Sakis_Tsiolis
Sakis Tsiolis
Greek footballer
Sakis Tsiolis (Greek: Σάκης Tσιώλης; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Athanasios Tsiolis | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-06-30) 30 June 1959 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Karditsa, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1982 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 52 | (11) |
| 1982–1989 | AEL | 142 | (9) |
| 1989–1993 | Ionikos | 51 | (9) |
| 1993–1996 | Paniliakos | 37 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Asteras Amaliada | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (33) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Greece | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Anagennisi Karditsa | ||
| 1997–1998 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | ||
| 1998–1999 | Preveza | ||
| 2000–2001 | Anagennisi Karditsa | ||
| 2000–2001 | Panelefsiniakos | ||
| 2000–2001 | Nafpaktiakos Asteras | ||
| 2001–2004 | Paniliakos | ||
| 2004–2005 | Kalamata | ||
| 2005–2006 | Ionikos | ||
| 2006–2007 | Levadiakos | ||
| 2007–2009 | Thrasyvoulos | ||
| 2009–2011 | Olympiacos Volos | ||
| 2011 | Aris | ||
| 2011–2013 | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| 2013–2014 | PAS Giannina | ||
| 2014 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
| 2015 | Kerkyra | ||
| 2016–2017 | AEL | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kerkyra | ||
| 2019 | Panachaiki | ||
| 2020 | Volos | ||
| 2022 | Kalamata | ||
| 2022–2023 | Iraklis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos.
Tsiolis, a great player at his prime years, was a Greek Football Cup winner in 1985 and an Alpha Ethniki champion in 1988 with Larissa.[1] He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.[2]
In the 1996–97 season, he was a member of the semi-professional team Asteras Amaliada, as a player-manager.
From 1996 to 2001 he worked as a semi-professional manager for Anagennisi Karditsa (twice), Nafpaktiakos Asteras (twice), Preveza and Panelefsiniakos. He is a professional manager since 2001, when he started his career at Paniliakos. In the following years he managed Kalamata, Ionikos, Levadiakos, Thrasyvoulos, Olympiakos Volou, Aris Thessaloniki and AEL. On 2 June 2016 he left AEL Larissa because of a disagreement with club president Alexis Kougias over the plans for the next season, after the club was promoted to Super League Greece.[3]
His son is Evangelos Tsiolis.
- As of 18 March 2017
| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Various teams | Greece | 4 December 2000 | 18 March 2017 | 367 | 149 | 90 | 128 | 040.60 |
- "Sakis Tsiolis profile" (in Greek). onsports.gr.
- Sakis Tsiolis at FootballDatabase.eu
- Sakis Tsiolis profile at www.athlitikanea.gr (in Greek) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-03-13)