Career
Ergotelis
Koutris started his career from a local amateur team from Rhodes, Niki Rodos, where he was spotted by Superleague club Ergotelis scouts in 2011. On 28 January 2013, he signed his first professional contract with the club and made his debut as a substitute in a match against Greek champions Olympiacos on 1 December 2013. Already an international with the Greek U19 and U21 squads, and considered one of the greatest talents at Ergotelis, he renewed his contract with the club on 5 June 2014.
After Ergotelis" relegation to the Football League in the summer of 2015, and despite reported interest from Greek giants Panathinaikos, Koutris was one of the 17 players to hold out as part of the club"s roster until the very end, which came in January 2016, when Ergotelis officially withdrew from professional competitions, and released all players from their contracts.
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Giannina
As a free agent, Koutris signed a three-year contract with Greek Superleague club Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Giannina on 26 January 2016. Koutris holds both Greek as well as Brazilian citizenship, being born of a Greek father and a Brazilian mother.
Stretcher bearer incident
On 17 October 2015, during an Ergotelis game vs Larissa at the AEL Football Club Arena for the Greek Football League, Koutris was involuntarily involved in a comical incident after having gone down injured by a challenge just outside the penalty area. Ergotelis issued a formal complaint a few hours after the match had ended.
The incident video went viral worldwide, and received coverage from major networks, such as British Broadcasting Corporation and the Telegraph, as well as being shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.