Giannis Taousianis

Giannis Taousianis
Personal information
Full name Ioannis Taousianis
Date of birth (1972-06-27) 27 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Thessaloniki, Greece
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Greece U-21 (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996−2006 Atsalenios 71 (3)
Managerial career
2007 PAS Minoiki Heraklion
2007–2009 Atsalenios
2010–2011 Giouchtas
2011 Asteras Tripolis (assistant)
2012 Rouvas
2012–2013 Panthrakikos (assistant)
2013 OFI (assistant)
2014–2015 Ergotelis
2014 → assistant
2014–2015 → caretaker
2015 → manager
2015–2016 Aiolikos
2016 Kavala
2017–2019 PAS Giannina (assistant)
2019–2021 Ergotelis
2021–2022 Levadiakos
2022–2023 AEL
2023–2024 Chania
2024– Greece U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giannis Taousianis (Greek: Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης; born 27 June 1972) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Greece U-21.

Playing career

As a player, Taousianis played for many amateur clubs in Crete. He had a short professional stint during his tenyears with Atsalenios,[1] when the club competed in the Gamma Ethniki during 2003−2006. He made 71 appearances for the club during that period, and scored 3 goals.[2] In May 2006, Taousianis retired at the age of 34, at the time serving as player-assistant manager under coach Pavlos Dermitzakis.[3]

Managerial career

Taousianis began his coaching career in 2007, taking over management of Heraklion FCA club PAS Minoiki Heraklion. He took over Atsalenios in November the same year, staying with the club until December 2009 and boasting a record of 23 wins, 21 draws και 29 losses.[1] In the summer of 2010, he agreed to a contract with Heraklion FCA club Giouchtas,[4] but left the club in January 2011 to join the coaching staff of Pavlos Dermitzakis at Super League club Asteras Tripoli.[5] The duo left Asteras in May.

In January 2012, Taousianis was appointed manager of third tier Cretan club newcomers Rouvas, replacing Myron Sifakis.[6] Although he managed to avoid relegation in the club's first ever season in a professional Division,[7] his contract was terminated in July.[8] In October, he rejoined Dermitzakis at Super League club Panthrakikos,[9] where they stayed until 30 April 2013. In May, the duo were hired by Cretan Super League club OFI,[10] leaving the club in October.

In July 2014, Taousianis was hired by Cretan Super League club Ergotelis as assistant manager to newly appointed head coach Juan Ferrando.[11] After Ferrando was sacked, Taousianis reunited with Dermitzakis, who was appointed as Ferrando's replacement.[12] After the club terminated its contract with Dermitzakis in December, Taousianis took over as interim manager. As the club showed some improvement over the next three games, Taousianis was decidedly appointed head coach in January 2015.[13] Despite achieving important wins over Platanias and OFI and giving Ergotelis a fighting chance to avoid relegation, Taousianis was surprisingly sacked by the club in favour of more experienced manager Ioannis Matzourakis.[14] However, Matzourakis resigned after just 13 days, after failing to win two crucial home matches and thus deeming his task to avoid relegation impossible. As such, Taousianis returned as head coach until the end of the season,[15] but eventually failed to keep the club in top-flight.

Taousianis left an uncertain Ergotelis in the summer of 2015 to assume the head coach position at Gamma Ethniki club Aiolikos,[16] but was sacked in February 2016.[17] Several days later, he was hired as head coach by fellow Gamma Ethniki club Kavala,[18] but was once again relieved of his duties in October.[19] In February 2017, Taousianis was hired by Epirus-based Superleague club PAS Giannina as assistant to head coach Giannis Petrakis.[20] He remained at his post until the summer of 2019, when PAS Giannina were relegated to the Super League 2.

In September 2019, Taousianis returned to Ergotelis, taking over as head coach after the sudden departure of preceding coach Nikodimos Papavasiliou.[21]

Honours

Manager

Levadiakos

References

  1. ^ a b "ΠΟΑ: Παρελθόν ο Ταουσιάνης (in Greek)". gazzetta.gr. 8 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Ο....άλλος ΠΑΣ πίσω από κάμερες και φώτα (Greek)". gianninasports.gr. 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ "ΠΟΑ - Κρεμάει τα παπούτσια του ο Ταουσιάνης (Greek)". patris.gr. 23 May 2006.
  4. ^ "Συμφώνησε με Ταουσιάνη ο Γιούχτας! (Greek)". athleticradio.gr. 7 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Ανακοινώθηκε ο Δερμιτζάκης - 3000 εισιτήρια στον Ολυμπιακό (Greek)". arcadiaportal.gr. 21 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Πρώτη για Ταουσιάνη (Greek)". rouvasfc.gr. 17 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Ταουσιάνης: "Ιστορική ημέρα για τον Ρούβα" (Greek)". onsports.gr. 20 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Διαζύγιο Ρούβα – Ταουσιάνη! (Greek)". athleticradio.gr. 4 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Boηθός του Δερμιτζάκη στον Πανθρακικό ο Ταουσιάνης (Greek)". athleticradio.gr. 30 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Κατέληξαν σε συμφωνία ΟΦΗ-Δερμιτζάκης (Greek)". neakriti.gr. 14 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Στον Εργοτέλη ο Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης (Greek)". athleticradio.gr. 4 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Έκλεισε ο Δερμιτζάκης (Greek)". sport-fm.gr. 4 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Η νέα σύνθεση του τεχνικού επιτελείου (Greek)". ergotelis.gr. 14 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Eργοτέλης: Τέλος ο Ταουσιάνης, συμφωνία με Μαντζουράκη (Greek)". ekriti.gr. 12 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Ξανά στον πάγκο του Εργοτέλη ο Ταουσιάνης! (Greek)". neakriti.gr. 28 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Αιολικός: Ταουσιάνης ο αντικαταστάτης του Διγκόζη (Greek)". dokari.gr. 27 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Τέλος ο Ταουσιάνης! (Greek)". emprosnet.gr. 17 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Νέος προπονητής των "αργοναυτών" ο Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης (Greek)". metrosport.gr. 23 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Τέλος από την Καβάλα Ταουσιάνης, Καζάκης (Greek)". sdna.gr. 5 October 2016.
  20. ^ "Ο Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης βοηθός του Πετράκη στον ΠΑΣ (Greek)". super-fm.gr. 3 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Ο Γιάννης Ταουσιάνης στο τιμόνι της τεχνικής ηγεσίας (Greek)". ergotelisfc.gr. 2 September 2019.