Vaios Karagiannis (; born 25 June 1968) is a former

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who played as a defender and current manager.

Club career

Karagiannis started from Enippea Iteas Karditsa and then went to A.O. Karditsa in 1986, where he played until the summer of 1990. That summer,

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acquired him as a completely unknown young footballer at the time. However,

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immediately gave opportunities to the young defender, placing him mainly on the left side of the defense. Finally he managed to establish himself in the team's starting eleven and slowly impressed from time to time, mainly with his defensive style, his fast pace, his very good jump and with "acrobatic" moves. He was a very reliable solution in all positions of the defense. He did very well against the

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in the

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matches against

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in 1993. The most memorable moment of his career was the tackle on the head of the Brazilian striker for a contest for the ball in the air, in the second match. He was a regular at AEK until 1994, when

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was established as a left back-half in the team, but even then he made many appearances either as a started or as a substitution. With AEK he won 3

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, 4

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and a

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. After AEK, he played for

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in 2002 and then ended his career in 2006 by returning to

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International career

He played for Greece national team, and was a participant at the

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, where he played in two matches.

After football

He then followed a coaching career, first at Anagennisi Karditsa, of which he was coach from 2006 to 2008. In December 2008, he took over as coach of AO Trikala, until March 2009. He briefly returned to A.O. Karditsa, while in the period 2010–11 again in the Anagennisi Karditsa, collaboration which ended on November 22, 2011, while continuing the 2012–13 season as a coach at A.O. Karditsa. The continuation of his cooperation was announced, but it was terminated in September 2013, due to the exclusion from the Cup and the bad image in the preparatory games. In the summer of 2014 he coached Atromitos Palamas for one and a half season. He also managed Apollon Makrychori, from July 2017 until November 2018, when he resigned. In 2010 he participated in the elections in 2010 as a candidate councilor of the Municipality of Palamas with the combination of (then elected mayor 2010–2014) Konstantinos Patsialis "Unified Municipal Movement of Palamas", was elected to the Municipal Council 6th with 760 votes, while in January 2013 he was appointed Deputy Mayor.

Honours

AEK Athens *

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: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 *

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: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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: 1990 *

Pre-Mediterranean Cup The Pre-Mediterranean Cup () was an association football tournament hosted by the Hellenic Football Federation in Athens. The competition was conducted once, in 1991, and the winner was AEK Athens. In June 1991, the only Pre-Mediterranean cup wa ...

: 1991

References

External links

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