Sakis Tsiolis (born 30 June 1959) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

As a professional footballer, he played for Anagennisi Karditsa, AEL, Ionikos and Paniliakos. Tsiolis, a great player at his prime years, was a Greek Football Cup winner in 1985 and an Alpha Ethniki champion in 1988 with Larissa. He also made four appearances for Greece national football team in 1988, scoring once.

Managerial career

In the 1996–97 season, he was a member of the semi-professional team Asteras Amaliada, as a player-manager. From 1996 to 2001 he worked as a semi-professional manager for Anagennisi Karditsa (twice), Nafpaktiakos Asteras (twice), Preveza and Panelefsiniakos. He is a professional manager since 2001, when he started his career at Paniliakos. In the following years he managed Kalamata, Ionikos, Levadiakos, Thrasyvoulos, Olympiakos Volou, Aris Thessaloniki and AEL. On 2 June 2016 he left AEL Larissa because of a disagreement with club president Alexis Kougias over the plans for the next season, after the club was promoted to Super League Greece.

Personal life

His son is Evangelos Tsiolis.

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