Ange Postecoglou
Personal information
Full name	Angelos Postecoglou
Date of birth	27 August 1965 (1965-08-27) (age 44)
Place of birth	Greece
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Roar (manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984–1993	South Melbourne	193 (19)
National team2
1985 1986–1988	Australia U-20 Australia	004 0(0)
Teams managed
1996–2000 2000–2007 2008 2009–present	South Melbourne Australia U-20 Panachaiki Brisbane Roar
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:43, 18 October 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Angelos Postecoglou (also Postekos) (born 27 August 1965 in Greece) is an Australian football (soccer) manager and former player, currently managing Brisbane Roar.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club career 2.2 International career 3 Coaching career 3.1 South Melbourne 3.2 Panachaiki 3.3 Young Socceroos 3.4 Brisbane Roar 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Postecoglou was born in Greece and immigrated to Australia as a five year old.^[1][2]

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Club career

Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne FC in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990/91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving into coaching.

He coached South Melbourne from 1996 until 2000, where he led South Melbourne FC to consecutive NSL titles in 1997/98 and 1998/99, as well as winning the 1999 Oceania Club Championship, which in turn led to their participation in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championships.^[3]

[edit] International career

In his international playing career, Postecoglou represented Australia on four occasions between 1986 to 1988.^[4]

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] South Melbourne

After the 1999/2000 NSL season, he stood down from the South Melbourne FC coaching role when he was appointed coach of the Australian youth team. He is the only person to have been involved in all four of South Melbourne's National Soccer League title-winning teams, the first two as a player and the latter two as coach.

[edit] Panachaiki

In March 2008 he was appointed coach of Greek side Panachaiki. In December 2008, Postecoglou resigned from the Panachaiki position.^[5]

[edit] Young Socceroos

He was replaced in February 2007 after the Australia failed to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, following a number of years as coach of Australia's youth sides during which time he played a role in identifying and developing Australian players.^[6][7]

Following his departure as coach of the Australian youth teams,^[8] Postecoglou worked as a guest pundit for Fox Sports and as an elite consultant to Football Federation Victoria.

[edit] Brisbane Roar

On October 16, 2009 he was signed as the new Brisbane Roar coach, replacing the outgoing Frank Farina.^[9]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Oz Football profile

Awards
Preceded by Branko Čulina	NSL Coach of the Year 1997/98	Succeeded by David Mitchell

v • d • e Brisbane Roar FC – Managers Bleiberg (2005–06) · Farina (2006–2009) Vidosic (2009–) (a.i.) Postecoglou (2009–Present)

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