Giorgos Simos

Giorgos Simos
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Ioannina, Greece
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Asteras Tripolis B (manager)
Youth career
Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Panathinaikos 3 (0)
2000 Agios Nikolaos 16 (3)
2001–2002 OFI 23 (0)
2002–2005 Chalkidona 71 (2)
2005–2006 AEL 17 (0)
2006 AEK Larnaca 7 (0)
2007 Ionikos 9 (0)
2008 Panetolikos 17 (0)
2008 Ethnikos Piraeus 4 (1)
2009–2010 Kallithea
2010–2011 Rouf
Managerial career
2012–2016 Panathinaikos (youth)
2016–2017 Omonia (assistant)
2017–2019 AEK Athens U20
2019–2021 OFI
2021–2022 Greece U21
2022–2023 Kallithea
2023 Ionikos
2024– Asteras Tripolis B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgos Simos (Greek: Γιώργος Σίμος; born 29 March 1978) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in Ioannina, Simos came through the ranks at Panathinaikos, before being promoted to the senior team in 1999. He later played for Agios Nikolaos, OFI, Chalkidona, AEL, AEK Larnaca, Ionikos, Panetolikos, Ethnikos Piraeus, Kallithea and Rouf.

Managerial career

Simos holds a holds the UEFA Pro Licence.

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

OFI

On 12 July 2019, Simos was named manager of OFI Crete following the departure of Jaime Vera.[1] In his debut season, Simos would guide OFI to a sixth-place finish in Super League 1 and their first qualification for the UEFA Europa League in 20 years. In the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, OFI would be eliminated by Apollon Limassol 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.[2][3]

Greece Under-21 national team

On 26 May 2021, Simos was appointed manager of the Greece Under-21 national team,[4] with whom he would finish third behind Portugal and Iceland in qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Kallithea

On 30 November 2022, Simos was appointed manager of Kallithea.[5]

Managerial statistics

As of match updated 22 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
AEK Athens U20 1 July 2017 30 June 2019 60 35 7 18 058.33 [6]
OFI 12 July 2019 6 Μarch 2021 68 16 11 41 023.53 [7]
Greece U21 20 May 2021 30 June 2022 10 5 2 3 050.00
Kallithea 2 December 2022 30 June 2023 24 16 5 3 066.67
Ionikos 5 July 2022 21 December 2023 13 5 4 4 038.46
Total 175 77 29 69 044.00 —

Honours

Player

Chalkidona
Kallithea

References

  1. ^ "Νέος προπονητής στον ΟΦΗ ο Σίμος". Sport FM (in Greek). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Σίμος: "Υπέβαλα την παραίτηση μου, ήταν τιμή μου η συνεργασία με τον ΟΦΗ"". Sport 24 (in Greek). 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ "ΟΦΗ: Ανακοίνωσε τη λύση συνεργασίας με τον Σίμο". Sport 24 (in Greek). 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Ο Σίμος ανέλαβε την Εθνική Ελπίδων". Sport 24 (in Greek). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Athens Kallithea FC appoint Georgios Simos as manager". Athens Kallithea FC. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ "OFI Crete F.C. fixtures and results". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ "OFI Crete F.C. fixtures and results". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2019.