Dimitrios Mousiaris

Dimitris Mousiaris was a Greek football player, one of the greatest talents of the 1970s. He played, as a professional, only for his hometown team AEL from 1977 to 1979, earning 64 caps and scoring 10 goals. He was a part of U-19 and U-21 Greece national teams and he was recognized by the great Mimis Domazos as his heir apparent.

Dimitrios Mousiaris
Personal information
Date of birth 1959
Place of birth Larissa, Greece
Date of death 6 September 1979(1979-09-06) (aged 20)
Place of death Thiva, Greece
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
Damasiakos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 AEL 64 (10)
National team
Greece U-19
Greece U-21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mousiaris died in a car accident in Thiva on 6 September 1979, along with his teammate Dimitrios Koukoulitsios. He was only 20. In the car was also Giannis Valaoras, who survived and became one of AEL's all-time best players.


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