Argirios Giannikis

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Argirios Giannikis
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-07-09) 9 July 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Nuremberg, West Germany
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2017–2018 Rot-Weiss Essen
2018–2019 VfR Aalen
2019–2021 PAS Giannina
2021–2022 AEK Athens
2024–2025 1860 Munich

Argirios Giannikis (born 9 July 1980) is a Greek-German professional football manager who was most recently the manager of 1860 Munich. [1] He has also previously managed Greek clubs PAS Giannina and AEK Athens, and German clubs Rot-Weiss Essen and VfR Aalen.

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Early life

Giannikis was born in Nuremberg and grew up in Germany. [2]

Managerial career

Giannikis worked as a coach for Karlsruher SC from 2007 and as assistant manager at the club to Markus Kauczinski from 2012, until leaving the club in 2016 to follow Kauczinski to FC Ingolstadt 04, where he was once again Kauczinski's assistant manager. [3]

On 14 October 2017, Giannikis was appointed as manager of Rot-Weiss Essen on a contract until the end of the season. [4] He led Essen to pick up 13 points from the six games between his appointment and the winter break. [4] On 20 January 2018, Giannikis announced that he would not renew his contract at Essen beyond the end of the season, [5] before it was later announced that he was to become VfR Aalen manager for the following season. [6] Having suffered hostility from Essen supporters for this decision, he left the club on 7 April 2018 and was immediately succeeded by Karsten Neitzel. [7] Giannikis was sacked from his role at VfL Aalen on 10 February 2019 after three wins in 22 3. Liga games. [8]

In 2019, Giannikis was appointed as the coach of PAS Giannina. [9] In his first season with the club, he managed to win the 2019–20 Super League Greece 2 title and so the club was promoted to Super League 1, the top division of Greek football. [10] In 2020–21, he led the team to an 9th-place finish. [11] He also managed to get the team into the semi-finals of the 2020–21 Greek Football Cup for the third time in the club's history after beating Atromitos and Panathinaikos. [12] [13] In the semifinals, the club lost to Olympiacos 2–4 on aggregate. [14] He left the club at the end of the 2020–21 season. [15]

Giannikis was appointed as AEK Athens manager on 10 October 2021, [16] and in December 2021 his contract with the club was extended until 2024. [17] However, he was sacked on 1 March 2022. [18]

After leaving AEK, Giannikis returned to Germany and took a break from management, instead spending time with his family. [2] He was appointed as 1860 Munich manager in January 2024. [19] On 20 January 2025, he was dismissed by 1860 Munich. [20]

Personal life

In June 2014, Giannikis was married to his wife Rula near Thessaloniki. [21]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 March 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
RW Essen 14 October 20177 April 201816934056.25
VfR Aalen 1 July 201810 February 2019255812020.00
PAS Giannina 1 July 201930 June 202153241217045.28
AEK Athens 10 October 20211 March 2022231148047.83
1860 Munich 10 January 202420 January 20252911513037.93
Total146603254041.10

Honours

PAS Giannina

References

  1. ↑ Argirios Giannikis at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Eisenberger, Korbinian; Leischwitz, Christoph (9 February 2024). "1860-Trainer Argirios Giannikis im Interview über seine Karriere und die Löwen" . Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Giannikis: "Es war eine grandiose Zeit"" (in German). Karlsruher SC. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 Loyda, Stefan (20 January 2018). "RWE: Die Chronik des Giannikis-Abgangs". RevierSport (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Wozniak, Krystian (20 January 2018). "RWE-Schock: Fix! Giannikis verlässt Rot-Weiss Essen". Revier Sport (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Argirios Giannikis übernimmt im Sommer in Aalen". kicker (in German). 20 January 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Wozniak, Krystian (8 April 2018). "RWE: Giannikis weg, Nachfolger übernimmt sofort". Revier Sport (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Schnelle Reaktion: Aalen entlässt Trainer Giannikis". kicker (in German). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "ΑΡΓΥΡΗΣ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΚΗΣ". www.pasgiannina.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ανακοίνωση" (in Greek). 22 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "League Table season 2020-2021 | Super League Greece". www.slgr.gr. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Atromitos - PAS Giannina 2-3". www.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "ΠΑΣ που ονειρεύεται, Παναθηναϊκός που βλέπει εφιάλτες!" (in Greek). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Top Super League teams Olympiacos and PAOK make it to the Greek Cup final". NEOS KOSMOS. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Τέλος από τον ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα ο Γιαννίκης". in.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  16. ↑ Τζουβαρας, Θωμας (10 October 2021). "Γιαννίκης: "Είμαι εδώ για σκληρή δουλειά, τίτλους και καλό ποδόσφαιρο"". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  17. ↑ ΚΑΛΛΟΝΑΣ, ΗΛΙΑΣ (21 December 2021). "ΑΕΚ: Ανανέωσε έως το 2024 ο Γιαννίκης". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  18. ↑ "Λύση συνεργασίας με τον Αργύρη Γιαννίκη < ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΕΙΣ" (in Greek). AEK Athens. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Giannikis neuer Trainer von 1860 München". dfb.de (in German). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "Löwen trennen sich von Giannikis und Hübl" (in German). TSV 1860 Munich. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  21. ↑ "Romantische Pfingsten: KSC-Trio schippert in den Hafen der Ehe". ka-news.de (in German). 10 June 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "Ανακοίνωση". 22 June 2020.
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