Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou
Postecoglou (2017)
Personnel
Surname	Angelos Postecoglou
birthday	August 27, 1965
place of birth	Athens ,  Greece
position	Defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1984-1993	South Melbourne	193 (19)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1985	Australia U-20
1986-1988	Australia	4 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1996-2000	South Melbourne
2000-2007	Australia U-20
2008	Panachaiki
2009–2012	Brisbane Roar
2012-2013	Melbourne Victory
2013-2017	Australia
2018–	Yokohama F. Marinos
1 Only league games are given.

Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou (born August 27, 1965 in Athens ) is an Australian football coach of Greek origin and former football player . As a coach, he led Brisbane Roar to the Australian Championship in 2011 and 2012 and is therefore considered the most successful Australian club coach in recent years (as of 2014).

childhood

Postecoglou was born in Athens, immigrated to Australia with his parents when he was five and grew up in Melbourne .

Player career

As a player, Postecoglou played without exception for South Melbourne FC in the National Soccer League . In 1986 he became a national player and made four international matches. At the age of 28, he had to end his career due to a knee injury.

Coaching career

Even at the beginning of his coaching career, Postecoglou remained loyal to South Melbourne FC and coached the club from 1996 to 2000. He was Australian champion in 1998 and 1999 and in 1999 won the Oceania Champions Cup , today's OFC Champions League . As a continental title holder, he entered with his team at the Club World Cup in 2000 , but remained there without a win or point.

A first job with the Australian Football Association followed . He coached the Australian U-20 national football team in the following years . In 2007 he was released. Several months later he took over Panachaiki Patras in Greece ; again a few months later this engagement was ended due to unsuccessfulness.

After his time in Greece ended, Postecoglou was unemployed for another ten months and then accepted a request from Brisbane Roar . He led the club to the Australian Championship in 2011 and 2012 . Most recently, he had looked after the Melbourne Victory club in the A-League before he was again called to the national football association. On October 23, 2013 he was introduced as the new coach of the Australian senior team and thus as the successor to Holger Osieck ; He agreed with the officials on a five-year contract dated until August 2018.

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Australia dropped out of its group with Chile , the Netherlands and Spain after three defeats as the group bottom. The 3-2 defeat against the Netherlands still earned the team a lot of praise after leading 2-1 in the second half.

Despite successfully qualifying for the 2018 World Cup , Postecoglou announced his resignation from the coaching position of the Australian national team in November 2017.

Since the beginning of 2018 he has been coaching the Japanese first division club Yokohama F. Marinos .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Paul Moon: Returning from Nowhere . In: Olympia-Verlag (ed.): Kicker special issue . Olympia-Verlag, 2014, group B, p. 167 .
2. ↑ Successor found for Osieck. In: fussball-wm-total.de. Retrieved October 23, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Despite World Cup qualification: Australia coach Ange Postecoglou resigns . Sport1.de , November 21, 2017, accessed on November 22, 2017.
   After successful qualification: Australia's coach resigns despite participating in the World Cup. In: Spiegel Online . November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .