Nikos Kechagias (Greek: Νίκος Κεχαγιάς; born 21 April 1969) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

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Nikos Kechagias

Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Kechagias
Date of birth	(1969-04-21) 21 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Volos, Greece
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Nestos Chrysoupoli (manager)
Youth career
1982–1983	Keravnos Eretria
1984–1988	Achilleas Farsala
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–2004	Skoda Xanthi	327	(0)
2004–2005	AEL	25	(6)
Total		352	(6)
International career
1991	Greece U23
Managerial career
2005–2008	Skoda Xanthi
2008–2009	Panetolikos
2009	Skoda Xanthi
2009–2010	Thrasyvoulos
2010–2011	Anagennisi Karditsa
2011–2012	Skoda Xanthi
2012	AEL
2013	Niki Volos
2014	Skoda Xanthi
2018–2019	Greece U17
2019–2021	Greece U19
2021–2022	Xanthi
2023–	Nestos Chrysoupoli
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Greece
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Kechagias played as a centre back and spent the majority of his playing career with Skoda Xanthi, whom he currently is the record holder for appearances with 327 games. He was part of the Greece U23 team that won the gold medal for the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens.^[1]

After retiring as a player in 2005, Kechagias became the assistant coach of Skoda Xanthi. On 26 February 2007, he became first-team manager. He was replaced by Emilio Ferrera, but on 22 October 2007 he was brought back to the bench and completed the season in the 8th place. Since then, he has worked occasionally in teams of lower leagues such as Panetolikos, Thrasyvoulos Fylis and Anagennisi Karditsas. On 31 January 2012 he signed a new contract with AEL, the last team of his club career, till the end of the season, but after only 6 games in the club's bench he was replaced by Michalis Ziogas.