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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-06-29)29 June 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Kavala, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iraklis (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Kavala | 160 | (47) |
| 1992–1995 | PAOK | 42 | (7) |
| 1995 | Athinaikos | 9 | (1) |
| 1996 | Kalamata | 13 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Ergotelis | 28 | (16) |
| 1997–1998 | Panegialios | 28 | (16) |
| 1998 | E.A Rethimniakou | 7 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 23 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Atromitos | 17 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 | Ergotelis | ? | (8) |
| Total | 327 | (106) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | Ergotelis | ||
| 2002–2007 | Atsalenios | ||
| 2007–2009 | Diagoras | ||
| 2009–2010 | Panthrakikos | ||
| 2010 | PAOK | ||
| 2011–2012 | Asteras Tripolis | ||
| 2012–2013 | Panthrakikos | ||
| 2013 | OFI Crete | ||
| 2014 | Ergotelis | ||
| 2015 | Lamia | ||
| 2015 | Ermis Aradippou | ||
| 2018–2020 | Kavala | ||
| 2020–2022 | Veria | ||
| 2022–2023 | Panserraikos | ||
| 2023–2024 | AEL | ||
| 2024– | Iraklis | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2024 | |||
Pavlos Dermitzakis (Greek:Παύλος Δερμιτζάκης; born 29 June 1969) is a Greek professionalfootballmanager and former player. He is the currenthead coach ofSuper League Greece 2 clubIraklis.[1]
Dermitzakis began his football career inKavala, playing for amateur local side Vyron Kavala. In 1987, he was acquired by the city's most prestigious clubKavala, where he played for five years in both thesecond andthird tiers of theGreek football league system, and scoring a total of 47 goals.
In 1992, Dermitzakis joinedAlpha Ethniki sidePAOK, where he spent the next three years of his career. In his last season withPAOK, he was not among coachArie Haan's first choices, and as a result, his playing time was severely limited. He made a total of 4 league appearances forPAOK during the1994–95 Alpha Ethniki and another 4 in theCup. He subsequently moved to fellow top-tier sideAthinaikos for the first half of the1995–96 season, followed byKalamata for the second half, recording 9 and 13 caps for each side respectively.
In the following years, Dermitzakis spent the remainder of his career on season-long contracts with various clubs playing in theBeta andGamma Ethniki, consecutively signing withErgotelis,Panegialios,EAR,Anagennisi Karditsa, andAtromitos Athens and back toErgotelis, until his retirement in 2001 to pursue a managerial career. During his 13-year professional career, Dermitzakis made a total of 327 caps and scored 106 goals across all three professional divisions of theGreek football league system.
Dermitzakis began his managerial career atErgotelis, at the time playing in theDelta Ethniki, succeedingMyron Sifakis. He then moved to fellowDelta EthnikiHeraklion-based clubAtsalenios, whom he also managed to promote to theGamma Ethniki, this time as champions of Group 10. Dermitzakis cemented his post inAtsalenios, maintaining an undefeated home record during the 2005−06 and 2006−07 seasons in which the club finished in 4th and 3rd place respectively, narrowly missing out on promotion to theBeta Ethniki.
After his departure fromAtsalenios in 2007, Dermitzakis moved to fellowGamma Ethniki clubDiagoras, achieving promotion to theBeta Ethniki as champions of the Southern Group, once again achieving an undefeated home record for theRhodes-based club. He managed the club in theBeta Ethniki until 30 November 2009, when he resigned from his post to take over management ofSuperleague sidePanthrakikos.[2] AlthoughPanthrakikos had already failed to avoid relegation when Dermitzakis took over, he managed to improve theThracians performance and led the club to its first victories in the2009−10 Superleague season.
In the summer of 2010, Dermitzakis was rumored to take over management ofPAOK, who instead appointedItalian managerMario Beretta as head coach for the club. Dermitzakis eventually replacedBeretta after his sacking in pre-season,[3] but he was himself also fired a few months later on 17 October 2010, after three consecutive losses vs.Skoda Xanthi, fierce club rivalAris andPanathinaikos. On 21 January 2011, Dermitzakis agreed to take over fellowSuperleague clubAsteras Tripolis,[4] but in May 2011 his contract was terminated on mutual consent.[5]
On 31 October 2012 Dermitzakis returned toPanthrakikos once again in theSupereleague, again faced with difficult odds as he took over management with just six points on the Table after 8 match-days. Despite the odds, he did not only manage to stay clear of relegation, but also achieved the best ever finish of the club in the competition (10th place). He additionally managed to reach theGreek Cup Semi-Finals, wherePanthrakikos were eventually eliminated by competition winnersOlympiacos.
In 2013, Dermitzakis returned toCrete and briefly served as manager ofSuperleague clubOFI. In September 2014 he returned to the club where he first started his managerial career, taking over management ofErgotelis also in theGreek Superleague.[6] However, he failed to improveErgotelis' position in the League Table after replacingSpanish managerJuan Ferrando, and therefore the club terminated his contract three months later, in December 2014.[7]
In January 2015, Dermitzakis was appointed manager ofFootball League sideLamia.[8] He left the club shortly after, in March.[9] In the summer of the same year, Dermitzakis moved toCyprus and was hired byFirst Division clubErmis Aradippou.[10] His contract was terminated in September, when the club's board of directors felt he did not meet club expectations.[11]
In July 2020, Dermitzakis was appointed manager ofFootball League sideVeria. Veria was crowned champion under Dermitzakis management for two consecutive seasons as they finished first in2020–21 Football League winning promotion toSuper League 2 where again they finished 1st in the2021–22 Super League 2 North Group but failed to win promotion through the play off games twice againstLeviadiakos and Lamia. His contract expired on 30 June 2022 and the new club board decided not to renew his contract.[12]
In November 2022, Dermitzakis was appointed manager ofPanserraikos F.C., which were playing inSuper League Greece 2. In hisonly season in charge, he took over the reins from former Greek international goalkeeperDimitris Eleftheropoulos, who was sacked after three games, and the team mounted an impressive campaign from the very start of his reign with a rock-solid defence and capable offence. Taking over at 7th place, the club was ahead 10 points by January and continued to perform even after the 2–month break from January to March following the league's financial scandal. They also achieved a notable run in that year'sGreek Football Cup, only being stopped by eventualDouble winnersAEK Athens.
With three matchdays at hand, Panserraikos clinched the North Group title and the long-awaited participation in theSuperleague for the first time in 12 years at theirhome ground with a 3–1 win over Dermitzakis' former clubDiagoras. The next three matchdays were not won by Panserraikos because of their already acquired status and at the end of the season, Panserraikos lifted the Super League Greece 2 trophy as champions of the North Group and Dermitzakis and his players received a heroes' welcome back at the city ofSerres. In spite of the blossoming success as Panserraikos manager, in July 2023, after a lot of speculation, he terminated his contract with the club on mutual consent. He was succeeded byPablo García.[13] In September 2024 it was announced his role as coach ofAEL has come to an end with a record of 17 wins, 12 draws and three losses in a total of 32 matches.[14]
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