Kostas Tsanas

Kostas Tsanas
Κώστας Τσάνας'

Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Tsanas
Date of birth	22 August 1967
Place of birth	Kyriaki, Boeotia, Greece
Club information
Current team	Greece (caretaker)
Youth career
–1985	Levadiakos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1995	Levadiakos	257	(52)
1995–1996	Kalamata	18	(1)
1996–1999	Athinaikos	43	(2)
1999–2000	Ethnikos Piraeus	14	(0)
Teams managed
2001–2005	Athinaikos (youth)
2005–2006	Athinaikos
2006–2008	Ilisiakos
2008–2009	AEK (scout)
2009–2011	Greece U19 (assistant coach)
2011–2012	Greece U19
2012–2015	Greece U21
2014	Greece (caretaker)
2015	Greece (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Kostas Tsanas (Greek: Κώστας Τσάνας) (born 22 August 1967 in Kiriaki Viotias) is a former Greek footballer and the current manager of the Greece national football team.^[1]

Career

He began his career playing for Levadiakos (1985–1995) and was later transferred to Kalamata FC. He then played for Athinaikos (1996–1999) and finished off that portion of his career with Ethnikos Piraeus FC. In the 1992-93 season he was the top Greek Second Division scorer with 14 goals. In total he played 257 games in A Division and 75 in Second Division, scoring 30 and 25 goals respectively.

In 2001 he began his coaching career in the academies of Athinaikos. His first head coaching experience was in 2005 with Athinaikos and in 2006 took charge of Ilisiakos. In 2008-2009 he worked in as a scouter for AEK FC.

He went on to join the National team staff as an assistant coach for the U19 and U21. In October 2011 he took charge of the Greece national under-19 football team and led them to the finals of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

On August 2012 he was named the head coach of the Greece national under-21 football team.^[2] .^{[3] [4]}

Since September 2015 he has been the head coach of the Greece national football team.

References

1. "Tsanas named Head Coach of Greece National under-21 football team (in Greek)".
2. ""Tsanas keeps Greece grounded".".
3. "Focus called for in race for semi-final places".
4. "Greece desire delights Tsanas".

External links

• UEFA profile