Thursday, July 14, 2011

Dimi Konstantopoulos signs for AEK

After spending years in England and Wales playing for the likes of Coventry City, Cardiff, Swansea, Hartlepool and Nottingham Forest, keeper Dimi Konstantopoulos has finally made the move to a big club in Greece as on Wednesday he signed for AEK.



The 33-year-old goallie had a decent season at Kerkyra and even got toplay for Greece once, and now he has joined AEK for the next two seasons.


The goalkeeper, who became an international for the first time last month, will cover the departure of Argentinean Sebastian Saja, who left AEK earlier this month.


Dimi expressed his satisfaction at signing a contract on Wednesday with one of Greece's major clubs, saying: "It is very flattering to be the first transfer target of a team as big as AEK. It is also important that all three goalkeepers of the club will be Greek."


"What I want to promise fans is that I will do my best to help the club reach its targets, that for AEK can only be winning the title regardless of the conditions," he added.


AEK had their first training session for the new season at its training centre in Spata on Wednesday.
The club also announced the acquisition of Icelandic center-back Elfar Helgason for the next three years.