Joe Palatsides

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Joe Palatsides
Personal information
Full name Iosif Joe Palatsides
Date of birth (1965-07-02) 2 July 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Brunswick Juventus 64 (12)
1989 Footscray JUST 23 (4)
1990 South Melbourne FC 33 (5)
1991–1993 Heidelberg United 47 (5)
1993–1996 Apollon Kalamarias 12 (3)
1996–1997 PAOK 4 (0)
1998 Olympiakos Volou 12 (0)
1999 Poseidon Neas Michanionas 24 (0)
International career
1990 Australia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2000 Poseidon Michanionas
2000–2005 Kallikrateia Chalkidiki
2005 OFI Ierapetra
2006–2008 Kallikrateia Chalkidiki
2008–2009 Zakynthos
2010 Anagennisi Karditsa
2011 Apollon Kalamarias
2012 Moreland Zebras
2012–2019 Melbourne City FC (assistant)
2019–2021 Singapore (technical director)
2021- Melbourne Victory FC Youth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joe Palatsides (born 7 July 1965) is a Greek Australian soccer manager and former player. He is the head coach of the Melbourne Victory FC Youth.

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Playing career

A defender, Palatsides began his senior football career with Brunswick Juventus where he quickly became a first team regular, his best season coming in their relegation year where he played in every home-and-away game, scoring 11 goals. He signed with Footscray JUST in 1989, but they would also be relegated, and he eventually made the move to South Melbourne when the National Soccer League moved to the summer format. After two seasons, he transferred to rivals Heidelberg United, where he spent a further three seasons in Australia's top flight competition.

At 29, and with a wealth of senior football experience in Australia behind him, he tried his luck abroad in the country of his origin, firstly with Apollon Kalamarias in the Greek Super League. where he scored 3 goals in 12 appearances.

Coaching career

Palatsides retired in 2000 in order to become the manager of Poseidon Neas Michanionias and he had three wins and five losses in eight games played. He then joined Kallikratida Chalkidiki club in which he stayed about five years as manager of the club. He joined in 2005 OFI Ierapetra where he stayed about two months, from 4 October till 15 December, managing the team in Gamma Ethniki and winning nine out of nine matches. For personal causes he went back to Kallikrateia Chalkidiki club until 2008 when he took charge at Zakynthos. The club was promoted under his management to Gamma Ethniki for season 2008–09. He is also a member of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association (APFA) and he is one of the members that have served on the APFA Executive (with international honours).

On 2 May 2019, the Football Association of Singapore unveiled Joe Palatsides as its new technical director. [1] Palatsides extended his contract in 2021, but ended his stint by mutual agreement citing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health and personal issues on 9 November the same year. [2] [3] [4] A day later, Palatsides joined Melbourne Victory's Youth Academy as a coach. [5]

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References

  1. "Football: Football Association of Singapore appoints Joseph Palatsides as technical director". New Straits Times . 2 May 2019.
  2. Ganesan, Deepanraj (3 June 2021). "Football: FAS technical director Joseph Palatsides to stay on till 2023". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. Lee, David (9 November 2021). "Football: FAS technical director quits due to health, personal reasons caused by Covid-19". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. Mohan, Matthew (9 November 2021). "FAS technical director to step down for health and personal reasons less than six months after extending contract". CNA. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. Chia, Han Keong (10 November 2021). "FAS technical director joins Australian club a day after quitting for health, personal reasons". Yahoo! Singapore. Retrieved 4 January 2022.