Sakis Tsiolis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sakis Tsiolis

| fullname = Athanasios Tsiolis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karditsa, Greece

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Apollon Smyrnis (manager)

| years1 = 1977–1982

| clubs1 = Anagennisi Karditsa

| caps1 = 52

| goals1 = 11

| years2 = 1982–1989

| clubs2 = AEL

| caps2 = 142

| goals2 = 9

| years3 = 1989–1993

| clubs3 = Ionikos

| caps3 = 51

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 1993–1996

| clubs4 = Paniliakos

| caps4 = 37

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1996–1997

| clubs5 = Asteras Amaliada

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 293

| totalgoals = 33

| nationalyears1 = 1988

| nationalteam1 = Greece

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1996–1997

| managerclubs1 = Anagennisi Karditsa

| manageryears2 = 1997–1998

| managerclubs2 = Nafpaktiakos Asteras

| manageryears3 = 1998–1999

| managerclubs3 = Preveza

| manageryears4 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs4 = Anagennisi Karditsa

| manageryears5 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs5 = Panelefsiniakos

| manageryears6 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs6 = Nafpaktiakos Asteras

| manageryears7 = 2001–2004

| managerclubs7 = Paniliakos

| manageryears8 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs8 = Kalamata

| manageryears9 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs9 = Ionikos

| manageryears10 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs10 = Levadiakos

| manageryears11 = 2007–2009

| managerclubs11 = Thrasyvoulos

| manageryears12 = 2009–2011

| managerclubs12 = Olympiacos Volos

| manageryears13 = 2011

| managerclubs13 = Aris

| manageryears14 = 2011–2013

| managerclubs14 = Asteras Tripolis

| manageryears15 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs15 = PAS Giannina

| manageryears16 = 2014

| managerclubs16 = Skoda Xanthi

| manageryears17 = 2015

| managerclubs17 = Kerkyra

| manageryears18 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs18 = AEL

| manageryears19 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs19 = Kerkyra

| manageryears20 = 2019

| managerclubs20 = Panachaiki

| manageryears21 = 2020

| managerclubs21 = Volos

| manageryears22 = 2022

| managerclubs22 = Kalamata

| manageryears23 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs23 = Iraklis

| manageryears24 = 2024–

| managerclubs24 = Apollon Smyrnis

}}

Sakis Tsiolis ({{langx|el|Σάκης Tσιώλης}}; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.onsports.gr/onstats/soccer/staff/18-Tsiwlhs-Sakhs|title=Sakis Tsiolis profile|language=Greek|publisher=onsports.gr}} He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.{{cite web|url=http://193.92.37.2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178:2010-02-11-11-38-49&catid=53:2010-02-11-09-30-25&Itemid=157|title=Hellenic Football Federation archive of caps and goals|language=Greek|publisher=Hellenic Football Federation}}

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 AEL. 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 Super League Greece.[http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/larisa/telos-o-tsiwlhs-apo-thn-ael.4094856.html Τέλος ο Τσιώλης από την ΑΕΛ ]

Personal life

His son is Evangelos Tsiolis.

Managerial statistics

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Played	W	D	L	Win %
align=center\|Various teams \|Greece \|align=center\| 4 December 2000 \|align=center\|18 March 2017 {{WDL\|367\|149\|90\|128}}

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Played

Win %

align=center|Various teams

|Greece

|align=center| 4 December 2000

|align=center|18 March 2017

References

External links

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313062051/http://www.athlitikanea.gr/index.php/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF/Super-League/%CE%91%CE%A1%CE%97%CE%A3/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%BF-%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82.html |title=Sakis Tsiolis profile at www.athlitikanea.gr (in Greek) }}

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