Georgios Simos

Georgios Simos (Greek: Γεώργιος Σίμος; born 29 March 1978) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Greece national U21 team.

Georgios Simos
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978
Place of birth Ioannina, Greece
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Greece U21 (manager)
Youth career
Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Panathinaikos 3 (0)
2000 Agios Nikolaos 16 (3)
2001–2002 OFI 23 (0)
2002–2005 Chalkidona 71 (2)
2005–2006 AEL 17 (0)
2006 AEK Larnaca 7 (0)
2007 Ionikos 9 (0)
2008 Panetolikos 17 (0)
2008 Ethnikos Piraeus 4 (1)
2009–2010 Kallithea
2010–2011 Rouf
Teams managed
2012–2016 Panathinaikos (youth)
2016–2017 Omonia (assistant)
2017–2019 AEK Athens U20
2019–2021 OFI
2021– Greece U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Ioannina, Simos came through the ranks at Panathinaikos, before being promoted to the senior team in 1999. He later played for Agios Nikolaos, OFI, Chalkidona, AEL, AEK Larnaca, Ionikos, Panetolikos, Ethnikos Piraeus, Kallithea and Rouf.

Managerial career

Simos holds a holds the UEFA Pro Licence. From June 2012 to June 2016, he worked as a youth coach for Panathinaikos.[1] In 2012, Simos worked with the small age groups and one year later, he joined the K15 team. In 2014, Simos worked in the K17 team and from 2015, he was in the K20 team.

In the summer 2016, Simos was then hired as assistant manager for Omonia.[2] He left Omonia along with the rest of the coaching prize at the end of February 2017.[1]

In July 2017, Simos was appointed as the manager of the under-20 squad of AEK Athens.[3] He resigned from his position on 6 February 2019.[4]

On 12 July 2019, Simos was unveiled as the new manager of OFI on a two-year deal after Jaime Vera left the club.[5]

Managerial statistics
As of match updated 29 March 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
AEK Athens U20 1 July 2017 30 June 2019 60 35 7 18 058.33 [6]
OFI 12 July 2019 6 Μarch 2021 68 16 11 41 023.53 [7]
Greece U21 20 May 2021 7 4 2 1 057.14
Total 135 55 20 60 040.74 —

References
  1. "Georgios Simos at FootballDatabase.eu". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. Ο Γιώργος Σίμος βοηθός του Κάρβερ στην Ομόνοια, Super FM, 14 June 2016
  3. Αναλαμβάνει την Κ20 της ΑΕΚ, ο Γιώργος Σίμος – Άμεσος συνεργάτης του ο Γιώργος Αλεξόπουλος – Το who is who, football-academies.gr, 2 June 2017
  4. Αποχώρησε ο Γιώργος Σίμος, kitenimerosi.gr, 6 February 2019
  5. "Στον πάγκο του ΟΦΗ ο Γιώργος Σίμος". Zougla (in Greek). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. "OFI Crete F.C. fixtures and results". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. "OFI Crete F.C. fixtures and results". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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