Dimitrios Nikolaou

Following his move to OFI, Nikolaou's current-season form is level with last season (Season 17→15), while his Rating held around 42. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	OFILoan · 4th	1	0	0	7.3	42	15
2025/26	BariLoan · 17th	26	0	1	6.71	42	17
2025/26	Palermo	1	0	0	6.3	—	—
2024/25	Palermo · 8th	27	1	0	6.95	60	28
2023/24	Palermo	30	0	1	6.79	—	—
2023/24	Spezia · 15th	34	0	1	6.79	63	32
2022/23	Spezia · 17th	37	1	0	6.69	79	26

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Greece · international

Side	Apps	G
Greece	1	0
Greece U21	14	1
Greece U19	5	1
Greece U17	9	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

D. Nikolaou is a 28-year-old central defender at Bari, rated 42.2 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a rotation option this season (57.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.27 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nikolaou.

On the season, Nikolaou graded 17 for current form (age-blind), on 5 clean sheets and 2.27 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 15). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 42. At 28 Nikolaou is in his prime years, and a market index of 10 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2021/225 clubs

42.2

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

17.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

57.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.27

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Bari finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

2.27

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 57.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 42.2 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.27 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %57.3%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.044

Goal contribution / 900.044

Defensive actions / 902.27

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.218

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around age 28 (~10), then tapers with age. At 28, Nikolaou sits on 10, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nikolaou's projected Rating — 42.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Super League 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles24

Interceptions12

Blocks16

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards1

Transfer history

€5.1M total transfer fees · 8 moves

OFI(on loan)Jul 2026 – now

Palermo(back from loan)Jun 2026 – Jul 2026

Bari(on loan)Jul 2025 – Jun 2026

PalermoJul 2024 – Jul 2025€ 1.6M

SpeziaAug 2021 – Jul 2024

Empoliuntil Aug 2021

Olympiakos Piraeus(back from loan)Jul 2019 – Aug 2021

EmpoliJul 2019 – Jul 2019€ 3.5M

Empoli(on loan)Jan 2019 – Jul 2019

Olympiakos Piraeusuntil Jan 2019

About D. Nikolaou

Dimitrios Nikolaou is a 28-year-old centre-back who plays for OFI, born on August 13, 1998 in Chalkida, standing 188 cm tall. He is from Greece. OFI currently sit 4th of 14 in the Super League 1.

This season

In the current season, D. Nikolaou has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 90 minutes, averaging a 7.3 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Volos NFC (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)

D. Nikolaou's next match is on August 30, 2026, when OFI face Aris Thessalonikis away in the Super League 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Nikolaou at 42.2 with a Season form score of 17.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 5 career titles — among them the Serie B and the Super League 1. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, D. Nikolaou has totalled 264 club appearances with 3 goals and 3 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 37 appearances for Spezia.

D. Nikolaou's career has also included time at Palermo, Bari, Spezia, Empoli and Olympiakos Piraeus.

On the international stage, D. Nikolaou has represented Greece, Greece U21, Greece U19, Greece U17 — 29 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.