Xanthi Konstantinidou ( el, Ξανθή Κωνσταντινίδου; born 2 January 1962) is a Greek former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

Career

Konstantinidou began her career as a footballer, playing as a

centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

for Olympiad Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki '80 from 1979 to 1983. In 1983, she became the first woman to receive an "A" coaching license in Greece. She began her coaching career with the Profodou Nafpaktos men's team from 1985 to 1987, before managing Olympiad '96 from 1987 to 1989. From 1990 to 1999, she coached the women's team of in the Greek A Division, winning the league title in the 1996–97 season. She also coached the women's team Centaur Larissa (1991 to 1992) and men's team Alexander (1994 to 1995). Konstantinidou was the technical adviser of the Greece women's national team from 2000 until 2002, before coaching the team from 2002 to 2004. She took charge of 57 matches of the team, finishing with a record of 19 wins, 12 draws and 26 losses. She was the team's coach at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Personal life

Konstantinidou was born in the community of the Doxato municipality. She graduated from the School of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

, having specialised in football. She received a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in coaching from the school's postgraduate study program in 2001, and earned a PhD from the Department of Physical Education of the

Democritus University of Thrace The Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH; el, Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης), established in July 1973, is based in Komotini, Greece and has campuses in the western Thrace, Thracian cities of Xanthi, Komotini, Alex ...

. From 1993 to 1998 she taught at the Democritus University of Thrace, and at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2001. She has written multiple books, including "Football Book for Gymnasts" (1990) and "Football Handbook" (2002), and has published in

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Konstantinidou, Xanthi 1962 births Living people People from Drama (regional unit) Greek women's footballers Women's association football forwards Greek women's football managers Women's association football managers Greece women's national football team managers Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni Democritus University of Thrace alumni Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Female association football managers Footballers from Eastern Macedonia and Thrace