Dimitris Mavrogenidis

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Dimitris Mavrogenidis
Dimitris Mavrogenidis in 2005 UEFA Cup game.

Dimitris Mavrogenidis is a defender / midfielder for Iraklis Thessaloniki.

Mavrogenidis was born on December 23, 1976 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He moved to northern Greece as a child. Mavrogenidis is a product of FC Aris Thessaloniki, whose first-team colours he first wore aged 17 on 28 August 1994 and for whom he made over 80 league appearances before joining the then champions Olympiacos CFP in 1997.

By the start of the 2006 season, Mavrogenidis had appeared in a total of 270 Alpha Ethniki games with 22 goals to his credit. In July 2006 he signed for Iraklis and returned to Thessaloniki.

A bronze-medallist for Greece at the 1995 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and runner-up three years later in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, his senior debut with the Greek National Football Team came on 14 October 1998 against Georgia and he won 24 caps and scored one goal in the following three years before losing his place.