Background
He was born and raised in Drama, Greece and played in the local teams before he was scouted from Skoda Xanthi.
He was born and raised in Drama, Greece and played in the local teams before he was scouted from Skoda Xanthi.
Early career & Panionios
He started his career at the youth team of Skoda Xanthi, from where he moved to Panionios in 2008. He spend the second half of the 2008-2009 season on loan to Ionikos, where he made 11 league appearances. Since 2009 he became a regular central defender for Panionios, making a total of 33 appearances and scoring 2 goals during his last season with Neosmyrniotes.
Olympiacos
On 15 June 2012, it was announced that Siovas signed a four-year contract for Olympiacos, having agreed with the club since January of the same year.
On 11 January 2014, Siovas during the daily training suffered a severe injury and Olympiacos are likely to be without Siovas for the rest of the season after the central defender underwent surgery on a broken right ankle. The player will be out of the club for the next four months according to doctors" estimations.
Siovas, did not miss a minute of his side"s Union of European Football Associations Champions League group stage campaign. West"e are very sad with what happened to Dimitris because apart from his abilities on the pitch, we also like him very much as a person," said coach Míchel.
"We will deal with the issue next week and check out if we need to make a signing to cover for his absence.
We hope that he will make it in time for the World Cup but we probably won"t be able to count on him for the remainder of the season."
In his debut season after his injury he helped his club to its 41st league title, the championship being sealed with five matches to go. Siovas began the 2015-2016 campaign as the de facto leader of the Olympiakos defence. On 9 February 2016, Siovas in a winning 1-0 matchday against fierce rivals PAOK, reached 100 appearances with the club"s jersey in all competitions, having the amazing undefeated percentage of 89%, one of the largest among Olympiakos players.
He was called by Greece"s national manager Fernando Santos for a friendly match against Austria on 17 November 2010, but he remained on the bench.
He made his debut for the senior national team on 15 August 2012 in a friendly match against Norway. He is credited for being an aggressive yet skillful defender leading to a lot of praise by the Greek press
On 6 November 2015, Greece coach Michael Skibbe"s first international selection marks the return of Siovas after almost two years, for the friendly games against Luxembourg and Turkey.
Quotations: "e are very sad with what happened to Dimitris because apart from his abilities on the pitch, we also like him very much as a person,".
Siovas was a member of the Greek under-19 team who reached the final of the 2007 European under-19 championship, losing 1–0 to Spain under-19. Since 2008, he was also a member of Greece under-21.