10 Facts About Nikos Kostenoglou

Nikos Kostenoglou is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Nikos Kostenoglou's nickname was "Father", because of his strong devotion to religion.

Nikos Kostenoglou became a regular in the following season, alongside Stelios Manolas.

Nikos Kostenoglou played mainly in the position of centre-back, but he was used as a right-back and was distinguished for his speed, his correct placements, his clean play but for his seriousness and morals.

Nikos Kostenoglou was never the star player of AEK, but he was a player with a lot of participations, usually as a starter and with a stable performances, while he was at times one of the leaders of the "yellow-blacks".

Nikos Kostenoglou finished his career at AEK Athens, in the season the summer 2005 after 11 years of presence at the club.

Nikos Kostenoglou stepped down as coach on 16 May 2008 following the hiring of Giorgos Donis.

Nikos Kostenoglou's contract came to an end in 25 June 2012.

On 4 February 2019, Nikos Kostenoglou was hired by AEK Athens as the technical manager of their academy.

Nikos Kostenoglou became head coach of Cyprus on 18 February 2021.