Personal information | |||
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Full name | Panagiotis 'Takis' Lemonis | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Colonus, Athens, Greece | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Olympiacos | ||
Youth career | |||
1972–1976 | Ethnikos Ellinoroson | ||
1976–1978 | Αttikos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1987 | Olympiacos | 174 | (22) |
1987–1991 | Levadeiakos | 118 | (24) |
1991–1993 | Panionios | 28 | (3) |
Total | 320 | (49) | |
National team | |||
1982–1983 | Greece | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1996–2000 | Asteras Zografou F.C | ||
2000–2002 | Olympiacos | ||
2002–2003 | APOEL | ||
2004–2005 | Kallithea | ||
2005–2006 | Levadeiakos | ||
2006 | Skoda Xanthi | ||
2006–2008 | Olympiacos | ||
2008–2009 | Panionios | ||
2009–2010 | Omonoia | ||
2010–2011 | Panionios | ||
2012 | Panetolikos | ||
2013 | Levadiakos | ||
2015–2016 | Al Raed | ||
2017 | Olympiacos | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Takis Lemonis (Greek: Τάκης Λεμονής; born 13 January 1960) is a former Greek football player and manager, currently managing Olympiacos.
Takis Lemonis played for local club Attikos before playing for Olympiakos from 1978 until 1987. He also played for Levadiakos (1987 - 1991) and Ιonikos 1992, Panionios (1992 - 1993),finishing his career in Ethnikos at 1994. During his playing career Lemonis was capped twice by the Greek national football team.
Having stopped football as a player, Lemonis studied coaching in England and, in 1996, became head coach at Asteras Zografou. In 2000, he returned to Olympiakos as the assistant coach and, after the dismissal of Ioannis Matzourakis, as head coach. Lemonis had domestic success at Olympiakos by winning two championships in a row.He left the team in October 2002. He has since coached APOEL F.C. in Cyprus (2003), Kallithea FC (2005) and Levadiakos upon their return to the Alpha Ethniki for the 2006 season.