Georgios Firos (; born 8 November 1953) is a Greek football manager and former football player.

Club career

Born in

Evosmos Evosmos (, ''Évosmos''; before 1955: ''Neos Koukloutzas'' (Νέος Κουκλουτζάς, ''Néos Koukloutzás'')) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Gre ...

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 ...

, Firos played

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. He was one of the very few players that was consistent in every game played. He played for the team of

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for many years and finished his career with Iraklis Thessaloniki. Firos made a total of 353 appearances in the

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International career

Firos also has 52 appearances with the Greece national team between 1974 and 1982.

Managerial career

From 1987 to 2017 Firos worked as a manager in various clubs.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Firos, Georgios 1953 births Living people Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football sweepers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players Greece men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1980 players Super League Greece players Greek football managers Agrotikos Asteras F.C. managers Levadiakos F.C. managers Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. managers Panelefsiniakos F.C. managers PAS Giannina F.C. managers Xanthi F.C. managers Apollon Kalamarias F.C. managers OFI Crete F.C. managers A.O. Kerkyra managers Thrasyvoulos F.C. managers Niki Volos F.C. managers P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras managers Iraklis Psachna F.C. managers S.F.K. Pierikos (football) managers Aiginiakos F.C. managers 20th-century Greek sportsmen