Nikos Kostenoglou (Greek: Νίκος Κωστένογλου; born 3 October 1970) is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender. His nickname was "Father" (Greek: "Πάτερ"), because of his strong devotion to religion.

After finishing his playing career Kostenoglou joined the coaching staff at AEK Athens Academy. Two years later he was promoted to assistant to Lorenzo Serra Ferrer in the men's team. When Ferrer was sacked in early 2008, Kostenoglou took over until the end of the 2007–08 season. AEK Athens was the best team that season, clinched first position in the league, but lost the championship due to legal action. Kostenoglou stepped down as coach on 16 May 2008 following the hiring of Giorgos Donis. On 20 November 2008, he was announced as the new manager of Asteras Tripolis, in January 2011, he succeeded Jørn Andersen as manager of AEL. On 6 October 2011, he returned to AEK Athens for a second spell as manager, replacing Manolo Jiménez.^[5] His contract came to an end in 25 June 2012.

In following periods he had brief spells at Skoda Xanthi in 2012 and Anorthosis Famagusta in 2014.^[6] while in July of the same year he was hired by Apollon Smyrnis in the second division,^[7] from which he left in December.^[8]

On 12 February 2015 he assumed the duties of assistant to the also newly hired Sergio Markarian in the Greece.^[9] The latter cited the tense relations between them as one of the reasons for his resignation the following July,^[10] with the dismissal of Kostenoglou contained in the same announcement where the HFF announced the departure of the first coach.^[11] On 28 February 2017, Aris announced Kostenoglou as their new coach, to finish the season.^[12] On 23 January 2018 it was announced by Doxa Drama, however, their cooperation was terminatedon 23 April. On 4 February 2019, Kostenoglou was hired by AEK Athens as the technical manager of their academy. He would also temporarily be the coach of the U19 squad.^[13]

He became head coach of Cyprus on 18 February 2021.^[14]

As of match played 12 June 2022

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Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record					Ref.
				G	W	D	L	Win %
AEK Athens		12 February 2008	16 May 2008	18	10	5	3	055.56	[15]
Asteras Tripolis		20 November 2008	18 May 2009	25	9	7	9	036.00	[16]
AEL		9 January 2011	26 May 2011	13	3	5	5	023.08	[17]
AEK Athens		6 October 2011	25 June 2012	38	15	9	14	039.47	[15]
Skoda Xanthi		30 September 2012	2 December 2012	8	1	3	4	012.50	[18]
Anorthosis Famagusta		5 February 2014	31 May 2014	16	1	2	13	006.25	[19]
Apollon Smyrnis		1 July 2014	8 December 2014	11	6	3	2	054.55	[20]
Aris		28 February 2017	21 June 2017	16	12	3	1	075.00	[21]
Doxa Drama		22 January 2018	23 April 2018	15	8	3	4	053.33	[22]
AEK Athens		26 August 2019	8 December 2019	13	7	3	3	053.85	[15]
Cyprus		18 February 2021	27 June 2022	18	2	5	11	011.11
Career Total				191	74	48	69	038.74	—

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