Sakis Tsiolis

Sakis Tsiolis

Personal information
Full name	Athanasios Tsiolis
Date of birth	(1959-06-30) 30 June 1959
Place of birth	Karditsa, Greece
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1982	Anagennisi Karditsa	52	(11)
1982–1989	AEL	142	(9)
1989–1993	Ionikos	51	(9)
1993–1996	Paniliakos	37	(4)
1996–1997	Asteras Amaliada	11	(0)
International career
1988	Greece	4	(1)
Managerial career
1996–1997	Anagennisi Karditsa
1997–1998	Nafpaktiakos Asteras
1998–1999	Preveza
2000–2001	Anagennisi Karditsa
2000–2001	Panelefsiniakos
2000–2001	Nafpaktiakos Asteras
2001–2004	Paniliakos
2004–2005	Kalamata
2005–2006	Ionikos
2006–2007	Levadiakos
2007–2009	Thrasyvoulos
2009–2010	Olympiakos Volou
2010–2011	Aris Thessaloniki
2011–2013	Asteras Tripolis
2013–2014	PAS Giannina
2014	Skoda Xanthi
2015	Kerkyra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Athanasios (Sakis) Tsiolis (Greek: Θανάσης Tσιώλης; born 30 June 1959 in Karditsa, Greece), is a former football player and currently a manager.

As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AE Larissa, Ionikos and Paniliakos. In the 1996–97 season, he was a member of the semi-professional team Asteras Amaliada, as a player-manager.

From 1996 to 2001 he worked as a semi-professional manager for Anagennisi Karditsa (twice), Nafpaktiakos Asteras (twice), Preveza and Panelefsiniakos. He is a professional manager since 2001, when he started his career at Paniliakos. In the following years he managed Kalamata, Ionikos, Levadiakos, Thrasyvoulos, Olympiakos Volou and Aris Thessaloniki.

Tsiolis, a great player at his prime years, was a Greek Football Cup winner in 1985 and an Alpha Ethniki champion in 1988 with Larissa. He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.

External links

• Sakis Tsiolis profile at www.footballdatabase.eu (in English)
• Sakis Tsiolis profile at www.athlitikanea.gr (in Greek)