Nikolas Nicolaou (; born May 10, 1979 in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

) is a retired

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

defender, who played for

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

. He was the captain of

and also assistant manager of the club in 2014. He took over as coach of the U21 team in the 2016-2017 season when he retired from the first team. On 24 July 2016 he also took over as caretaker manager of the first team of

until 12 August 2016, following the mutually agreed termination with

Chrysis Michael Chrysis Michael ( el, Χρύσης Μιχαήλ) (born May 26, 1977 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot retired footballer. Club career Chrysis Michael started his career from AEL Limassol in 1997 and stayed there until 2003, playing 139 league mat ...

. For the year 2013-2014, he was voted as one of the best defenders in the Cypriot Second Division B1.

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* 1979 births Living people Cypriot footballers Association football defenders Alki Larnaca FC players Doxa Katokopias FC players Olympiakos Nicosia players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players {{cyprus-footy-bio-stub