Kostas Tsanas
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Konstantinos Tsanas | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyriaki, Boeotia, Greece | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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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) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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.
