Christos Kontis ( el, Χρήστος Κόντης, born 13 May 1975) is a Greek professional

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and former player.

Club career

Kontis started his career at

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 ...

. In Greece he played also for

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and

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 Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

. With

he won 3 Greek

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. In the summer of 2006 he moved to

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and signed with

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

. During his five-year spell with APOEL, he won 3

, 1

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and 3 Super Cups. He also appeared in four official

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matches with APOEL.

End of career

After a successful career at

, Christos Kontis was forced to retire due to heart failure problems. During the first official

2011–12 Cypriot First Division The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 73rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions. AEL Limassol won the championship one matchweek before the ...

match (29 August 2011) between

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

and APOEL, Kontis felt a slight discomfort and a pain in his chest. Later that night the discomfort continued to exist and the pain got worse, thus the club's doctors moved him to Nicosia's General Hospital. It was diagnosed that Kontis had suffered a minor heart attack that had damaged one of the veins in his heart. Consequently, he was forced to retire from his professional football career 9 months before his contract with APOEL expires. He was one of APOEL's fans' favorite players and he will always be remembered for his passion and for the low profile that he always kept. These virtues earned him the respect and admiration of all Cypriot football fans. He wore the jersey with the number 24.

Managerial career

When Christos Kontis recovered fully from the heart incident that forced him to retire, the Board of Directors of APOEL appointed him as an assistant of the head coach of APOEL, Ivan Jovanović. He served as an assistant manager of Ivan Jovanović at APOEL for two years, until the end of 2012–13 season. Christos Kontis has served as an assistant manager of the head coach of

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, Ivan Jovanović from 2013 to 2016. He was subsequently hired by

for the same role, and served as the team's caretaker manager for a fixture against Larisa on 7 January 2018, while the transition from

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to the club's new manager Óscar García took place; he also coached the team in a

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quarter-final return leg game against rivals

AEK 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 ...

on 7 February 2018 as García was hospitalised with an appendicitis inflammation. He also finished season as a head coach for the last month of the campaign 2017–18. On the summer of 2019, Christos took his first full managerial job at Hatta with the job of keeping the promoted club in the top flight of UAE football. However on November of 2020, he was sacked due to lack of victories, during the cancelled 19–20 season, Hatta was at the relegation zone and in the first six matches of the following 20–21 season, Hatta was at the bottom of the league with 1 point.

Managerial statistics

Honours

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: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

: 2006–07, 2008–09,

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2008, 2009, 2011

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kontis, Christos Living people 1975 births Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players APOEL FC players Panionios F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Super League Greece players Cypriot First Division players Association football defenders Hatta Club managers Greek football managers UAE Pro League managers Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Athens Greek footballers Greek expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates