Leon Gardikiotis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonidas Gardikiotis | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Germany | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 1985 | Larissa | ||
| 1986 | Doxa Drama | ||
| 1988 | Canberra | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | West Wanderers | ||
| 1999–2000 | Tahiti | ||
| 2001 | Canberra Cosmos | ||
| 2004 | Whittlesea Stallions | ||
| 2005–2006 | Panachaiki | ||
| 2007 | Springvale White Eagles | ||
| 2008–2009 | Niki Volou | ||
| 2009–2010 | Lamia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leon Gardikiotis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Γαρδικιώτης, born 27 February 1964) is a Greek-Australian soccer coach and retired player. He was head coach of the Tahiti national team at the 2000 OFC Nations Cup. He was head coach of Springvale White Eagles for a brief period in 2007.
Gardikiotis was born in Germany by Greek parents, who used to live in Egaleo, and moved to Australia. He signed his first professional contract with Greek club Larissa in 1985 and also played for Doxa Drama. He also went to play in Australia for St. George, Sydney Olympic,Canberra,Marrickville Olympic, Heidelberg and Wollongong Wolves.
Leon Gardikiotis, started his coaching career as Head Coach at the age of 31 for a second tier club in Australia called West Wanderers in 1995. Following his introduction to senior team football management, that same season 1995/96 he was offered and worked as the assistant 1st team coach to Berti Mariani at Wollongong Wolves in the Australian National League. The experience and knowledge he picked up coaching in the highest league in Australia, assisted in his ability to handle his next assignment as an associate staff coach at the Brazilian Football Academy (BFA) in Rio de Janeiro, where he also received his senior coaching Diploma. Following the knowledge he acquired from Brazil he then became the Technical Director of the Football Academy of Excellence in Sydney (FAE) and was the official representatives of the BFA in the Oceania region. The FAE was recognised by FIFA and Football Australia. In 1998/99 he coached the Fijian National U17's and U20s teams. With the U17's he participated in the Oceania World Cup qualifiers and finished 2nd to Australia who finished 2nd in the World Cup. The success he achieved with the National Youth teams sparked the interest of the French and in November 1999 became the National Coach of the Senior Team of Tahiti. As National coach he participated in the Oceania Nations Cup. Under Gardikiotis Tahiti reached 117th in the FIFA World Rankings.
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