Frank Klopas
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Fotios Klopas | |
| birthday | September 1, 1966 | |
| place of birth | Prosymna , Greece | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1983-1988 | Chicago Sting | 140 (62) |
| 1988-1994 | AEK Athens | 49 (6) |
| 1994-1996 | Apollon Smyrni | 10 (0) |
| 1996-1997 | Kansas City Wizards | 54 (7) |
| 1998-1999 | Chicago Fire | 45 (6) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1987-1998 | United States | 39 (12) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2004-2006 | Chicago Storm | |
| 2011-2013 | Chicago Fire | |
| 2013-2015 | Montreal Impact | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Fotios "Frank" Klopas ( Greek Φώτιος "Φρανκ" Κλόπας , born September 1, 1966 in Prosymna ) is a former Greek - American football player in the position of striker and today's football coach. Most recently, between the end of 2013 and August 2015, he was head coach of the Canadian franchise Montreal Impact in the North American professional league Major League Soccer (MLS).
Previously, Klopas coached the Chicago Storm and Chicago Fire teams . Nicknamed Kid Klopas , he was also a commentator on Comcast SportsNet Chicago.
Player career
youth
At the age of eight, Klopas and his family moved from Greece to the USA. He attended Mather High School in Chicago and played for the local school team, with whom he celebrated the championship in the Chicago Public League in his senior year. At the age of 18, he was granted US citizenship.
professional
In 1983 he signed a contract with Chicago Sting, who were then playing in the North American Soccer League . Due to injuries, he missed the team's last NASL season. In the following years he played for Sting in the Major Indoor Soccer League . He was appointed to the second All-Star Team at the end of the 1986/1987 season.
After the team was dissolved, he moved to AEK Athens in 1988 . In his native country he became an integral part of the Athenians. Due to an injury he sustained in 1991, he was sidelined for almost two years. In 1992 he signed a contract with the United States Soccer Federation to play full-time for the United States national soccer team . After the soccer world championship in 1994 he moved to Apollon Smyrni and stayed there until 1996.
With the establishment of Major League Soccer and playoff of the first season in 1996, Klopas moved to the Kansas City Wiz . In the later Wizards, he played the first two seasons of the MLS, before he switched to the then expansion franchise Chicago Fire in 1998 . Until the end of his career, which he announced at the end of the 1999 season, he played for Fire for two years and won the US Open Cup twice and the MLS Cup once with the team.
National team
Klopas made his debut for the United States national soccer team in 1987. He scored a total of 12 goals in 39 international matches. He was part of the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1994 World Cup. At the 1995 Copa America , he scored the first goal in a 3-0 win over Argentina . The USA came in fourth in the end.
Coaching career
On June 2, 2004, Klopas took over the coaching office at Chicago Storm, who played their first season in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In their second season he reached the semi-finals of the play-offs with the team. On July 24, 2006, his contract was terminated.
In January 2008, he became Technical Director at Chicago Fire . On May 30, 2011 Fire separated from her previous coach Carlos de los Cobos . Klopas took over the post and celebrated his first victory as an MLS coach on June 12th. He resigned from his post on October 30, 2013.
After the 2013 MLS season , Klopas took over as the successor of the Swiss Marco Schällibaum as coach of the Canadian MLS franchise Montreal Impact . In his first season with Montreal, Klopas was only able to achieve tenth and thus last place in the Eastern Conference in the MLS, but won the Canadian Championship in 2014 . In 2015 he reached the final of the CONCACAF Champions League with Montreal Impact , but lost in the two games against the final opponent Club América with a total of 3: 5 goals.
On August 30, 2015, Klopas was released from Montreal Impact. Impact had previously lost in the final of the Canadian Championship and then the league derby against Toronto FC .
Private
Klopas is the owner of the FC Drive youth football club in Chicago. He lives in Chicago with his wife.
Achievements & honors
- NASL Championship : 1984
- Greek championship : 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
- Greek Super Cup: 1989
- Greek League Cup: 1990
- MLS Cup : 1998
- US Open Cup : 1998
- On June 5, 2004, he was inducted into the Ring of Fire . This circle includes players and officials who have made a name for themselves in the Chicago Fire. He was also inducted into the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander: Greece 1994/95 . RSSSF . April 26, 2003. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander: Greece 1995/96 . RSSSF . April 26, 2003. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ↑ Frank Klopa's Biography and Statistics . Sports Reference. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ Montreal Impact announce coaching change, replacing Frank Klopas with assistant Mauro Biello. mlssoccer.com, accessed August 30, 2015 .
Web links
- Frank Klopas in the weltfussball.de database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klopas, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klopas, Fotios (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prosymna , Greece |