FEATURE: McGill football grad Dimitri Sinodinos – Have football, will travel – McGill University Athletics

Men’s Football
11/25/2024 5:15:00 PM

Alessia Proietti, Freelance Writer, The McGill News

McGill doctoral student Dimitri Sinodinos, BEng’21, is looking forward to a career as an AI scientist and entrepreneur. But right now, he’s busy making sports history as the first Canadian to play professional football in Japan.

By Alessia Proietti

(reprinted from The McGill News)

While Dimitri Sinodinos, BEng’21, eyes a career in the AI field, he is making history as the first Canadian to play professional football in Japan.  

After completing his McGill undergraduate degree with a 4.0 grade-point average, he was fast-tracked into doctoral studies at the University. His work focuses on computer vision, and he is affiliated with Mila, Quebec’s world-renowned AI research institute. 

So, what is he doing playing football in Japan? Chalk it up to a love of the sport. 

As a quarterback for the McGill Redbirds, Sinodinos was a two-time Academic All-Canadian and a co-captain of the team. In 2020, he was selected to play in the East-West Bowl, an all-star game for Canadian university football players (the game ended up being cancelled that year due to Covid).  

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