# Georgios Paraschos

Georgios Paraschos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παράσχος; born 23 August 1952) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

## Club career

Paraschos began his career from the youth academy of PAOK in 1967. He became a professional player in 1971 and played with the Kastoria team until 1985, making appearances for the club in the Alpha Ethniki. He most prominently captained Kastoria to a shock win over the flamboyant and heavily favoured side Iraklis Thessaloniki in the 1980 Greek Cup final.

## International career

Paraschos had four caps for with Greece between 1977 and 1980.

## Managerial career

As a coach, Paraschos started in 1985, but as an amateur, in 1989 he coached Kastoria (2nd Division) until 1992. After that he coached teams such as: Trikala, Anagenissi Karditsa, Kavala, Iraklis, APOEL, Aris, PAS Giannina, Paniliakos, Niki Volos, Akratitos, PAOK, Skoda Xanthi and Chalkidona (which later merged into Atromitos). On 31 January 2011 he replaced Marinos Ouzounidis as manager of Iraklis.

### Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| Kastoria | 11 July 1989 | 4 July 1992 | 115 | 36 | 33 | 46 | 031.3 |
| Trikala | 2 July 1993 | 20 June 1994 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 040.5 |
| Anagennisi Karditsa | 16 July 1994 | 12 July 1995 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 048.8 |
| Kavala | 28 July 1995 | 18 June 1997 | 75 | 40 | 16 | 19 | 053.3 |
| Iraklis Thessaloniki | 18 July 1997 | 10 April 1998 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 045.9 |
| APOEL | 2 August 1998 | 14 December 1998 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 066.7 |
| Aris | 15 December 1998 | 22 April 1999 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 050.0 |
| Kavala | 2 December 1999 | 20 June 2000 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 028.0 |
| PAS Giannina | 27 July 2000 | 12 January 2001 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 037.0 |
| Paniliakos | 2 February 2001 | 6 April 2001 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 022.2 |
| Olympiacos Volou | 25 September 2001 | 28 November 2001 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 025.0 |
| Akratitos | 10 February 2002 | 12 June 2002 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 033.3 |
| Chalkidona Atromitos | 7 September 2002 | 9 January 2007 | 155 | 66 | 36 | 53 | 042.6 |
| PAOK | 14 January 2007 | 3 September 2007 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 042.9 |
| OFI Crete | 16 November 2007 | 28 May 2008 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 034.6 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 18 September 2008 | 1 March 2009 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 033.3 |
| PAS Giannina | 4 August 2009 | 6 December 2009 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 021.4 |
| Panionios | 3 February 2010 | 25 April 2010 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 025.0 |
| OFI Crete | 27 April 2010 | 27 June 2010 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 055.6 |
| Skoda Xanthi | 20 September 2010 | 7 November 2010 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 014.3 |
| Panionios (Caretaker) | 8 November 2010 | 15 November 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.0 |
| Iraklis Τhessaloniki | 31 January 2011 | 15 June 2011 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 020.0 |
| Levadiakos | 28 August 2011 | 22 March 2013 | 63 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 036.5 |
| Atromitos | 8 April 2013 | 22 September 2014 | 62 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 051.6 |
| Platanias | 22 March 2015 | 31 October 2017 | 91 | 35 | 25 | 31 | 038.5 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 12 December 2017 | 23 May 2018 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 025.0 |
| Asteras Tripolis | 12 Νοvember 2018 | 17 May 2019 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 044.8 |
| Xanthi | 8 December 2019 | 6 March 2020 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 013.3 |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2 September 2020 | 16 March 2021 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 032.1 |
| Atromitos* | 25 September 2021 | 19 December 2021 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 015.4 |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,009 | 395 | 253 | 361 | 039.1 |
* includes a game against PAOK (2-0 win) in which Paraschos wasn't present because he was tested positive to COVID-19.

## Honours

* Greek Football Cup: 1980 with Kastoria