Giannis Goumas

Giannis Goumas
	Goumas in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Ioannis Goumas
Date of birth	24 May 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Ampelonas, Greece
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1992–1994	Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2009	Panathinaikos
National team
1995–1997	Greece U21
1997–2008	Greece
Teams managed
2012	Glyfada
2013	Pefki
2013–2014	Skoda Xanthi (assistant)
2014–2019	Greece U18
2014–2019	Greece U19
2019–2021	Greece U21
Honours
Men's football
Representing Greece
UEFA European Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Giannis Goumas (Greek: Γιάννης Γκούμας, born 24 May 1975) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Club career[]

Born on 24 May 1975 in the village of Ampelonas, near Larisa, Goumas is one of the many players to emerge from Panathinaikos F.C.'s youth academy and served the club for 15 years, debuting for the first team in 1994. Playing as a central defender, Goumas was known for his tough tackling, excellent aerial ability and his unusual ability of scoring goals, often with spectacular shots. Goumas has also scored some very important and impressive goals during his career against Real Madrid, Juventus and Glasgow Rangers in European competitions and the title-deciding goal against rivals Olympiakos, in 2004.

The 34-year-old parted company with Panathinaikos in late June 2009 by mutual consent, ending his career with the Greens after 277 league appearances, and 27 goals. In September, Goumas announced his retirement from professional football.

International career[]

Goumas was a regular member of the Greece national team since making his debut in February 1999 against Finland. He was part of the Greece squad that won the UEFA Euro 2004.

Managerial career[]

On 30 May 2012, he was announced as the head coach of Glyfada, replacing Murat Seropian.^[1]

On 3 December 2014, Goumas took officially the technical leadership of the Greece U19 as announced by the EPO. The historical defeat of our team to 10-0 from Switzerland U19 was the end of Vasilis Tzalokostas from the technical leadership. The veteran ace of Panathinaikos will be responsible for both U18 and U19 national teams. Prior to that Goumas has worked in Skoda Xanthi.^[2]

Personal life[]

After February 2015, in the derby game between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Goumas told sdna.gr that the problem of violence in Greek football can only be eradicated with heavy bans from the authorities. The Greece Under-19 manager believes that Greek authorities must ban the fanatic supporters as well as the teams from playing in Europe if the riots in Greek football carry on.

"We must give heavy bans at last. Both for the clubs and for the supporters. The biggest problem is the hooligans and as long as the clubs are tolerant with them, the problem will become worse. In England they ban fans for life if they are involved in riots. So why don't we do the same? But the clubs must be critisiced as well. They can be warned by a potential ban from playing in European competitions. Then you'll see whether they will comply with the rules or not", Goumas said to sdna.gr.^[3]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4]
Club	Season	League			Greek Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Panathinaikos	1994–95	Alpha Ethniki	2	0			–		2	0
	1995–96		8	0			2	0	10	0
	1996–97		17	2	2	0	–		19	2
	1997–98		26	1	3	0	–		29	1
	1998–99		26	1	3	1	7	0	36	2
	1999–00		28	7	3	0	6	0	37	7
	2000–01		22	0	2	0	12	2	36	2
	2001–02		14	1	3	0	8	1	25	2
	2002–03		21	0	5	0	9	1	35	1
	2003–04		25	4	7	2	7	0	39	6
	2004–05		20	2	2	0	6	0	28	2
	2005–06		22	4	1	0	3	0	26	4
	2006–07		24	1	6	0	4	0	34	1
	2007–08		21	2	2	0	5	2	28	4
	2008–09		10	2	1	0	7	0	18	2
Career total			286	27	40	3	76	6	402	36

Managerial statistics[]

As of 1 June 2021

Team	Year	Record
Team	Year	G	W	D	L	Win %
Greece U18	2014–	10	6	1	3	060.00
Greece U19	2014–	44	19	11	14	043.18
Career total		54	25	12	17	046.30

Honours[]

Panathinaikos

Super League: 1995, 1996, 2004
Greek Cup: 1995, 2004; runner-up: 1997–98, 1998–99, 2006–07

Greece

European Championship: 2004

References[]

^ Follas, Kostas (30 May 2012). "Tέλος ο Σεροπιάν, ανέλαβε ο Γκούμας (Seropian gone, Goumas in charge)" (in Greek). Nova Sports. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
^ "Την τεχνική ηγεσία της Εθνικής ομάδας Νέων ανέλαβε και επίσημα ο Γιάννης Γκούμας". football-academies.gr. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ "Goumas calls for strict measures in Greek football". sdna.gr. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.
^ http://www.level-k.com/player/I_Goumas.htm] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009040610/http://www.world-soccer.org/p-02902.htm

[1] Follas, Kostas (30 May 2012). "Tέλος ο Σεροπιάν, ανέλαβε ο Γκούμας (Seropian gone, Goumas in charge)" (in Greek). Nova Sports. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.

[2] "Την τεχνική ηγεσία της Εθνικής ομάδας Νέων ανέλαβε και επίσημα ο Γιάννης Γκούμας". football-academies.gr. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

[3] "Goumas calls for strict measures in Greek football". sdna.gr. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.

[4] ttp://www.level-k.com/player/I_Goumas.htm] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009040610/http://www.world-soccer.org/p-02902.htm

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