CPID=76&pStr=Player&PLID=174215&TEID=680 |archive-date=21 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/dimitris-salpigidis/19150/|title=Dimitris Salpingidis statistics|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=23 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]
|[[1999–2000 PAOK FC season|1999–2000]]
|[[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]]
||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UC}}||1||1||1
|-
|[[AEL 1964 FC|AEL]] (loan)
|1999–2000
|[[Football League Greece]]
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]] (loan)
|[[2000–01 Beta Ethniki|2000–01]]
|[[Beta Ethniki]]
|18||5||2||0||colspan="2"|–||17||5
|-
|[[2001–02 Gamma Ethniki|2001–02]]
|[[Gamma Ethniki]]
|25||20||5||1||colspan="2"|–||33||21
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!43!!25!!7!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!50!!26
|-
|rowspan="5"|PAOK
|[[2002–03 PAOK FC season|2002–03]]
|Alpha Ethniki
|15||3||4||2||4{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||1||23||6
|-
|[[2003–04 PAOK FC season|2003–04]]
|Alpha Ethniki
|29||16||4||2||4{{efn|name=UC}}||0||37||18
|-
|[[2004–05 PAOK FC season|2004–05]]
|Alpha Ethniki
|29||14||3||1||4||2||36||17
|-
|[[2005–06 PAOK FC season|2005–06]]
|Alpha Ethniki
|30||17||1||0||6{{efn|name=UC}}||3||37||20
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!103!!50!!12!!5!!18!!6!!133!!61
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
|[[2006–07 Panathinaikos F.C. season|2006–07]]
|[[Super League Greece]]
|27||14||6||0||8{{efn|name=UC}}||3||41||17
|-
|[[2007–08 Panathinaikos F.C. season|2007–08]]
|Super League Greece
|30||15||1||0||7{{efn|name=UC}}||4||38||19
|-
|[[2008–09 Panathinaikos F.C. season|2008–09]]
|Super League Greece
|34||12||4||0||12{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||3||50||15
|-
|[[2009–10 Panathinaikos F.C. season|2009–10]]
|Super League Greece
|28||5||4||1||13{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||6||45||12
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!119!!46!!15!!1!!40!!16!!174!!63
|-
|rowspan="7"|PAOK
|[[2010–11 PAOK FC season|2010–11]]
|Super League Greece
|36||9||6||1||11||2||53||12
|-
|[[2011–12 PAOK FC season|2011–12]]
|Super League Greece
|35||7||3||0||8||3||46||10
|-
|[[2012–13 PAOK FC season|2012–13]]
|Super League Greece
|31||11||7||3||3||0||41||14
|-
|[[2013–14 PAOK FC season|2013–14]]
|Super League Greece
|35||10||4||0||10||2||49||12
|-
|[[2014–15 PAOK FC season|2014–15]]
|Super League Greece
|22||3||1||0||8||0||31||3
|-
|[[2015–16 PAOK FC season|2015–16]]
|Super League Greece
|0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!159!!40!!21!!4!!41!!7!!221!!51
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!431!!161!!55!!11!!100!!30!!586!!202
|}

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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Greece national football team|Greece]]
|2005||4||0
|-
|2006||7||0
|-
|2007||4||0
|-
|2008||11||1
|-
|2009||7||2
|-
|2010||11||3
|-
|2011||10||0
|-
|2012||10||4
|-
|2013||8||3
|-
|2014||10||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!82!!13
|}

:''Scores and results list Templatonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Template goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Tim Template
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 5 February 2008 || [[Nicosia]], Cyprus || {{fb|Czech Republic}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 1 April 2009 || [[Heraklion]], Greece || {{fb|Israel}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| style="text-align:center"|3 || 18 November 2009 || [[Donetsk]], Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA second round|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| style="text-align:center"|4 || 17 June 2010 || [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa || {{fb|Nigeria}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]
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| style="text-align:center"|5 || 11 August 2010 || [[Belgrade]], Serbia || {{fb|Serbia|2004}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|6 || 12 October 2010 || [[Athens]], Greece || {{fb|Israel}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1|| [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
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| style="text-align:center"|7 || 29 February 2012 || Heraklion, Greece || {{fb|Belgium}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly
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| style="text-align:center"|8 || 8 June 2012|| [[Warsaw]], Poland || {{fb|Poland}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[UEFA Euro 2012]]
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| style="text-align:center"|9 || 22 June 2012|| [[Gdańsk]], Poland || {{fb|Germany}} || style="text-align:center"|2–4 || style="text-align:center"|2–4 || UEFA Euro 2012
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| style="text-align:center"|10 || 16 October 2012|| [[Bratislava]], Slovakia || {{fb|Slovakia}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
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| style="text-align:center"|11 || 10 September 2013 || Athens, Greece || {{fb|Latvia}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|12 || 15 October 2013 || Athens, Greece || {{fb|Liechtenstein}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| style="text-align:center"|13 || 15 November 2013 || Athens, Greece || {{fb|Romania}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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==Honours==

===Club===
'''PAOK'''
*[[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]]: [[2002–03 Greek Football Cup|2002–03]]; runner-up: [[2013–14 Greek Football Cup|2013–14]]

'''Panathinaikos'''
*[[Super League Greece]]: [[2009–10 Super League Greece|2009–10]]
*Greek Cup: [[2009–10 Greek Football Cup|2009–10]]; runner-up: [[2006–07 Greek Football Cup|2006–07]]

===Individual===
*Gamma Ethniki Top Scorer: 2001–02
*[[List of top goalscorers in Super League Greece by season|Super League Greece Top Scorer]]: [[2005–06 Alpha Ethniki|2005–06]]
*[[Greek football PSAP awards#Greek Footballer of the year|Greek Footballer of the year]]: [[2007–08 Super League Greece|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Super League Greece|2008–09]]
*[[PAOK FC#MVP of the Season|PAOK MVP of the Season]]: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.epo.gr/TeamPlayer.aspx?a_id=22497&NewsType=22&Competition=401&Season=79089&Country=7&Team=17457&person=306401 Profile] at [[Hellenic Football Federation]] {{in lang|el}}

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