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Kostas Tsanas

Kostas Tsanas
Κώστας Τσάνας'
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Personal information
Full name Konstantinos Tsanas
Date of birth (1967-08-22) 22 August 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth Kyriaki, Boeotia, Greece
Club information
Current team
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)
Teams managed
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

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. .

Since September 2015 he has been the head coach of the Greece national football team.


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