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Nick Theodorakopoulos

Nick Theodorakopoulos
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Personal information
Full name Nick Theodorakopoulos
Date of birth (1964-06-29) 29 June 1964 (age 52)
Place of birth Bathurst, Australia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 Canterbury-Marrickville
1984–1985 Sydney Olympic 30 (10)
1989–1990 APIA Leichhardt 6 (0)
Teams managed
1991–1994 Canterbury-Marrickville
1995 Belmore Hercules
1995–2000 Wollongong Wolves
2001–2002 Kallithea FC
2002–2003 Parramatta Power
2006–2007 Newcastle Jets
2009 Sydney Olympic FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nick Theodorakopoulos (born 29 June 1964) is an Australian football (soccer) coach.

He previously coached in the predecessor to the A-League, the NSL with the now-defunct Parramatta Power.

His last coaching role was with the Newcastle United Jets in the A-League. He had promised to deliver better football and passing game than previous coach Richard Money. However, In October 2006 after recording no wins during the Pre-Season Cup and during the first seven rounds of A-League matches, Theodorakopoulos became the first coach to be dismissed in the club's A-League's history. His assistant Gary Van Egmond was instated as the caretaker coach. On 2 April 2009 was named as the new Head Coach of his former club Sydney Olympic FC, he follow up of Aytek Genc and was on 5 October 2009 released.

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was a TV analyst for SBS's coverage.

He owns a flight agency in Sydney and is the uncle of Australian cricketer Thomas Pantazis.


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