Vyzas F.C. Players - Nikos Alefantos, Ioannis Samaras, Kostas Nestoridis, Cesar Rosales, Tadas Labukas, Georgi Bizhev, Georgi Georgiev (Paperback)

Chapters: Nikos Alefantos, Ioannis Samaras, Kostas Nestoridis, Cesar Rosales, Tadas Labukas, Georgi Bizhev, Georgi Georgiev, Vasilis Skarlatos, Szymon Sawala, Kamil Ulman, Thomas Bibiris, Georgios Korakakis, Sakis Kouvas. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nikos Alefantos (Greek: ), (born January 3, 1939 in Athens) is a Greek football coach. He is well-known in Greece as a cult figure, due to his temperamental style, frequent use of harsh language and controversial views on coaching. He is also known for his very short stays as coach of various Greek football clubs, especially his stay at Fostiras in 2002, for just three hours (yet the record shortest tenure is probably 10 minutes by Leroy Rosenior at Torquay United on 17 May 2007). In 1956 he started his career as a player, and in the early 1970s he moved on to become a coach. As a player, at first he played for Asteras Exarchion, and then for PAO Rouf, Olympiacos Piraeus, Olympiacos Chalkida, Panelefsiniakos and Vyzas Megaron. His first team as a coach was PAO Rouf, which he failed to promote to the Greek First Division. Later in the 1970s he would twice win a promotion to the First Division as coach of PAS Giannena and Pierikos. Alefantos' only silverware is the Cypriot Cup, which he won when he was manager of APOEL. He is known for his love for Olympiacos, and his excellent relationship with Olympiakos' president Sokratis Kokkalis, despite being the only Olympiacos coach in the last 13 years to finish a season without winning either the Championship or the Cup. He is known for blaming referee Giorgos Douros as being responsible, claiming he favoured Panathinaikos (the eventual winners), in a crucial derby. To his defense, former Olympiacos striker Nery Castillo stated in August 2007 that "Ale...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=473698