Dimitrios Koukoulitsios
Personal information
Date of birth 1960
Place of birth Larissa, Greece
Date of death (1979-09-06)6 September 1979 (aged 19)
Place of death Thiva, Greece
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Youth career
1972–1975 AEL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 AEL 119 (22)
International career
Greece U-17
Greece U-19
Greece U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dimitrios Koukoulitsios (1960-1979) was a Greek football player during the 1970s.[1] He played only for his hometown team AEL from 1972 to 1979. He became a professional at the early age of 15 and he earned 119 caps, scoring 22 goals. During this period, he was a part of U-17, U-19 and U-21 Greece national teams.

Koukoulitsios died in a car accident in Thiva on 6 September 1979, along with his teammate Dimitrios Mousiaris.[2] He was only 19. In the car was Giannis Valaoras too, who survived and became one of AEL's best of all times.

References

  1. Galati (5 September 2020). "Οι διεθνείς ποδοσφαιριστές της Λάρισας, Δημήτρης Μουσιάρης και Δημήτρης Κουκουλίτσιος, χάνουν τη ζωή τους σε δυστύχημα στην εθνική οδό. Από θαύμα σώθηκε ο Γιάννης Βαλαώρας". ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ (in Greek). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. "Οι δύο αδικοχαμένοι «Δημήτρηδες» της ΑΕΛ". www.eleftheria.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 4 September 2023.


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