Nikos Kostenoglou
Nikos Kostenoglou (; born 3 October 1970) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the Cyprus national team. Career. Kostenoglou started his career as a football player at Skoda Xanthi the year 1989, and was transferred in 1994 at AEK Athens. He was an exceptional center back with a good pace. He finished his career at AEK Athens, in the season 2004–05. He was given the youth coach job, and 2 years later he became the assistant manager under Lorenzo Serra Ferrer. When Ferrer was sacked in early 2008, Kostenoglou took  over until the end of the 2007–08 season. AEK Athens was 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 Giorgos Donis. 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. AEK Athens named him as their new manager, replacing Manolo Jiménez. His contract came to  an end in 25 June 2012. Nikos Kostenoglou signed one and a half years contract with Anorthosis Famagusta. On 4 February 2019, Kostenoglou was hired by AEK Athens as the Technical Manager of the Football Academy. He would also temporarily be the coach of the U-19 squad. He became head coach of Cyprus on 18 February 2021.