Georgios Koutoulas

Georgios Koutoulas (Greek: Γεώργιος Κούτουλας; born 9 February 1967) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender, mostly for AEK Athens and a manager. He is currently the manager of Molaikos.

Giorgos Koutoulas
Personal information
Full name Georgios Koutoulas
Date of birth (1967-02-09) 9 February 1967
Place of birth Skala, Greece
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Molaikos (manager)
Youth career
–1987 AEK Athens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1998 AEK Athens 138 (5)
1998–1999 PAS Giannina 29 (1)
1999–2000 Panetolikos 30 (2)
Total 197 (8)
International career
1988 Greece U21 4 (0)
1988–1990 Greece 11 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Karyatides
2018– Molaikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Koutoulas started from the academies of AEK Athens and in 1987 he was promoted to the men's team under Todor Veselinović. He played in mainly as center back and left back, while sometimes also played as a defensive midfielder.

He had a very good first season and was considered a big talent of the time after his first appearances. The next season under Dušan Bajević, he also did very well and helped AEK with his performances to win the league in 1989.[1] In fact, he was the third AEK player in appearances during that season. Afterwards, he showed himself to be relatively stagnant, while also facing injuries and his participation was clearly smaller. During his last three seasons in the team he was purely a substitute footballer and he rarely played. At AEK he won in total 4 championships, 2 cups, 2 Super Cups and a League Cup in 1990.[2]

On 8 August 1998 he was released from AEK[3] and signed for PAS Giannina, where he played for one season. Afterwards he played another season for Panetolikos, before ending his career in 2000.[4]

International career

Ιn 1988 Koutoulas played with Greece U21 in the European Championship where he reached the final against France, doing exceptionally well in both legs against Eric Cantona. However they lost the title after a 3–0 loss at the second leg in Stade Léo Lagrange.[5]

Koutoulas played with Greece making 11 appearances between 1988 and 1990. He made his debut in 2 November 1988, replacing Tasos Mitropoulos at the 46th minute, in a 3–0 away defeat at the hands of Romania for the qualificating round of the 1990 FIFA World Cup[6]

Managerial career

On 6 July 2017 Koutoulas started working as a coach for the women's club, Karyatides.[7][8] From 28 June 2018, he is in charge of the youth and men's departments of Molaikos.[9][10]

Personal life

After the end of his football career Koutoulas returned to is homeland, Skala of Laconia to enact with the cultivation of the land for a while before he got involved with coaching.[11] He is also heavily involved in matches of the Veterans Association of AEK Athens.[12][13][14][15] He was one of the 23 veteran football players of AEK who were honored at the opening of the Agia Sophia Stadium.[16]

Honours

AEK Athens

References
  1. "CHAMPIONSHIP 1989". aekfc.gr.
  2. "Ο ένας και μοναδικός τελικός του ελληνικού League Cup". sport24.gr.
  3. "Θέλει έλεγχο στο κέντρο". tanea.gr. 8 August 1998.
  4. "Γιώργος Κούτουλας". kitrinomavro.gr.
  5. "France - Greece 3:0 (U21 EURO 1988, Final)". worldfootball.net.
  6. "Greece matches 1986–1990" (PDF). epo.gr.
  7. "Νέος προπονητής για τις Καρυάτιδες ο Γιώργος Κούτουλας". apela.gr. 6 July 2017.
  8. "Καρυάτιδες: Έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον νέο προπονητή κ. Γεώργιο Κούτουλα". spartorama.gr.
  9. "Ο Γιώργος Κούτουλας νέος προπονητής του Μολαϊκού". apela.gr. 28 June 2018.
  10. "Στον πάγκο του Μολαϊκου ο Γιώργος Κούτουλας". 28 June 2018.
  11. "Γιώργος Κούτουλας: Από την Νέα Φιλαδέλφεια (πάλι) στους Μολάους!". sportstonoto. 25 November 2020.
  12. Κουμουρτζής, Δημήτρης (14 November 2022). "Οι βετεράνοι ΑΕΚ και Προοδευτικής τιμάνε για 20η φορά την «απουσία» του Γιώργου Δαδίτσου (pics)".
  13. "Είκοσι χρόνια κι ακόμη μοιάζει απίστευτο: Προοδευτική - ΑΕΚ στη μνήμη του Γιώργου Δαδιτσου". aek365.org.
  14. "Κόρινθος: Αγώνας μνήμης για τα 100 χρόνια από την Μικρασιατική καταστροφή". 18 May 2022.
  15. "Οι βετεράνοι της ΑΕΚ παίζουν για τα ΑΜΕΑ!". sportdog.gr.
  16. "Ο Γιώργος Κούτουλας στη Θρυλική 23αδα της ΑΕΚ που θα "παρελάσει" στην "Αγιά Σοφιά"!". isports.gr. 29 September 2022.
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