Nikos Kostenoglou ( gr, Νίκος Κωστένογλου; born 3 October 1970) is a

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and former professional footballer who played as a defender. His nickname was "Father" ''( gr, "Πάτερ")'', because of his strong devotion to religion.

Club career

Kostenoglou started his career as a football player in 1989 at

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, and was transferred in 1994 at

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 ...

for 100 million drachmas. He became a regular in the following season, alongside

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. Kostenoglou played mainly in the position of centre-back, but he was also used as a right-back and was distinguished for his speed, his correct placements, his clean play but also for his seriousness and morals. He was never the star player of AEK, but he was a player with a lot of participations, usually as a starter and with a stable performances, while he was at times one of the leaders of the "yellow-blacks". With AEK he won 4 Greek cups and 1 Super Cup.He finished his career at AEK Athens, in the season the summer 2005 after 11 years of presence at the club.

International career

Kostenoglou played once with

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in a 2-1 friendly win over

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in 24 January 1996.

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career Kostenoglou joined the coaching staff at AEK Athens Academy. Two years later he was promoted to assistant to

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in the men's team. When Ferrer was sacked in early 2008, Kostenoglou took over until the end of the 2007–08 season. AEK Athens was the best team that season, clinched first position in the league, but lost the championship due to legal action. Kostenoglou stepped down as coach on 16 May 2008 following the hiring of

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. On 20 November 2008, he was announced as the new manager of

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, in January 2011, he succeeded

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as manager of AEL. On 6 October 2011, he returned to AEK Athens for a second spell as manager, replacing Manolo Jiménez. His contract came to an end in 25 June 2012. In following periods he had brief spells at

in 2012 and

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in 2014. while in July of the same year he was hired by Apollon Smyrnis in the

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, from which he left in December. On February 12, 2015, he assumed the duties of assistant to the also newly hired

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in the Greece. The latter cited the tense relations between them as one of the reasons for his resignation the following July, with the dismissal of Kostenoglou contained in the same announcement where the HFF announced the departure of the first coach. On 28 February 2017,

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announced Kostenoglou as their new coach, to finish the season. On January 23, 2018, it was announced by

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, however, their cooperation was terminatedon April 23. On 4 February 2019, Kostenoglou was hired by AEK Athens as the technical manager of their academy. He would also temporarily be the coach of the U19 squad. He became head coach of

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on 18 February 2021.

Managerial statistics

Honours

AEK Athens *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

: 1996

References

External links

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