Manolis Papadopoulos

Manolis Papadopoulos

Personal information
Full name	Emmanouil Papadopoulos
Date of birth	(1968-04-22) 22 April 1968
Place of birth	Livadia, Greece
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Olympiacos	4	(0)
1989–1992	Ionikos	61	(0)
1992–1995	AEK Athens	56	(0)
1995–1997	Apollon Athens	30	(0)
1997–1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	47	(0)
1999	PAS Giannina
1999–2001	Kozani
2001–2002	Chaidari
Total		198	(0)
International career
1992	Greece	1	(0)
Managerial career
2005	Kerkyra (caretaker)
2005	Pamisos Messini
2005–2007	AE Giannena
2007–2008	Lamia
2011–2012	AEK Athens U20
2012–2013	AEK Athens (assistant)
2013	Proodeftiki
2014	Egaleo
2015–2016	APO Kanaris Nenita
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manolis Papadopoulos (Greek: Μανώλης Παπαδόπουλος; born 22 April 1968) is a Greek professional footballer who played as a defender and a manager.

Club career

Papadopoulos started his career in 1988 at Ionikos, where he was transferred to AEK Athens, in the summer of 1992, while before that he had also been from Olympiakos. He used in AEK most of the time as a substitute also having a few appearances as a starter, especially when Dušan Bajević used formation with 3 stoppers. In the matches against Rangers for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the summer of 1994, when he was assigned to mark Mark Hateley, managing to contain him. During his spell with the "double-headed eagle" Papadopoulos won 2 consecutive championships. In the summer of 1995 he moved to Apollon Athens for two season and then to Ethnikos Piraeus for another two. In 1999 he signed for PAS Giannina, for a while and then moved to Kozani. where he played until 2001. The following season he moved to Chaidari, where he played for one season before ending his career as a footballer.

International career

Papadopoulos played once for Greece in 1992.

Managerial career

Papadopoulos started his coaching career in 2002, during which he sat on the benches of various teams, such as Kerkyra, Pamisos Messini, AE Giannena and Lamia. In the summer of 2011, he was hired as the coach of the youth team of AEK Athens, while at the beginning of the following season he assumed the role of assistant to the coach of the first team, Vangelis Vlachos. The club were going through the worst season in their history after Vlachos was sacked he was the first coach for a match at home against Kerkyra, which ended 1–1. Afterwards, Ewald Lienen was hired and Papadopoulos continued to his duties as an assistant coach with the German technician until the end of the season. After AEK, he sat on the bench of Proodeftiki for a few days and then at Egaleo, while in 2015 was at APO Kanaris Nenita for a season.

Personal life

Papadopoulos has a strong participation in the association of veteran football players of AEK to this day.

Honours

AEK Athens

• Alpha Ethniki: 1992–93, 1993–94