Nick_Theodorakopoulos
Nick Theodorakopoulos
Australian soccer player and coach
Nick Theodorakopoulos (born 29 June 1964) is an Australian soccer coach and former player.
 |
 Theodorakopoulos in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-06-29) 29 June 1964 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Bathurst, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983 | Canterbury-Marrickville | ||
| 1984–1985 | Sydney Olympic | 30 | (10) |
| 1989–1990 | APIA Leichhardt | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Canterbury-Marrickville | ||
| 1995 | Belmore Hercules | ||
| 1995–2000 | Wollongong Wolves | ||
| 2001–2002 | Kallithea FC | ||
| 2002–2003 | Parramatta Power | ||
| 2006–2007 | Newcastle Jets | ||
| 2009 | Sydney Olympic FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Theodorakopoulos previously coached in the predecessor to the A-League, the NSL with the now-defunct Parramatta Power.
His last coaching role was with the Newcastle United Jets in the A-League. He had promised to deliver better football and passing game than previous coach Richard Money. However, In October 2006 after recording no wins during the Pre-Season Cup and during the first seven rounds of A-League matches, Theodorakopoulos became the first coach to be dismissed in the club's A-League's history. His assistant Gary Van Egmond was instated as the caretaker coach. On 2 April 2009, was named as the new head coach of his former club Sydney Olympic FC,[1] he follow up of Aytek Genc[2] and was on 5 October 2009 released.
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was a TV analyst for SBS's coverage.
![[icon]](./File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2019) |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle Jets FC |  |
2006 | 2006 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 000.00 | |||