Sakis Tsiolis

Sakis Tsiolis (Greek: Σάκης Tσιώλης; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League 2 club Iraklis.

Sakis Tsiolis
Personal information
Full name Athanasios Tsiolis
Date of birth (1959-06-30) 30 June 1959
Place of birth Karditsa, Greece
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Iraklis (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1982 Anagennisi Karditsa 52 (11)
1982–1989 AEL 142 (9)
1989–1993 Ionikos 51 (9)
1993–1996 Paniliakos 37 (4)
1996–1997 Asteras Amaliada 11 (0)
Total 293 (33)
International career
1988 Greece 4 (1)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Anagennisi Karditsa
1997–1998 Nafpaktiakos Asteras
1998–1999 Preveza
2000–2001 Anagennisi Karditsa
2000–2001 Panelefsiniakos
2000–2001 Nafpaktiakos Asteras
2001–2004 Paniliakos
2004–2005 Kalamata
2005–2006 Ionikos
2006–2007 Levadiakos
2007–2009 Thrasyvoulos
2009–2011 Olympiacos Volos
2011 Aris
2011–2013 Asteras Tripolis
2013–2014 PAS Giannina
2014 Skoda Xanthi
2015 Kerkyra
2016–2017 AEL
2017–2018 Kerkyra
2019 Panachaiki
2020 Volos
2022 Kalamata
2022– Iraklis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos.

Tsiolis, a great player at his prime years, was a Greek Football Cup winner in 1985 and an Alpha Ethniki champion in 1988 with Larissa.[1] He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.[2]

Managerial career

In the 1996–97 season, he was a member of the semi-professional team Asteras Amaliada, as a player-manager.

From 1996 to 2001 he worked as a semi-professional manager for Anagennisi Karditsa (twice), Nafpaktiakos Asteras (twice), Preveza and Panelefsiniakos. He is a professional manager since 2001, when he started his career at Paniliakos. In the following years he managed Kalamata, Ionikos, Levadiakos, Thrasyvoulos, Olympiakos Volou, Aris Thessaloniki and AE Larissa. On 2 June 2016 he left AEL Larissa because of a disagreement with club president Alexis Kougias over the plans for the next season, after the club was promoted to Superleague Greece[3]

Managerial statistics
As of 18 March 2017
Team Nation From To Record
PlayedWDLWin %
Various teams Greece 4 December 2000 18 March 2017 367 149 90 128 040.60

References
  1. "Sakis Tsiolis profile" (in Greek). onsports.gr.
  2. "Hellenic Football Federation archive of caps and goals" (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation.
  3. Τέλος ο Τσιώλης από την ΑΕΛ
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