Giorgos Simos ( el, Γιώργος Σίμος; born 29 March 1978) is a Greek professional football

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and former player, who is the current manager of Super League 2 club Ionikos.

Playing career

Born in

Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the ...

, Simos came through the ranks at Panathinaikos, before being promoted to the senior team in 1999. He later played for Agios Nikolaos, OFI,

Chalkidona Chalkidona ( gr, Χαλκηδόνα) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is Koufalia. The town is a hub for trucking traffic around the Thessaloniki area. Municipality The municipality Chalki ...

, AEL, AEK Larnaca, Ionikos,

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

Ethnikos Piraeus Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...

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and Rouf.

Managerial career

Simos holds a holds the

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Early career

In August 2012, Simos returned to Panathinaikos to begin his coaching career, quickly rising through the academy to lead the Under-15, Under-17, and Under-20 teams in successive seasons from 2013/14 through 2015/16. After spending a part of the 2016/17 season as an assistant coach at Cypriot top flight club Omonia, Simos took on the

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

Under-20 team for one-and-a-half seasons to February 2019.

OFI

On 12 July 2019, Simos was named manager of

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following the departure of

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. In his debut season, Simos would guide OFI to a sixth-place finish in Super League 1 and their first qualification for the

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in 20 years. In the

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, OFI would be eliminated by

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in the second qualifying round. Simos would resign from his position as manager prior to the end of the 2020/21 season with OFI in 11th place.

Greece Under-21 national team

On 26 May 2021, Simos was appointed manager of the Greece Under-21 national team, with whom he would finish third behind

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and

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in qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Kallithea

On 30 November 2022, Simos was appointed manager of

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Georgios Simos
at The Guardian Football {{DEFAULTSORT:Simos, Georgios 1978 births Living people Greek men's footballers Panathinaikos F.C. players A.O. Agios Nikolaos F.C. players OFI Crete F.C. players Chalkidona F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players AEK Larnaca FC players Ionikos F.C. players Panetolikos F.C. players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Athens Kallithea F.C. players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Men's association football defenders Greek football managers Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff AEK F.C. non-playing staff OFI Crete F.C. managers Ionikos F.C. managers Super League Greece managers People from Ioannina Greek expatriate football managers