Marinos Ouzounidis

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Personal information
Marinos Ouzounidis
Date of birth	October 10, 1968 (1968-10-10) (age 39)
Place of birth	Greece
Playing position	Defender (retired), Manager
Club information
Current club	Larissa
Youth clubs
1983-1986	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1987 1987-1992 1992-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003	Apollon Kalamarias Skoda Xanthi Panathinaikos Le Havre AC Paniliakos APOEL Career	003 00(0) 140 0(16) 132 00(6) 036 00(0) 058 00(1) 049 00(5) 418 0(28)
National team
1992-2001	Greece	050 00(4)
Teams managed
? 2005-2006 2006-2008 2008-present	Kapadokes Alexandroupolis Skoda Xanthi (assistant) APOEL Larissa
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Marinos Ouzounidis (Greek: Μαρίνος Ουζουνίδης) (born October 10, 1968) is a Greek football manager and former soccer player.

[edit] Playing Career

Marinos Ouzounidis started his professional career playing for Greek club Skoda Xanthi as a defender from 1987 until 1992.

He then transferred to Panathinaikos where he developped excellent skills as a libero defender, becoming an essential member of the brilliant team that conquered 1995 and 1996 Greek league championships. During this last period, the "Green Trefle" reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

Good performances eventually developped in a two-year term transfer to Le Havre AC in France, returning to the Greek league in 1999, where he played with Paniliakos until 2001, .

Ouzounidis finally left for APOEL in Cyprus and retired there after the 2003 season.

Marinos' international career comprises fifty games with the "Ethniki", and was even the team captain during Vassilis Daniil managment, making a remarkable couple with Nikos Dabizas, before Traianos Dellas' appearance.

[edit] Coaching Career

When he finished his career as a football player, Ouzounidis managed the team of Kapadokes Alexandoupolis (4th division) as head coach. Later, in the 2005-2006 season, he served as an assistant manager in Xanthi. In May 2006 he became the manager at APOEL. His first season was a very good one finishing first and winning the title 3 games before the season had ended. His team also reached the semi-finals of the Cypriot Cup. He resigned from APOEL during the second season, after four draws and three defeats in the first 15 games.

He accepted an offer from Larissa on May 9, 2008.