Kyriakos Dourekas

Kyriakos Dourekas
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-05-23) 23 May 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest F.C. (club staff)

Kyriakos Dourekas (Greek: Κυριάκος Δουρέκας, born 23 May 1963) is the Director of Football at Nottingham Forest F.C.[1][2][3][4][5] He also serves on the club's board of directors.[6]

Early life

Dourekas was born on 23 May 1963 in Montreal, Quebec. His career in professional football began in the early 1990s. He first worked as IT manager for Olympiacos F.C., before progressing through to become team coordinator. He then held different management roles before taking on a director position in 2007 – a post he held for 11 years until he left for Nottingham.[7]

Olympiacos F.C.

Dourekas joined Olympiacos F.C. in 1993 and spent 25 years with the team in various positions with the most recent being Director of Team Operations.[2][8][9] During this period, he has experienced multiple successful campaigns, including 19 league championships and 17 seasons in the UEFA Champions League.[3][2][4] He worked alongside managers such as former FC Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde, recent AS Monaco FC manager Leonardo Jardim, and the current Fulham F.C. boss Marco Silva.[3][10][4][11][1]

Transfer rumours

In November 2018, transfer rumours linking Dourekas to Nottingham Forest F.C. started circulating the Greek press.[12][13][14]

Nottingham Forest F.C.

On 6 December 2018, Nottingham Forest F.C. officially announced that Kyriakos Dourekas has been appointed as the club's Director of Football.[3][4][1] "Nottingham Forest are delighted to confirm that Kyriakos Dourekas has been appointed as the club's Director of Football. He has vast knowledge and experience of European football at an elite level" said part of the official statement.[3]

Since joining Nottingham Forest, Dourekas played a key role in the club's promotion to the Premier League for the first time since 1999.[15]

On March 24, 2022, Nottingham Forest announced that Dourekas has been appointed onto the club's board of directors.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nottingham Forest: Kyriakos Dourekas made director of football of Championship side". BBC Sport. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "ΠΑΕ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ - Ανακοίνωση". Olympiacos.org | Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus (in Greek). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dourekas joins as Director of Football". Nottingham Forest. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Taylor, Paul (6 December 2018). "Nottingham Forest appoint new director of football". nottinghampost. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Oficial: Nottingham Forest, Dourekas nombrado director de fútbol" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Nottingham Forest appoint Kyriakos Dourekas onto board of directors". Nottingham Forest News. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ Cooper, Barry (7 December 2018). "Who is Nottingham Forest's new director of football Kyriakos Dourekas?". nottinghampost. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  8. ^ in.gr (29 May 2018). "Olympiacos and Harvard University, always moving along". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ "HEAD COACH | Olympiacos.org / Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus". Olympiacos.org | Official Website of Olympiacos Piraeus. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ Team, Onsports (10 January 2013). "Βαλβέρδε: "Μου λείπει ο Ολυμπιακός"". Onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Olympiakos FC visits the Children's Oncology Unit "Marianna V. Vardinoyannis-ELPIDA". www.elpida.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Ολυμπιακός: Μετά από Ανσαριφάρντ και Ταχτσίδη, μετακομίζει στο Νησί και τρίτος "ερυθρόλευκος"!". Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Πάει Νότιγχαμ ο Δουρέκας". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Ολυμπιακός: Ο τρίτος "ερυθρόλευκος" που μετακομίζει στη Νότιγχαμ". NewsIT. 24 November 2018.
  15. ^ Andy Edwards (31 May 2022). "Nottingham Forest promoted to Premier League for first time since 1999". ProSoccerTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

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