Nikos Kostenoglou

Nikos Kostenoglou
Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Kostenoglou
Position(s)	Centre Back
Youth career
	Nea Karvali
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Skoda Xanthi
1992–2005	AEK Athens
	Total
International career
1996	Greece
Managerial career
2005–2007	AEK Athens (Youth Coach)
2007–2008	AEK Athens (Assistant Manager)
2008	AEK Athens
2008–2009	Asteras Tripolis
2009-2010	AEL 1964
2011-2012	AEK Athens
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikolaos "Nikos" Kostenoglou (born 3 October 1970) is a former Greek football player and current football manager of Greek club.

Kostenoglou started his career as a football player at Xanthi FC the year 1989, and was transferred in 1994 at AEK. He was an exceptional center back with a good pace. He finished his career at AEK Athens, in the season 2004–05.^[1] 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 was the best team that season, clinched 1st position in the league, but lost the championship because of a law case. 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 AE Larisa. On 6 October 2011, he returned to AEK Athens for a second spell as manager. AEK named him as their new manager, replacing Manolo Jiménez.^[2]. He is currently on a 2-year contract with the team.