Giorgos Merkis

Central Defender - Doxa U18
22 Nov 2026
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Marked for Giorgos Merkis

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The Doxa Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Doxa say no — this time

The offer from Apollon for Nicolae Milinceanu was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Kypros Neofytou

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Doxa have done the hard part with AEL, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Tempers go at Doxa

Ernest Asante was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Olympiacos tell Doxa: Alexis Kalogeropoulos is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Doxa promote Christos Pittas from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christos Pittas has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Giorgos Merkis steps up from the Doxa academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giorgos Merkis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief