Sakis Tsiolis

Sakis Tsiolis (Greek: Σάκης Tσιώλης; born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Sakis Tsiolis

Personal information
Full name	Athanasios Tsiolis
Date of birth	(1959-06-30) 30 June 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Karditsa, Greece
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Apollon Smyrnis (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1982	Anagennisi Karditsa	52	(11)
1982–1989	AEL	142	(9)
1989–1993	Ionikos	51	(9)
1993–1996	Paniliakos	37	(4)
1996–1997	Asteras Amaliada	11	(0)
Total		293	(33)
International career
1988	Greece	4	(1)
Managerial career
1996–1997	Anagennisi Karditsa
1997–1998	Nafpaktiakos Asteras
1998–1999	Preveza
2000–2001	Anagennisi Karditsa
2000–2001	Panelefsiniakos
2000–2001	Nafpaktiakos Asteras
2001–2004	Paniliakos
2004–2005	Kalamata
2005–2006	Ionikos
2006–2007	Levadiakos
2007–2009	Thrasyvoulos
2009–2011	Olympiacos Volos
2011	Aris
2011–2013	Asteras Tripolis
2013–2014	PAS Giannina
2014	Skoda Xanthi
2015	Kerkyra
2016–2017	AEL
2017–2018	Kerkyra
2019	Panachaiki
2020	Volos
2022	Kalamata
2022–2023	Iraklis
2024–	Apollon Smyrnis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos.

Tsiolis, a great player at his prime years, was a Greek Football Cup winner in 1985 and an Alpha Ethniki champion in 1988 with Larissa.^[1] He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.^[2]

Managerial career

In the 1996–97 season, he was a member of the semi-professional team Asteras Amaliada, as a player-manager.

From 1996 to 2001 he worked as a semi-professional manager for Anagennisi Karditsa (twice), Nafpaktiakos Asteras (twice), Preveza and Panelefsiniakos. He is a professional manager since 2001, when he started his career at Paniliakos. In the following years he managed Kalamata, Ionikos, Levadiakos, Thrasyvoulos, Olympiakos Volou, Aris Thessaloniki and AEL. On 2 June 2016 he left AEL Larissa because of a disagreement with club president Alexis Kougias over the plans for the next season, after the club was promoted to Super League Greece.^[3]

Personal life

His son is Evangelos Tsiolis.

Managerial statistics

As of 18 March 2017

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
				Played	W	D	L	Win %
Various teams	Greece	4 December 2000	18 March 2017	367	149	90	128	040.60