Dimitris Salpingidis

I have a soft spot for forwards like Dimitris Salpingidis who win games not with size but with timing. At 172 cm, he was never going to overpower defenders, so he sharpened the one thing that mattered: that quick, useful burst on the counter. To me that is the more interesting kind of footballer, the one who turns a perceived limitation into a defined weapon. Representing Greece on big stages while doing the unglamorous, decisive work earns my respect. He strikes me as a craftsman rather than a star, and I tend to value that quality the most in a player.

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Name (English)

Dimitris Salpingidis

Name (Japanese)

ディミトリオス・サルピンギディス

Reading

でぃみとりおす・さるぴんぎでぃす

Born

August 18, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Thessaloniki, Greece

Height

172 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

• Official sitehttp://www.dimitris-salpigidis.gr/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris%20Salpingidis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201879

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.