Giorgos Simos

Giorgos Simos (Greek: Γιώργος Σίμος; born 29 March 1978) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Giorgos Simos

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Ioannina, Greece
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Panathinaikos	3	(0)
2000	Agios Nikolaos	16	(3)
2001–2002	OFI	23	(0)
2002–2005	Chalkidona	71	(2)
2005–2006	AEL	17	(0)
2006	AEK Larnaca	7	(0)
2007	Ionikos	9	(0)
2008	Panetolikos	17	(0)
2008	Ethnikos Piraeus	4	(1)
2009–2010	Kallithea
2010–2011	Rouf
Managerial career
2012–2016	Panathinaikos (youth)
2016–2017	Omonia (assistant)
2017–2019	AEK Athens U20
2019–2021	OFI
2021–2022	Greece U21
2022–2023	Kallithea
2023	Ionikos
2024–2025	Asteras Tripolis B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Ioannina, Simos came through the ranks at Panathinaikos, before being promoted to the senior team in 1999. He later played for Agios Nikolaos, OFI, Chalkidona, AEL, AEK Larnaca, Ionikos, Panetolikos, Ethnikos Piraeus, Kallithea and Rouf.

Managerial career

Simos holds a holds the UEFA Pro Licence.

Early career

In August 2012, Simos returned to Panathinaikos to begin his coaching career, quickly rising through the academy to lead the Under-15, Under-17, and Under-20 teams in successive seasons from 2013/14 through 2015/16. After spending a part of the 2016/17 season as an assistant coach at Cypriot top flight club Omonia, Simos took on the AEK Athens Under-20 team for one-and-a-half seasons to February 2019.

OFI

On 12 July 2019, Simos was named manager of OFI Crete following the departure of Jaime Vera.^[1] In his debut season, Simos would guide OFI to a sixth-place finish in Super League 1 and their first qualification for the UEFA Europa League in 20 years. In the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, OFI would be eliminated by Apollon Limassol in the second qualifying round. Simos would resign from his position as manager prior to the end of the 2020/21 season with OFI in 11th place.^[2][3]

Greece Under-21 national team

On 26 May 2021, Simos was appointed manager of the Greece Under-21 national team,^[4] with whom he would finish third behind Portugal and Iceland in qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Kallithea

On 30 November 2022, Simos was appointed manager of Kallithea.^[5]

Managerial statistics

As of match updated 22 December 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
AEK Athens U20	1 July 2017	30 June 2019	60	35	7	18	058.33	[6]
OFI	12 July 2019	6 Μarch 2021	68	16	11	41	023.53	[7]
Greece U21	20 May 2021	30 June 2022	10	5	2	3	050.00
Kallithea	2 December 2022	30 June 2023	24	16	5	3	066.67
Ionikos	5 July 2023	21 December 2023	13	5	4	4	038.46
Total			175	77	29	69	044.00	—

Honours

Player

Chalkidona

• Football League
  • Champion: 2002-03

Kallithea

• Gamma Ethniki
  • Champion: 2009-10