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Nikos Nioplias
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Full name	Nikolaos Nioplias
Date of birth	17 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Galatini, Kozani, Greece
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1981–1982	Neoi Galatinis
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1993	OFI
1993–1996	Panathinaikos
1996–2002	OFI
2002–2004	Chalkidona
Total
International career
1988–1995	Greece
Managerial career
2005–2007	Greece U19
2007–2009	Greece U21
2009–2010	Panathinaikos
2011–2013	Cyprus
2015	Atromitos
2016–2017	OFI
2021–2022	OFI
2023	Levadiakos
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Nikos Nioplias (Greek: Νίκος Νιόπλιας; born 17 January 1965) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Club

His career began with OFI in 1983, winning the Greek Cup in 1987, and he remained for a decade before moving to Panathinaikos.^[1] In his first season, he won the cup again and in 1994–95 they completed the domestic double.^[1] The next season the Athens side retained the title and Nioplias was a member of the team which reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 1995.

In 1996, he returned to OFI and remained for six seasons until 2002, when he moved to Chalkidona FC.^[1] He played for the newly promoted side until summer 2004 when he ended his career, having racked up 509 Greek top-flight appearances.^[1]

International career

He played for Greece under-18 at the 1984 UEFA European under-18 championship.^[2] In 1988, as a member of Greece under-21, he helped his team reach the final of the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[2] He was promoted to the senior team the same year, and was a member of the squad which qualified to the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[1]^[3] He appeared in all three games Greece played at the World Cup, losing every one of them.^[3]

In total, he made 44 appearances and scored 1 goal for Greece.^[4]

Managerial career

Greece under-19

After getting his coaching diploma, in January 2005 he was appointed as the coach of the Greece national under-19 football team.^[5] He led the team to the 2005 U19 European Championship which took place in Northern Ireland, but failed to progress past the group stage, despite a victory against the hosts.^[5] This was due to two straight 3–0 defeats in the remaining games of the group, with Nioplias blaming the poor fitness of his players.^[6]

Two years later, he led Greece to the final of the U19 European Championship after remaining unbeaten in their group, which featured Spain, Portugal and the host nation Austria.^[7] Greece than beat Germany 3–2 in the semi-final with a 90th-minute header after Greece had a player sent off in the 61st minute.^[8]^[9] The final between Spain (who beat France in the other semi-final) and Greece was played on 27 July and Greece lost 1–0, despite a convincing second half display.^[10]

Greece under-21

Nioplias was named coach of the Greece national under-21 football team in September 2007 after his success with Greece under-19 in Austria.^[11]^[12]

Panathinaikos

Nioplias was appointed as the Panathinaikos head coach, alongside Krzysztof Warzycha^[13] on 8 December 2009, immediately after the former manager, Henk ten Cate, was released.^[14] Nioplias stated: "It is a great honour for me to be the manager of Panathinaikos. Starting from today, we are getting to work. My aim is to achieve as a coach what I have achieved as a player: to win titles".^[14] He managed to do the double in 2010, winning both the Greek Superleague and the Greek Cup.^[15]

He left Panathinaikos on 15 November 2010 by mutual consent due to a disappointing run of results domestically and abroad.^[16]

Cyprus

In June 2011, Nioplias agreed with the Cyprus Football Association to be the manager of the Cyprus national football team until the end of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers and for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.^[17] He made his official debut in a EURO 2012 qualifier against Portugal,^[18] where his team suffered a 0–4 defeat at home.^[19] After Cyprus' 0–2 loss to Slovenia on 12 September 2013, Nioplias resigned in the wake of Cyprus's poor showing in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.^[20]^[21]

OFI Crete

In January 2016, Nioplias replaced Nikos Goulis and had achieved the promotion of the club from 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki to Football League (now Super League 2). He was replaced exactly a year later by Nikos Papadopoulos.

In March 2021, after Georgios Simos's sacking, Nioplias returned to OFI and has since then resulted in a negative win/loss ratio. Nioplias was sacked in October 2022, after losing 1–0 to Super League 2 club Kifisia during the 5th round of the 2022-23 Greek Football Cup.

Managerial statistics

As of 10 December 2023

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Greece U19	2005	2007	21	11	4	6	052.38
Greece U21	2007	2009	19	9	5	5	047.37
Panathinaikos	2009	2010	42	26	8	8	061.90
Cyprus	2011	2013	18	2	2	14	011.11
Atromitos	2015	2015	18	9	4	5	050.00
OFI Crete	2016	2017	17	9	4	4	052.94
OFI Crete	2021	2022	53	16	17	20	030.19
Levadiakos	2023		14	11	2	1	078.57
Total			202	93	46	63	046.04

Honours

Player

OFI Crete

Panathinaikos

Alpha Ethniki: 1994–95, 1995–96
Greek Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

Manager

Greece under-19

U19 European Championship: 2007 (runners-up)

Panathinaikos

OFI Crete

Gamma Ethniki: 2015–16 (Group 4)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Giannopoulos, Nikos (8 December 2009). "Ο πολλά υποσχόμενος Νίκος Νιόπλιας (The very promising Nikos Nioplias)". contra.gr (in Greek).
^ ^a ^b Moschos, Sokratis (8 December 2009). "Το προφίλ του Νίκου Νιόπλια (Nikos Nioplias profile)" (in Greek). Sport24.gr.
^ ^a ^b "Nikos Nioplias statistics". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ Mamrud, Roberto (1 May 2009). "Greece – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b Papantonopoulou, Vassiliki (3 July 2007). "Nioplias going for glory again". uefa.com.
^ "Coaches leaving in mixed moods". uefa.com. 24 July 2005.
^ "EURO U-19: Στους "4" οι Νέοι! (Greece U19 through to the semi-finals!)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 21 July 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Spain savour double delight". uefa.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "EURO U-19: Η Εθνική Νέων στον τελικό! (Greece U19 to the final!)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 24 July 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Haslam, Andrew; Woloszyn, Paul (27 July 2007). "Stratilatis aims for further finals". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007.
^ "Στην Ελπίδων ο Νιόπλιας (Nioplias the U21 coach)" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 3 September 2007.
^ "Πρεμιέρα για τον Ν. Νιόπλια στην Ελπίδων (Nikos Nioplias debuting for Greece U21)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 3 September 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Εφυγε ο Τεν Κάτε, ήρθαν Νιόπλιας, Βαζέχα! (Ten Cate left, Nioplias-Warzycha came!)". Ta Nea (in Greek). 8 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Nioplias replaces Ten Cate at Greens". uefa.com. 8 December 2009.
^ "Νιόπλιας: "Μην με απαξιώνετε, δεν ξέρω αν θα μείνω!" (Nioplias: "Don't de-value me, I don't know if I'll stay!")". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 25 April 2010.
^ "Nioplias leaves Panathinaikos on amicable terms". uefa.com. 15 November 2010.
^ Leonidou, John (8 June 2011). "Nioplias to take up Cyprus challenge". uefa.com.
^ "Nioplias starts with Portugal test". uefa.com. 31 July 2011.
^ Burgess, Harvey (2 September 2011). "Cyprus 0–4 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo double inspires Iberians to easy victory". Goal.com.
^ "Αποχωρεί από την Εθνική ο Νίκος Νιόπλιας". CFA. 12 September 2013.
^ "Cyprus accept coach Nioplias's resignation". UEFA. 12 September 2013.

External links

Nikos Nioplias at National-Football-Teams.com
Nikos Nioplias coach profile at Soccerway

[nioplias_ofi-1] Giannopoulos, Nikos (8 December 2009). "Ο πολλά υποσχόμενος Νίκος Νιόπλιας (The very promising Nikos Nioplias)". contra.gr (in Greek).

[nioplias_youth-2] Moschos, Sokratis (8 December 2009). "Το προφίλ του Νίκου Νιόπλια (Nikos Nioplias profile)" (in Greek). Sport24.gr.

[nioplias_fifa-3] "Nikos Nioplias statistics". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[4] Mamrud, Roberto (1 May 2009). "Greece – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2009.

[nioplias_u19-5] Papantonopoulou, Vassiliki (3 July 2007). "Nioplias going for glory again". uefa.com.

[nioplias_u19_2005-6] "Coaches leaving in mixed moods". uefa.com. 24 July 2005.

[7] "EURO U-19: Στους "4" οι Νέοι! (Greece U19 through to the semi-finals!)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 21 July 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Spain savour double delight". uefa.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[9] "EURO U-19: Η Εθνική Νέων στον τελικό! (Greece U19 to the final!)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 24 July 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] Haslam, Andrew; Woloszyn, Paul (27 July 2007). "Stratilatis aims for further finals". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007.

[11] "Στην Ελπίδων ο Νιόπλιας (Nioplias the U21 coach)" (in Greek). Contra.gr. 3 September 2007.

[12] "Πρεμιέρα για τον Ν. Νιόπλια στην Ελπίδων (Nikos Nioplias debuting for Greece U21)" (in Greek). epo.gr. 3 September 2007.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "Εφυγε ο Τεν Κάτε, ήρθαν Νιόπλιας, Βαζέχα! (Ten Cate left, Nioplias-Warzycha came!)". Ta Nea (in Greek). 8 December 2009.

[nioplias_pao-14] "Nioplias replaces Ten Cate at Greens". uefa.com. 8 December 2009.

[15] "Νιόπλιας: "Μην με απαξιώνετε, δεν ξέρω αν θα μείνω!" (Nioplias: "Don't de-value me, I don't know if I'll stay!")". Eleftherotypia (in Greek). 25 April 2010.

[16] "Nioplias leaves Panathinaikos on amicable terms". uefa.com. 15 November 2010.

[nioplias_cyprus-17] Leonidou, John (8 June 2011). "Nioplias to take up Cyprus challenge". uefa.com.

[18] "Nioplias starts with Portugal test". uefa.com. 31 July 2011.

[19] Burgess, Harvey (2 September 2011). "Cyprus 0–4 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo double inspires Iberians to easy victory". Goal.com.

[20] "Αποχωρεί από την Εθνική ο Νίκος Νιόπλιας". CFA. 12 September 2013.

[21] "Cyprus accept coach Nioplias's resignation". UEFA. 12 September 2013.

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 | youthyears1 = 1981–1982 | youthclubs1 = Neoi Galatinis
-| years1 = 1982–1993 | clubs1 = [[OFI Crete]] | caps1 = 257 | goals1 = 31
+| years1 = 1982–1993 | clubs1 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] | caps1 = 257 | goals1 = 31
 | years2 = 1993–1996 | clubs2 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] | caps2 = 73 | goals2 = 4
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+| years3 = 1996–2002 | clubs3 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] | caps3 = 159 | goals3 = 30
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 | manageryears5 = 2015      | managerclubs5 = [[Atromitos F.C.|Atromitos]]
-| manageryears6 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs6 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI Crete]]
+| manageryears6 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs6 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
-| manageryears7 = 2021–     | managerclubs7 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI Crete]]
+| manageryears7 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs7 = [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
+| manageryears8 = 2023 | managerclubs8 = [[Levadiakos F.C.|Levadiakos]]
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-'''Nikos Nioplias''' ({{lang-el|Νίκος Νιόπλιας}}; born 17 January 1965) is a Greek professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player, who is the current manager of [[Super League Greece|Super League]] club [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI Crete]].
+'''Nikos Nioplias''' ({{lang-el|Νίκος Νιόπλιας}}; born 17 January 1965) is a Greek professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player.
 ==Playing career==
 ===Club===
-His career began with [[OFI Crete]] in 1983, winning the [[1986–87 Greek Cup|Greek Cup]] in 1987, and he remained for a decade before moving to [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]].<ref name="nioplias ofi">{{cite web|url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/article1052843.ece|title=Ο πολλά υποσχόμενος Νίκος Νιόπλιας (The very promising Nikos Nioplias)|last=Giannopoulos|first=Nikos|date=8 December 2009|publisher=Contra.gr|language=el}}</ref> In his first season, he won [[1993–94 Greek Cup|the cup]] again and in 1994–95 they completed the domestic double.<ref name="nioplias ofi"/> The next season the Athens side retained the title and Nioplias was a member of the team which reached the [[1994–95 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] semi-finals in 1995.
+His career began with [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]] in 1983, winning the [[1986–87 Greek Cup|Greek Cup]] in 1987, and he remained for a decade before moving to [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]].<ref name="nioplias ofi">{{cite web|url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/article1052843.ece|title=Ο πολλά υποσχόμενος Νίκος Νιόπλιας (The very promising Nikos Nioplias)|last=Giannopoulos|first=Nikos|date=8 December 2009|website=contra.gr|lang=el}}</ref> In his first season, he won [[1993–94 Greek Cup|the cup]] again and in 1994–95 they completed the domestic double.<ref name="nioplias ofi"/> The next season the Athens side retained the title and Nioplias was a member of the team which reached the [[1994–95 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] semi-finals in 1995.
 In 1996, he returned to OFI and remained for six seasons until 2002, when he moved to Chalkidona FC.<ref name="nioplias ofi"/> He played for the newly promoted side until summer 2004 when he ended his career, having racked up 509 Greek top-flight appearances.<ref name="nioplias ofi"/>
-===International===
+===International career===
 He played for [[Greece national under-18 football team|Greece under-18]] at the 1984 UEFA European under-18 championship.<ref name="nioplias youth">{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panathinaikos/article357372.ece|title=Το προφίλ του Νίκου Νιόπλια (Nikos Nioplias profile)|last=Moschos|first=Sokratis|date=8 December 2009|publisher=Sport24.gr|language=el}}</ref> In 1988, as a member of [[Greece national under-21 football team|Greece under-21]], he helped his team reach the final of the [[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]].<ref name="nioplias youth"/> He was promoted to the [[Greece national football team|senior team]] the same year, and was a member of the squad which qualified to the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="nioplias ofi"/><ref name="nioplias fifa">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=95373/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427163220/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=95373/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2009|title=Nikos Nioplias statistics|publisher=[[FIFA.com]]|access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> He appeared in all three games Greece played at the World Cup, losing every one of them.<ref name="nioplias fifa"/>
-In total, he made 44 appearances and scored 1 goal for Greece.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[RSSSF]]|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Greece&nbsp;– Record International Players|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/grk-recintlp.html|date=2009-05-01|access-date=2009-09-21}}</ref>
+In total, he made 44 appearances and scored 1 goal for Greece.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[RSSSF]]|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Greece&nbsp;– Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/grk-recintlp.html|date=2009-05-01|access-date=2009-09-21}}</ref>
-==Managerial career==
+===Managerial career===
 ===Greece under-19===
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 ===Cyprus===
 In June 2011, Nioplias agreed with the [[Cyprus Football Association]] to be the manager of the [[Cyprus national football team]] until the end of the [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers]] and for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|2014 World Cup qualifiers]].<ref name="nioplias cyprus">{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1640371.html|title=Nioplias to take up Cyprus challenge|last=Leonidou|first=John|date=8 June 2011|publisher=[[uefa.com]]}}</ref> He made his official debut in a EURO 2012 qualifier against Portugal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2012/matches/round=15171/match=2002309/prematch/background/index.html#portugal+test+nioplias|title=Nioplias starts with Portugal test|date=31 July 2011|publisher=[[uefa.com]]}}</ref> where his team suffered a 0–4 defeat at home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/match/56783/cyprus-vs-portugal/report|title=Cyprus 0–4 Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo double inspires Iberians to easy victory|last=Burgess|first=Harvey|date=2 September 2011|publisher=Goal.com}}</ref> After Cyprus' 0–2 loss to [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] on 12 September 2013, Nioplias resigned in the wake of Cyprus's poor showing in the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2014 World Cup qualifiers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/15554|title=Αποχωρεί από την Εθνική ο Νίκος Νιόπλιας|date=12 September 2013|publisher=CFA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1994077.html|title=Cyprus accept coach Nioplias's resignation|date=12 September 2013|publisher=UEFA}}</ref>
+=== OFI Crete ===
+In January 2016, Nioplias replaced Nikos Goulis and had achieved the promotion of the club from [[2015–16 Gamma Ethniki]] to Football League (now [[Super League Greece 2|Super League 2]]). He was replaced exactly a year later by [[Nikos Papadopoulos (football manager)|Nikos Papadopoulos]].
+In March 2021, after Georgios Simos's sacking, Nioplias returned to OFI and has since then resulted in a negative win/loss ratio. Nioplias was sacked in October 2022, after losing 1–0 to Super League 2 club [[A.E. Kifisia F.C.|Kifisia]] during the 5th round of the [[2022–23 Greek Football Cup|2022-23 Greek Football Cup]].
 ==Managerial statistics==
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+{{updated|10 December 2023}}
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