Giorgos Donis
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| Giorgos Donis | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Georgios Donis | |
| Date of birth | October 29, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Frankfurt, West Germany | |
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | AEK Athens (manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990 |
Pavlos Melas Panathinaikos Athinaikos Panargiakos |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–1992 1992–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1999 1999–2000 |
PAS Giannina Panathinaikos Blackburn Rovers AEK Athens Sheffield United Huddersfield Town Total |
52 (7) 107 (31) 22 (2) 30 (2) 7 (1) 21 (0) 239 (43) |
| National team | ||
| 1991–1997 | Greece | 24 (5) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2003–2004 2004–2008 2008– |
Ilisiakos Larissa AEK Athens |
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Giorgos Donis (Greek: Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Δώνης) born on October 29, 1969 in Frankfurt, West Germany) is a retired proffesional football player and the current manager of AEK Athens, he was the first ever Greek to play in the English Premiership.
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[edit] Club career
Giorgos Donis started his career with PAS Giannina in 1990, after 2 succesful years he moved to Panathinaikos. On June 5, 1996 after helping the Greek club reach the UEFA Champions League in 1996, Donis moved to Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer, making use of the, then recent, Bosman ruling signed for 1.1 billion drachmas, a record amount for Greek players at the time. He had two erratic seasons with them before heading back home to play for AEK Athens. Later he moved to England again, this time for Huddersfield Town were he ended his career.
[edit] Management career
At the end of his playing career he turned to coaching. In 2003 he managed the Zografou team Ilisiakos for one season and then made the move to Larissa, as coach where after one season he managed to bring the team to the Greece Super League from the second division in one year and finish them in 8th the following year. In 2007 Larissa finished in 10th place but he managed to bring them the Greek Cup after defeating Panathinaikos in the final [1]. In his first taste of european football management, his Larissa side defeated his former team Blackburn Rovers to qualify for the group stages [2].He finished a great year in 6th(mising out on the season play-off's on goal diffrence).On April 25, 2008, Donis stepped down as manager of Larissa and was appointed as head coach of AEK Athens on May 14 [3].
[edit] International career
He debuted for the Greek national football team on December 22, 1991 and made a total of 24 apearances scoring 5 goals.
[edit] Honours
As a Player:
- Greek Championship: 1995, 1996
- Greek Cup: 1993, 1994, 1995
- Greek Super Cup: 1993, 1994
As a Coach:
- Greek Cup: 2007
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- Career Stats at National Football Teams.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Nikos Kostenoglou |
Manager of AEK Athens 2008– |
Succeeded by ? |
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