Kostas Tsanas

Kostas Tsanas
Κώστας Τσάνας'
Personal information
Full nameKonstantinos Tsanas
Date of birth22 August 1967
Place of birthKyriaki, Boeotia, Greece
Club information
Current team
Greece U21 (manager)
Youth career
–1985Levadiakos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1995Levadiakos257(52)
1995–1996Kalamata18(1)
1996–1999Athinaikos43(2)
1999–2000Ethnikos Piraeus14(0)
Teams managed
2001–2005Athinaikos (youth)
2005–2006Athinaikos
2006–2008Ilisiakos
2008–2009AEK (scout)
2009–2011Greece U19 (assistant coach)
2011–2012Greece U19
2012–Greece U21
2014Greece (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kostas Tsanas (Greek: Κώστας Τσάνας) (born 22 August 1967 in Kiriaki Viotias) is a former Greek footballer and a current manager.[1]

He began his career playing for Levadiakos (1985–1995) and was later transferred to Kalamata FC. He then played for Athinaikos (1996–1999) and finished off that portion of his career with Ethnikos Piraeus FC. In the 1992-93 season he was the top Greek Second Division scorer with 14 goals. In total he played 257 games in A Division and 75 in Second Division, scoring 30 and 25 goals respectively.

In 2001 he began his coaching career in the academies of Athinaikos. His first head coaching experience was in 2005 with Athinaikos and in 2006 took charge of Ilisiakos. In 2008-2009 he worked in as a scouter for AEK FC.

He went on to join the National team staff as an assistant coach for the U19 and U21. In October 2011 he took charge of the Greece national under-19 football team and led them to the finals of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Since August 2012 he has been the head coach of the Greece national under-21 football team.[2] .[3] [4]

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