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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1953-03-08)8 March 1953 (age 72) | ||
| Place of birth | Neoi Epivates,Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1981 | PAOK | 176 | (25) |
| 1981–1984 | Panathinaikos | 34 | (5) |
| 1984–1986 | Korinthos | ||
| 1986–1987 | Diagoras | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1980 | Greece | 12 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | Kavala | ||
| 1995–1997 | Edessaikos | ||
| 1997–1998 | PAOK | ||
| 1998–1999 | PAOK | ||
| 1999–2000 | Iraklis | ||
| 2000–2001 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 2001–2002 | Iraklis | ||
| 2002–2004 | PAOK | ||
| 2004–2011 | Cyprus | ||
| 2011–2012 | PAS Giannina | ||
| 2012–2013 | Platanias | ||
| 2014 | Platanias | ||
| 2014–2015 | PAOK | ||
| 2016 | AEL | ||
| 2018–2019 | Greece | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Angelos Anastasiadis (Greek:Άγγελος Αναστασιάδης; born 8 March 1953) is a Greekfootball manager and former international footballer. He previously coached numerous clubs in Greece includingPAOK,Panathinaikos,Platanias andPAS Giannina as well as theGreece andCyprus national teams.
Anastasiadis began his playing career in his hometown withPAOK. After eight years at the Thessalonian club, he moved to Athens to play forPanathinaikos in 1981. In 1984, he transferred toKorinthos before finishing his playing career atDiagoras F.C. in 1987.
Between 1975 and 1980, Anastasiadis earned 12 caps for theGreece national team.
Anastasiadis began his managerial career in July 1994 atKavala F.C. but left after three months following a seven-game run that included one draw and six losses.[1] In 1995, he was appointed as manager ofEdessaikos F.C., leading the club to a ninth-place finish in the1995–96 Alpha Ethniki. After a poor run midway through the1996–97 season that included two wins and four draws in 14 matches, Anastasiadis left the club in January 1997.
Within a month of leaving Edessaikos, Anastasiadis took overPAOK for the remainder of the 1996–97 season, leading the club to a fourth-place finish in the league with 13 victories in 15 matches, along with a spot in the second qualification round for the1997–98 UEFA Cup. Under his leadership the following season, PAOK finished in fourth place in the1997–98 Alpha Ethniki while overcomingArsenal F.C. before losing toAtlético Madrid in the first two rounds of the UEFA Cup. After being briefly succeeded byOleg Blokhin for the1998–99 Alpha Ethniki season, Anastasiadis returned to PAOK in September 1999 before leaving the following February. During his second tenure, he managed 10 victories and one draw in 13 matches.
Anastasiadis moved toIraklis in 1999 leading the club to a sixth-place finish and an opportunity to qualify for the2000–01 UEFA Cup. Iraklis qualified for thefirst round of the UEFA Cup, overcomingAris andPanionios in the league playoffs.
Following his success at Iraklis, the Thessaloniki native moved to Athens to managePanathinaikos in 2000. Managing in his firstUEFA Champions League, the club finished second after facingDeportivo La Coruña,Hamburger SV, andJuventus in the first group stage. In the second group stage, Panathinaikos lost the first two matches toSturm Graz, prompting Anastasiadis to resign in February 2001.[2]
The next month, Anastasiadis returned to his home town to lead Iraklis for a second time but managed two wins and a draw in the last ten matches of the 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki season to a fifth-place finish.[3] He stayed on for the following season and the club finished in sixth place in the league, earning a place in the2001–02 UEFA Cup qualification round.
Anastasiadis returned to PAOK a month after leaving Iraklis in May 2002.[4] The club finished the2002–03 Alpha Ethniki season in fourth place, earning a spot in the2003–04 UEFA Cup. The same season, Anastasiadis led PAOK to the Greek Cup, overcoming league champions Olympiacos and cup holders AEK, before defeating Aris in the final. The following season, the club finished in third place domestically, earning direct qualification to the2003–04 UEFA Champions League.
After failing to qualify for the2004–05 UEFA Champions League and facing elimination from the2004–05 UEFA Cup,PAOK announced their decision to sack Anastasiadis in September 2004.[5]
Three months later, Anastasiadis ventured into international management, replacingMomčilo Vukotić asCyprus national team manager, in December 2004.[6][7] Taking over midway through the2006 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, the Greek coach managed just one victory, a 3–0 win over the Faroe Islands, in the last five qualification matches, finishing in fifth place and failing to qualify from a group that also includedFrance,Switzerland,Israel, and theRepublic of Ireland.
During theUEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, Anastasiadis led the team to a 5–2 victory over the Republic of Ireland, a 2–1 victory over Hungary, a 3–1 victory over Wales, and a 1–1 draw with Germany before finishing sixth inGroup D, which also included the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Despite failing to qualify for the tournament, theCyprus Football Association renewed the Greek's contract in November 2007.[8]
Cyprus did notqualify for the2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa but Anastasiadis led the team to a fourth-place finish that included a 4–1 victory overBulgaria.
In his fourth international campaign, Anastasiadis led the island nation in their quest toUEFA Euro 2012. After a 4–4 draw with Portugal, the side only managed two points in their first four qualification matches, leading to Anastasiadis's dismissal from the post.[9]
Following his experience in Cyprus, Anastasiadis returned to club management in November 2011 to leadPAS Giannina in the GreekSuper League. The club finished in eighth place with ten wins and eight draws out of 30 matches, including a 2–1 away victory overPAOK.
Moving toCrete, Anastasiadis succeeded Giannis Chatzinikolaou atPlatanias F.C. Despite managing to defeatPanathinaikos both times during the league season as well as in theGreek Cup, the club finished in ninth place. Though initially leaving in May 2013, Anastasiadis return to the club to oversee the final ten matches of the 2013–14 season, leading the club to finish in 14th place, saving the club from relegation.
Anastasiadis returned to PAOK for the third time in May 2014.[10] Despite a successful start to the season, the club gradually relinquished its first-place position in the league and was eliminated in the group stage of the2014–15 UEFA Europa League. The club dismissed Anastasiadis in March 2015 after managing just one victory in his last seven matches.
In June 2016,A.E. Larissa presidentAlexis Kougias announced Anastasiadis as the club's new manager, replacingSakis Tsiolis.[11] The appointment generated controversy as fans expressed their unhappiness due to Anastasiadis's past association withPAOK FC.[12]
After being out of management for two years,Hellenic Football Federation president Vangelis Grammenos appointed Anastassiadis, in October 2018, to lead theGreece national team, becoming the first Greek manager to hold the post on a permanent basis sinceVassilis Daniil in 2001. With the team gaining six points in four matches in theUEFA Nations League and sitting behind first placed Finland, Grammenos added that the federation took a conscious decision to hire a Greek coach "to instill the characteristics required in a national squad."[13][14]
With the objective to earn promotion in the2018–19 UEFA Nations League, Anastasiadis introduced several new players into the squad includingOdisseas Vlachodimos,Spyros Risvanis,Manolis Siopis, andGeorgios Masouras. Greece resumed the campaign in November 2018 with a 1–0 victory over Finland but failed to earn a promotion after a 1–0 defeat to Estonia following an own goal from Vassilis Lambropoulos.[15]
Greece facedItaly,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Finland,Armenia, andLiechtenstein for theUEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers. In March 2019, Anastasiadis opened the campaign with a 2–0 victory over Liechtenstein before a 2–2 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina witnessed the team level the score after falling behind by two goals.[16]
Anastasiadis's position came under question following 3–0 and 3–2 defeats to Italy and Armenia respectively, resulting in a public conflict with team captainSokratis Papastathopoulos.[17] On 15 July 2019, Grammenos announced the dismissal of Anastasiadis as manager.[18]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Kavala | July 1994 | October 1994 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33.33 |
| Edessaikos | July 1995 | January 1997 | 53 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 28.30 |
| PAOK | February 1997 | June 1998 | 63 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 65.10 |
| PAOK | September 1998 | February 1999 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 68.42 |
| Iraklis | July 1999 | June 2000 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 45.24 |
| Panathinaikos | July 2000 | February 2001 | 44 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 56.82 |
| Iraklis | March 2001 | May 2002 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 38.30 |
| PAOK | August 2002 | September 2004 | 94 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 51.06 |
| Cyprus | December 2004 | April 2011 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 29 | 30.36 |
| PAS Giannina | December 2011 | June 2012 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 40.91 |
| Platanias | November 2012 | May 2013 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 42.85 |
| Platanias | February 2014 | June 2014 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 50.00 |
| PAOK | July 2014 | March 2015 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 50.00 |
| AEL | June 2016 | October 2016 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.00 |
| Greece | November 2018 | July 2019 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.57 |
| Total | 548 | 251 | 108 | 189 | 45.80 | ||
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