Sotiris Silaidopoulos

Sotiris Silaidopoulos (Greek: Σωτήρης Συλαϊδόπουλος; born 8 February 1979) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Sotirios Silaidopoulos
Personal information
Date of birth 8 February 1979
Place of birth Kos, Greece
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos U17 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Antagoras F.C.
1999–2001 Panionios
2004–2006 AE Kos F.C.
2006–2007 Doksa Kardamainas
2007–2008 PAOK Kos
2008–2009 Antagoras F.C.
Managerial career
2010–2012 Omilos Athlopaidion Kos (youth)
2012–2015 Antagoras F.C.
2015–2020 Panathinaikos (Youth)
2020–2021 Panathinaikos (Assistant Manager)
2021– Olympiacos U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life and playing career

Silaidopoulos was born on the Greek island of Kos and started playing football at local club Antagoras F.C., where he later went on to play for the club's senior team at age 15.

In 1999 he signed for Super League 1 club Panionios F.C., where the 19-year-old initially joined the Under-20 team, while training with the senior side. At the end of 2000, Silaidopoulos suffered a severe knee injury that forced him to undergo multiple surgeries and prevented him to pursue a professional playing career.

After a long injury break, Silaidopoulos returned to the pitch in 2004 and played for lower division clubs, before he retired in 2009 and focused on his coaching career.

Managerial career

First steps into coaching

Following his retirement, Silaidopoulos started making his first experiences in coaching by taking over the U-15 team of Omilos Athlopaidion Kos at the beginning of the 2010–11 season. In the following season, he led the club's U-17 side to victory in the Dodecanese League.

Antagoras F.C.

In 2012, Silaidopoulos was approached by his childhood club Antagoras F.C. to take over the senior team after the club had overcome some financial turmoil and was forced to build up a new team in the 4th division. He accepted the offer and gained promotion to Greece's 3rd division in the 2014–15 season.[1]

Panathinaikos F.C.

On July 1, 2015, Silaidopoulos was hired by Super League 1 club Panathinaikos F.C. and appointed as head coach of the club's U-16 team,[2] which he led to win the Attica League in his first season in charge.

In the following two seasons, he was coaching the club's U-17s. During this period, the team reached the final of the prestigious 2017 Puskás Cup in Felcsút, Hungary only losing to champion Real Madrid.[3]

His team finished first in the regular season of 2017-18[4] and lost the championship title in a penalty shoot-out against Olympiakos F.C., in which Panathinaikos conceived a late equaliser in extra time.[5]

Since the 2018–19 season, Silaidopoulos has been the head coach of the Under-19 team of Panathinaikos.[6] With many players being from the 2001 generation, his side was the youngest U-19 team in the Greek league and finished 5th in the championship.[7] On international stage the team won the 2019 Tri-Series Tournament[8] hosted by Aspire Academy in Qatar and finished as runner-up in the 2019 ICGT Tournament in the Netherlands losing 1–0 to Valencia in the final.[9]

In the 2019–20 season, his team aimed to make the next step in its development.[10] By the time the season was stopped in February 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19,[11] Panathinaikos was ranked 2nd in the Super League K-19 after 24 games with just two matches remaining.[12] Several players of this successful youth team have also been promoted to the club's senior team during the season.[13]

On 12 October 2020, he was appointed as interim head coach after Dani Poyatos was sacked.[14] He drew his only game 2-2 against OFI in the Super League.[15] After Laszlo Boloni was appointed as the new Head Coach of Panathinaikos, Silaidopoulos joined the coaching staff of the club's first tam as Assistant Manager on October 19, 2020. [16]

Personal life

Silaidopoulos is married with one child. He speaks fluent Greek and English and also has basic knowledge of Italian and German. He is holder of the UEFA A, UEFA B and UEFA Youth Elite licenses and also received a diploma in Art History from the Ippokrateio-Lyceum of Kos.

References
  1. Πίτσης, Γιώργος. "Ανταγόρας… Πρωταθλητής 2014-2015 (pics)". Giafkasports. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. πρώτοι, Σχολιάστε. "Σωτήρης Συλαϊδόπουλος: Από τον Ανταγόρα ... στον Παναθηναϊκό!". kostoday.com. KOS TODAY. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. Παπαμακάριος, Πέτρος. "Κ17: "Πάτησε" τη Μπάγερν, 3-0 ο Παναθηναϊκός". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Super League K17 2017-18". Super League. SUPER LEAGUE.
  5. Παπαμακάριος, Πέτρος. "Κ17: Πρωταθλητής στην ρουλέτα των πέναλτι ο Ολυμπιακός, 5-4 τον Παναθηναϊκό". www.sport24.gr. SPORT 24. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. Media Department, Panathinaikos FC. "Το πράσινο μέλλον είναι εδώ!". www.pao.gr. Panathinaikos FC. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. Παπαμακάριος, Πέτρος. "Συλαϊδόπουλος: "Ασύγκριτη η περηφάνεια να δεις ένα παιδί στην πρώτη ομάδα"". www.sport24.gr. SPORT 24. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  8. Media Department, Aspire Academy. "TRI-SERIES TOURNAMENT FEATURING MALAYSIA AND POAK CONCLUDES FOOTBALL SEASON". www.aspire.qa. Aspire Academy. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ICGT. "Former Winners". icgt.nl. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. Ντεμος, Αργυρης (12 September 2019). "Ο Σωτηρης Συλαϊδοπουλος στο Trifilara.gr: "Προνομιουχοι που εχουμε την Παιανια"". www.trifilara.gr. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  11. Διονυσης, Δεσυλλας (27 March 2020). ""Έχει ανέβει ο πήχης στην ακαδημία – Να διατηρήσουμε την ανθρωπιά και τον συνάνθρωπό μας ζωντανό"". panathinaikos24.gr. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  12. "Super League K19 2019-20". www.slgr.gr. SUPER LEAGUE. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. Πέτρος, Παπαμακάριος. "Συλαϊδόπουλος: "Ασύγκριτη η περηφάνεια να δεις ένα παιδί στην πρώτη ομάδα"". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  14. "Τέλος ο Πογιάτος!". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  15. "ΟΦΗ - ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΟΣ 2-2". pao.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  16. "Τεχνικο Επιτελειο".
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