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Nikos Kechagias (footballer, born 1969)

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Nikos Kehagias
Personal information
Full name Nikolaos Kehagias
Date of birth (1969-04-21) 21 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Volos, Greece
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Greece U19 (manager)
Youth career
1982–1983 Keravnos Eretria
1984–1988 Achilleas Farsala
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2004 Skoda Xanthi 327 (0)
2004–2005 AEL 25 (6)
Total 352 (6)
International career
1991 Greece U23
Managerial career
2005–2008 Skoda Xanthi
2008–2009 Panetolikos
2009 Skoda Xanthi
2009–2010 Thrasyvoulos
2010–2011 Anagennisi Karditsa
2011–2012 Skoda Xanthi
2012 AEL
2013 Niki Volos
2014 Skoda Xanthi
2018–2019 Greece U17
2019– Greece U19
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Greece
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikos Kehagias (Greek: Νίκος Κεχαγιάς; born 21 April 1969) is a Greek football manager and former player. Kehagias played as a centre back and spent the majority of his playing career with Skoda Xanthi, whom he currently is the record holder for appearances with 327 games. He was part of the Greece national under-23 football team squad that won the golden medal in the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens.[1] He is the current manager of Greece U19.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 2005, Kehagias became the assistant coach of Skoda Xanthi. On 26 February 2007, he became first team manager. He was replaced by Emilio Ferrera, but on 22 October 2007 he was brought back to the bench and completed the season in the 8th place. Since then, he has worked occasionally in teams of lower leagues such as Panetolikos, Thrasyvoulos Fylis and Anagennisi Karditsas. On 31 January 2012 he signed a new contract with AEL 1964 FC, the last team of his club career, till the end of the season, but after only 6 games in the club's bench he was replaced by Michalis Ziogas.

References

  1. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1991 (Athinai, Greece)". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  • [1] Career
  • [2] Career
  • [3] Appearances Recordman
  • [4] Thrasyvoulos
  • [5] AEL 1964
  • [6] AEL 1964