Dimitrios Keramitsis

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]

Dimitrios Keramitsis
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Youth career
Aris Thessaloniki
PAOK
Apollon Pontus
2020–2021 Empoli
2021– Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Roma 1 (0)
International career‡
2022 Greece U18 3 (0)
2022– Greece U19 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2023

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]

Honours

Club

Roma

Empoli U19

Roma U19

References
  1. Dimitrios Keramitsis at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. "Roma, ecco Keramitsis: tutto sul giovane greco che assomiglia a Manolas". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. Andrea Di Carlo (10 January 2022). "Keramitsis, la stella greca di Trigoria". Siamo la Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. Soudoulidis, Stavros (21 January 2022). "Δημήτρης Κεραμίτσης: Η Ρόμα, ο Μουρίνιο και ο… ΠΑΟΚ!". Gazzetta (in Greek). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. "6 statistiche dopo Roma-Cagliari". AS Roma (in Italian). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. "Εθνική Νέων: Η αποστολή για το EURO 2023". epo.gr. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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