Nikos Alefantos
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Alefantos
Date of birth (1939-01-03)3 January 1939
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Date of death 23 June 2020(2020-06-23) (aged 81)
Place of death Athens, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1949–1952 Asteras Exarchion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1956 Rouf
1956 Panathinaikos 1
1956–1958 Chalandri
1958–1959 Olympiacos 30 (0)
1959–1963 Atromitos Piraeus 22 (1)
1963–1964 Olympiacos Chalkida 25 (3)
1964–1967 Panegialios 54 (13)
1967–1968 Panelefsiniakos 6 (1)
1968–1969 Vyzas 12 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1970 Asteras Exarchion
1970–1973 Rouf
1973–1974 PAS Giannina
1974–1976 Pierikos
1976–1977 OFI
1978 Kastoria
1979 Pierikos
1979–1980 PAS Giannina
1980 Korinthos
1981 OFI
1982–1983 Doxa Drama
1983–1984 Olympiacos
1984–1985 Panionios
1985 Greece military national football team
1985–1986 Iraklis
1986–1987 AEK Athens
1987–1988 Iraklis
1989 PAOK
1989–1990 Doxa Drama
1990 Apollon Kalamarias
1990–1991 AEL
1991–1993 Ionikos
1993 Anorthosis
1993–1994 Kalamata
1994 Skoda Xanthi
1994–1995 Olympiacos
1995–1996 Panionios
1996–1997 APOEL
1997 Apollon Kalamarias
1997 Lykoi
1997 Ethnikos Piraeus
1998–1999 Proodeftiki
1999–2000 Panachaiki
2000–2001 Panargiakos
2001–2002 Ethnikos Asteras
2002 Fostiras
2004 Olympiacos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Alefantos (Greek: Νίκος Αλέφαντος, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. He is regarded as one of the most innovative managers of the 20th century, known in Greece for his phlegmatic personality, short temper, famous quips, various moments and experiences from his days in the football pitches and is regarded as the greatest Greek manager never to have won one of the two major titles (Alpha Ethniki/Greek Superleague and Greek Football Cup) in his home country. In his 35-year managerial career he managed 28 different teams, most notably his three spells at Olympiacos (1983–84, 1993–94, 2003–04) and at Iraklis, where he led a team with 1 point in 6 matches to a 4th place in 1985–86, after what was dubbed the "Play-off of Shame" in Greece. [1]

Career

After playing football in the streets in the years of WWII and the Greek Civil War, his talent was spotted by Asteras Exarchion, the club from which he would later start his long and memorable managerial career. At 13 he would sign for P.A.O. Rouf at age 13 and embarked on a 16–year footballing career which included being one of roughly 30 players who have appeared for both eternal enemies, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. At the latter, the club he supported for all his life, he played a vital role in the club's Double in the 1958–59 season. After noteworthy spells at other clubs, he retired in 1969 aged 30 and immediately embarked on a lengthy career in managemenent.

Alefantos managed several clubs in the Greek Super League, including Olympiacos during 2004.[2] He also had brief spells leading AEL in 1975 and 1990.[3]

Alefantos gained notoriety for his unusually short tenure as the manager of Fostiras in 2002. He was appointed manager of the club, replacing Vlachos in September 2002. One of Fostira's players, Dimitrios Moutas, immediately refused to train with Alefantos, and then Alefantos resigned later that day after failed contract negotiations.[4] Eventually Alefantos appeared in ART channel of Greece, participating in a sport TV program called "Dokari Kai mesa" presented by Giannis Karatzaferis.

He died from a heart attack on 23 June 2020, aged 81.

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Asteras Exarchion 28 July 1969 6 June 1970 40 21 9 10 052.50
P.A.O. Rouf 6 June 1970 8 June 1973 114 51 38 25 044.74
PAS Giannina 29 July 1973 25 June 1974 42 29 7 6 069.05
Pierikos 4 July 1974 30 June 1976 72 32 22 18 044.44
OFI Crete 8 August 1976 18 November 1977 45 18 9 18 040.00
Kastoria 14 Μarch 1978 27 March 1978 1 0 0 1 000.00
Pierikos 2 January 1979 26 June 1979 22 16 3 3 072.73
PAS Giannina 5 July 1979 5 December 1979 10 4 4 2 040.00
Korinthos 8 December 1979 30 June 1980 26 11 5 10 042.31
  • NOTE: Matches during Alefantos' second tenure at Pierikos are counted by pitch performances and not by the court ruling which relegated Pierikos in the 1978-79 season.

Olympiacos managerial Statistics

Honours

As a player

Olympiacos

APOEL

PAS Giannina

Pierikos

Ionikos



References

  1. ↑ "Olympiacos call time on Valverde reign". UEFA. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Οι 59 "λοχαγοί" και τα προπονητικά...ένσημα των Ευρωπαίων της Super League!" [The 59 "captains" and coaches...of the Super League teams in Europe!] (in Greek). Onsports.gr. 28 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Το ρεκόρ του Δώνη παραμένει ακατάρριπτο [The record of Donis remains] (in Greek). Contra.gr. 26 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Αλέφαντος: Πήγε και έφυγε [Alefantos: He joined and left] (in Greek). Contra.gr. 12 September 2002.
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