Arthur Papas

Arthur Papastamatis
Personal information
Full nameArthur Papastamatis
Date of birth12 February 1980[1]
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2010–2011Oakleigh Cannons
2010–2011Australia U17 (assistant)
2011–2012Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2012India U23
2012–2013Pailan Arrows
2013–2015Dempo
2014FC Goa (Assistant)

Arthur Papastamatis (born 12 February 1980[1]) is an Australian football coach who last coached the Dempo in the I-League.

Early life

Papas began learning his coaching skills at the age of 16 while a player and started learning full-time after retiring as a player due to six knee operations at the age of 25.[2] He went back to university and gained a few coaching licenses. Then in 2008 Papas furthered his coaching education at a KNVB-run coaching course in Canberra.[2] He stayed there for two years.

Career

Oakleigh Cannons

In the late 2010 season Papas, then 30 years of age, was handed the Head Coach position at Victorian Premier League club Oakleigh Cannons FC.[3] He was the youngest ever coach in the Victorian Premier League.[2] He coached his first match for the Oakleigh on 18 February 2011 against Northcote City SC, the match ended 3–2 to Oakleigh.[4] He then lead the team into the VPL playoffs in which the club made it to the Grand Final against Green Gully SC in which they lost 3–2 on 3 September 2011.[5] After taking Cannons to the Grand Final Papas was awarded the coach of the year award by Football Federation Victoria.[3]

Newcastle Jets

After the season ended with Cannons Papas joined Newcastle Jets as the Head Coach of the youth league team and Assistant coach of the first team. After the 2011-12 A-League National Youth League season ended Jets youth team ended in eighth place, with a 5–5–8 record. In terms of assistant coaching, after the 2011-12 A-League Jets first team ended in seventh. After the 2011–12 Australian football season Papas resigned.[6]

India

After resigning from Newcastle Jets, Papas signed with the All India Football Federation to become the AIFF-FIFA Navi Mumbai Regional Academy Head Coach based in Vashi, which would be the first of many Academies made under AIFF and FIFA for under-14 players in India.[7] He stated that he came to India because "I received an invitation to join All India Football Federation from Technical Director Rob Baan who had implemented a philosophy in Australia which focused on the total restructure of the Youth Development System."[3] and that "India is a country which is waiting to make its mark in World Football. Hence, the AIFF have joined forces with FIFA and PSV Eindhoven and have very big plans to shape the future by placing a major focus on the development of their Youth System. Personally it's a huge challenge – the challenge of developing a 'sleeping giant' into a powerful force."[3]

Papas then had his position switched by the AIFF on 22 May 2012 after Raymond Libregts declined the offer to coach the India national under-23 football team and Pailan Arrows of the I-League, the team that grooms young players for professional careers. He was selected to coach the under-23 and Pailan Arrows team for the 2012-13 I-League.[8]

He made his managerial debut for Pailan Arrows against Delhi United during the 2012 Durand Cup on 25 August 2012 in which Pailan drew the match 2–2.[9] However Pailan were officially knocked-out of the Durand Cup after drawing their second match against Air India on 28 August 2012.[10]

Dempo

On 28 May 2013, Papas joined 3 time i-League Champions Dempo Sports Club, Goa on 3-year deal replacing Armando Colaco who served the Panjim based club for 13 Years winning numerous trophies.[11]

Philosophy

Papas decided to take in the philosophy of former Australia U20 coach Jan Versleijen.[2] He wants his players to be pro-active on the pitch and for football specific training in all areas. Papas also likes to be cool and calm with his players and form a bond with them, "It's important to remain cool, calm and collected to solve problems rather than based on emotions," noted Papas. "And with players your relationship must be one of honesty and trust."[2]

Career statistics

Coach

Statistics accurate as of 6 March 2015

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Australia Oakleigh Cannons 2010 2011 28 15 4 9 53.57
India India U23 22 May 2012 2013 5 2 1 2 40.00
India Pailan Arrows 22 May 2012 2013 26 6 5 15 23.08
India Dempo June 2013 February 2015 41 16 14 11 39.02
Total 100 39 24 37 39.00

Honours

Coach

Oakleigh Cannons

Runner-up:

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "I-League Team Registration List". I-League. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ormond, Aidan (8 April 2011). "Arthur Who?". Australian Four Four Two. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Datta, Nilanjan. "Technical aspects important than physical attributes". The All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.futbol24.com/match/2011/02/17/national/Australia/Victorian-Premier-League/2011/Oakleigh-Cann/vs/Northcote-City/
  5. ↑ http://premier.footballfedvic.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/match.aspx?matchID=787341&entityID=7250
  6. ↑ Dillon, Robert (24 May 2012). "Jets Youth and A-League assistant coach resigns". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Papas at the helm at AIFF academy". DNA India. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Arthur Papas to coach India U-23 football national team". DNA India. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Durand Cup 2012: Pailan Arrows 2–2 Delhi United FC
  10. ↑ Das, Amlan J. (28 August 2012). "Durand Cup 2012: Air India hold Pailan 1–1, while Sporting Clube de Goa thrash ONGC 3–1". BarefootMag. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Bera, Kaustav (27 May 2013). "Arthur Papas is the new manager of 3 time I-League champions, Dempo SC". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 May 2013.