1. Angelos Postekos, often mononymously known as just Ange or Angie, and nicknamed "Big Ange", is a soccer manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
36 Facts About Ange Postecoglou
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Ange Postecoglou began managing at South Melbourne Hellas in 1996, winning the National Soccer League twice and the OFC Champions League in 1999.
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Ange Postecoglou then led the national under-17 and under-20 teams.
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Ange Postecoglou managed Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in the A-League, winning the Premiership in 2011 and the Championship in 2011 and 2012 with Brisbane Roar.
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Ange Postecoglou was the men's senior national team manager from 2013 to 2017, winning the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 and going to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Ange Postecoglou won the J1 League with Yokohama F Marinos in 2019, and then won five trophies in two seasons with Scottish side Celtic.
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Ange Postecoglou became head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2023.
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Angelos Postecoglou was born on 27 August 1965 in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, Greece.
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Ange Postecoglou was coached by Hungarian Ferenc Puskas, a renowned player whom his father had told him about as a child.
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Ange Postecoglou built on this strategy in his own coaching; however, his use of attacking full backs in a non-traditional inverted position differs from Puskas.
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Ange Postecoglou represented Australia at senior level four times between 1986 and 1988.
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Ange Postecoglou gained the head coaching position in 1996, following the firing of Frank Arok.
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Ange Postecoglou is the only person to have been involved in all four of South Melbourne's NSL title-winning teams, the first two as a player and the latter two as coach.
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Ange Postecoglou was involved in an on-air argument with football pundit Craig Foster on The World Game.
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Ange Postecoglou was replaced as coach in February 2007 after Australia failed to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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On 16 October 2009, Ange Postecoglou was signed as the new Brisbane Roar coach, replacing Frank Farina.
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Ange Postecoglou started rebuilding the team by releasing Liam Reddy, Craig Moore, Bob Malcolm and Charlie Miller.
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Ange Postecoglou, who asked to be judged a year from the time he took over, proved the critics wrong by winning and playing an entertaining brand of football.
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On 24 April 2012, Ange Postecoglou announced his resignation as head coach of Brisbane Roar.
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Ange Postecoglou left the Roar after two-and-a-half years, during which he led the club to back-to-back A-League championships, a premiership and consecutive qualification for the AFC Champions League.
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Ange Postecoglou started rebuilding the team by releasing Matthew Kemp, Grant Brebner, Rodrigo Vargas, Tom Pondeljak, Ante Covic, Carlos Hernandez, Harry Kewell and Fabio Alves, with Jean Carlos Solorzano and Ubay Luzardo returned to their respective clubs after their loan deals had expired.
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Ange Postecoglou rounded up his squad by signing Jonathan Bru, Guilherme Finkler, Adama Traore, Marcos Flores, Mark Milligan, Theo Markelis, Sam Gallagher and Spase Dilevski.
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Ange Postecoglou was appointed head coach of the Australia national team on 23 October 2013 on a five-year contract, replacing German Holger Osieck.
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Ange Postecoglou coached Australia in 2015 AFC Asian Cup, where they beat Kuwait and Oman, but lost to South Korea in the group stage.
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Two weeks after Australia qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, on 22 November 2017, Ange Postecoglou announced his resignation as Socceroos coach.
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Yokohama's belief in Postecoglou was rewarded during the 2019 season when he guided the club to their first J League title in 15 years.
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Ange Postecoglou became the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic on 10 June 2021, signing a 12-month rolling contract, making him the first Australian manager to coach a major club in Europe.
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The new appointment was mocked by Celtic fan and Talksport presenter Alan Brazil, who apologised on his show a year later, after Ange Postecoglou had won the league.
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Ange Postecoglou was the league Manager of the Month five times in his first season, for October 2021 and January to April 2022, while winning the PFA Scotland Manager of the Year and SFWA Manager of the Year.
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Ange Postecoglou was announced as a candidate for FIFA World Coach of the Year after winning the domestic treble.
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On 6 June 2023, it was announced Ange Postecoglou will be appointed head coach of English club Tottenham Hotspur, starting 1 July, on a four-year contract.
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Ange Postecoglou's appointment saw him become both the first Australian and first person born in Greece to manage in the Premier League.
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In doing so, Ange Postecoglou became the first manager to win the award for the first three months of a single season.
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On 29 February 2024, Ange Postecoglou won Manager of the Year honours at the London Football Awards.
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Ange Postecoglou is married to Georgia, who worked at South Melbourne as a marketing manager when he served as manager of the club.
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In November 2022, Ange Postecoglou was inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to Australian football on and off the field as a player and as a coach.