Nikos Kostenoglou

Nikos Kostenoglou
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Kostenoglou
Date of birth (1970-10-03) 3 October 1970
Place of birth Kavala, Greece
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1984–1988 Nea Karvali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Skoda Xanthi 131 (2)
1994–2005 AEK Athens 222 (5)
Total 353 (7)
International career
1996 Greece 1 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2007 AEK Athens U20
2007–2008 AEK Athens (assistant)
2008 AEK Athens
2008–2009 Asteras Tripolis
2011 AEL
2011–2012 AEK Athens
2012 Skoda Xanthi
2014 Anorthosis Famagusta
2014 Apollon Smyrnis
2015–2016 Greece (assistant)
2017 Aris
2018 Doxa Drama
2019 AEK Athens U19
2019 AEK Athens
2021–2022 Cyprus
2023 Chicago Fire (assistant)
2024–2025 AEK Athens B
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Kostenoglou (Greek: Νίκος Κωστένογλου; born 3 October 1970) is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender.


Club career

Kostenoglou started his career as a football player in 1989 at Skoda Xanthi, and was transferred in 1994 at AEK Athens for 100 million drachmas.[1]

He became a regular in the following season, alongside Stelios Manolas. Kostenoglou played mainly in the position of centre-back, but he was also used as a right-back and was distinguished for his speed, his correct placements, his clean play but also for his seriousness and morals. Known for his faith in the Orthodox doctrine, he acquired the nickname "Father" (Greek: "Πάτερ").[2] He was never the star player of AEK, but he was a player with a lot of participations, usually as a starter and with a stable performances, while he was at times one of the leaders of the "yellow-blacks".[3] With AEK he won 4 Greek cups and 1 Super Cup.He finished his career at AEK Athens, in the season the summer 2005 after 11 years of presence at the club.[4]

International career

Kostenoglou played once with Greece in a 2–1 friendly win over Israel in Chalcis in 24 January 1996.[5]

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career Kostenoglou joined the coaching staff at AEK Athens Academy. Two years later he was promoted to assistant to Lorenzo Serra Ferrer in the men's team. On 13 February 2008 Ferrer was sacked and Kostenoglou took over until the end of the season.[6] AEK Athens were the best team that season, clinched first position in the league, but lost the championship due to legal action. Kostenoglou stepped down as coach on 16 May 2008 following the hiring of Georgios Donis.[7][8]

On 20 November 2008, he was announced as the new manager of Asteras Tripolis, in January 2011, he succeeded Jørn Andersen as manager of AEL. On 6 October 2011, he returned to AEK Athens for a second spell as manager, replacing Manolo Jiménez.[9] His contract came to an end in 25 June 2012.[10]

In following periods he had brief spells at Skoda Xanthi in 2012 and Anorthosis Famagusta in 2014.[11] while in July of the same year he was hired by Apollon Smyrnis in the second division,[12] from which he left in December.[13]

On 12 February 2015 he assumed the duties of assistant to the also newly hired Sergio Markarián in the Greece.[14] The latter cited the tense relations between them as one of the reasons for his resignation the following July,[15] with the dismissal of Kostenoglou contained in the same announcement where the HFF announced the departure of the first coach.[16] On 28 February 2017, Aris announced Kostenoglou as their new manager, to finish the season.[17] On 23 January 2018 it was announced by Doxa Drama, however, their cooperation was terminatedon 23 April.

On 4 February 2019, Kostenoglou was hired by AEK Athens as the technical manager of their academy. He was also temporarily the coach of their U19 squad.[18]

He became head coach of Cyprus on 18 February 2021.[19]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 June 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
AEK Athens 12 February 2008 16 May 2008 18 10 5 3 055.56 [20]
Asteras Tripolis 20 November 2008 18 May 2009 25 9 7 9 036.00 [21]
AEL 9 January 2011 26 May 2011 13 3 5 5 023.08 [22]
AEK Athens 6 October 2011 25 June 2012 38 15 9 14 039.47 [20]
Skoda Xanthi 30 September 2012 2 December 2012 8 1 3 4 012.50 [23]
Anorthosis Famagusta 5 February 2014 31 May 2014 16 1 2 13 006.25 [24]
Apollon Smyrnis 1 July 2014 8 December 2014 11 6 3 2 054.55 [25]
Aris 28 February 2017 21 June 2017 16 12 3 1 075.00 [26]
Doxa Drama 22 January 2018 23 April 2018 15 8 3 4 053.33 [27]
AEK Athens 26 August 2019 8 December 2019 13 7 3 3 053.85 [20]
Cyprus 18 February 2021 27 June 2022 18 2 5 11 011.11
AEK Athens B 5 December 2024 30 June 2025 26 5 10 11 019.23
Career Total 217 79 58 80 036.41 —

Honours

AEK Athens

References

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  4. ^ "Stats Centre: Nikos Kostenoglou Facts". TurboScores. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Greece matches 1996–2000" (PDF). epo.gr.
  6. ^ ΚΥΦΩΝΙΔΗΣ, ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ (12 February 2008). "Τέλος ο Φερέρ!". contra.gr (in Greek). Online.
  7. ^ "AEK and Nikos Kostenoglou part ways". aekfc.gr (in Greek). 14 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "AEK signs Giorgos Donis". aekfc.gr (in Greek). 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Kostenoglou succeeds Jiménez as AEK coach". UEFA. 5 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Το ευχαριστώ και... αντίο της ΑΕΚ στον συναινετικό Κωστένογλου". in.gr (in Greek). Online. 13 July 2012.
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  18. ^ "Τεχνικός Διευθυντής της Ακαδημίας ο Νίκος Κωστένογλου". aekfc.gr.
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  21. ^ "Asteras Tripoli FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  22. ^ "AEL: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Xanthi FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Anorthosis Famagusta FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Apollon Smyrnis FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  26. ^ "Aris Thessaloniki FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  27. ^ "GS Doxa Dramas: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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