Dimitrios Pelkas

Dimitrios Pelkas (Greek: Δημήτριος Πέλκας; born 26 October 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish club Fenerbahce and the Greece national team.

Club Career

PAOK

Pelkas made his club debut on the 2 August, against Bnei Yehuda in the Europa League coming on for Apostolos Giannou. He scored his first professional goal in the return leg against Bnei Yehuda in a 4–1 home win. He made his league debut for the club on the 3 September 2012 against Atromitos.

On 22 August 2013, Pelkas signed for a year contract with Apollon Kalamarias on loan from PAOK playing in the Football League. He has been among the top players of the club scoring 14 goals and making 10 assists.

On 7 July 2014, Pelkas signed a new one-year contract with Vitoria on loan from PAOK playing in Portuguese Primeira Liga.Vitoria guaranteed him playing time, and Pelkas in many games made the difference. Playing for Setubal, he heard that the Portuguese club will buy him against €350,000 and then sold him to Sporting for €1 million, but thankfully for PAOK that did not happen. The young midfielder will get his opportunities, as pointed out by Vitoria's manager Domingos Paciencia at the newspaper «Metrosport». "I spoke with the president of PAOK Zisis Vryzas, and he told me that he (Pelkas) is a quality, talented player who needs time to show his abilities. At Vitoria he will get his chances to show us what he's made of. The Portuguese league, as the Greek one has a lot of power and he must show us that he can handle it."

On 27 July 2015, Pelkas has signed a new contract with PAOK, which will keep him in Toumba until 2018.

His indisputable best professional year so far eventually attracted the interest of many clubs among that of Sporting that based on his previous performance with Vitoria is very likely to proceed with the acquisition of the player for an initial amount of €1,5 million, even if his clause reaches the €5 million.

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