Alekos Vosniadis (; born 12 April 1961) is a Greek professional

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. Vosniadis has won promotion to Super League 1, Greece's top division, on five occasions with

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

, Niki Volou,

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, and AEL.

Career

Born in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

, Vosniadis had a three-year tenure at local third division side Anagennisi Epanomi early into his managerial career, and he would lead Epanomi to promotion in the 2010/11 season, returning the club to the second division after a 29-year absence. From Epanomi, Vosniadis moved to

with immediate success, winning promotion to Super League 1 in the 2012/13 season. In January 2014, Vosniadis took on Niki Volou midseason, and would help steer them to a second place finish in the 2013/14 season and promotion to Super League 1, bringing the club back to the top flight for the first time in 48 years. Vosniadis would return to Apollon midway through the 2014/15 season with the club in the second division, narrowly missing out on promotion while making a run to the semi-finals of the 2014/15 Greek Cup where they were eliminated by

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. In the 2015/16 season, Vosniadis would achieve his third promotion to the top division, this time with island side

, finishing second in the table and edging out his former club Apollon. He would later return to the club in the middle of the 2017/18 Super League 1 season, earning 15 points from 16 league matches. From 2018/19 through 2022/23, Vosniadis worked for

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, Niki Volou, and Apollon in the second division, earning 52 wins and 33 draws from 116 league matches, equaling 1.63 points per match. In July 2023, Vosniadis was appointed as manager of

, eventually leading the team back to the first division for the first time in 18 years. In June 2024, AKFC announced that Vosniadis would not return for the following season, but thanked him for his "outstanding work." For the 2024/2025 Super League season, Vosniadis coached AEL Larissa FC and helped them reach promotion by winning the championship for group A. After the season AEL decided to move on and Vosniadis was hired by

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for the 2025/2026 season.

Managerial statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vosniadis, Alekos 1961 births Living people Greek football managers Apollon Smyrnis F.C. managers Niki Volos F.C. managers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. managers Veria F.C. managers Trikala F.C. managers PAE Kerkyra managers Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) managers Kalamata F.C. managers Footballers from Thessaloniki