Joe Palatsides

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Joe Palatsides
Ιωσήφ(Τζό)Παλατσίδης
Personal information
Full name Iosif Joe Palatsides
Date of birth (1965-07-02) 2 July 1965 (age 56)
Place of birth Australia
Position(s) Current Manager ex-Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Brunswick Juventus 64 (12)
1989 Footscray JUST 23 (4)
1990 South Melbourne FC 33 (5)
1991–1993 Heidelberg United 47 (5)
1993–1996 Apollon Kalamarias 12 (3)
1996–1997 PAOK 4 (0)
1998 Olympiakos Volou 12 (0)
1999 24 (0)
National team
1990 Australia 1 (0)
Teams managed
2000
2000–2005
2005
2006–2008
2008–2009 Zakynthos
2010 Anagennisi Karditsa
2011 Apollon Kalamarias F.C.
2012 Moreland Zebras
2012–2019 Melbourne City FC (Asst)
2019–2021 Singapore (Technical director)
2021- Melbourne Victory FC Youth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Joe Palatsides (born 7 July 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is a Greek Australian football (soccer) manager and ex-Defender. He is currently the Head Coach of the Melbourne Victory FC Youth.

Career[]

Palatsides began his senior football career with Brunswick Juventus where he quickly became a first team regular, his best season coming in their relegation year where he played in every home-and-away game, scoring 11 goals. He signed with Footscray JUST in 1989, but they would also be relegated, and he eventually made the move to South Melbourne when the National Soccer League moved to the summer format. After two seasons, he transferred to rivals Heidelberg United, where he spent a further three seasons in Australia's top flight competition.

At 29, and with a wealth of senior football experience in Australia behind him, he tried his luck abroad in the country of his origin, firstly with Apollon Kalamarias in the Greek Super League. where he scored 3 goals in 12 appearances.

Coaching career[]

He retired in 2000 in order to become the manager of and he had 3 wins and 5 losses in 8 games played. He then joined club in which he stayed about 5 years as manager of the club. He joined in 2005 where he stayed about 2 months, from 4 October till 15 December, managing the team in Gamma Ethniki and winning 9 out of 9 matches! For personal causes he went back to club until 2008 when he took charge at , Zakynthos. The club was promoted under his management to Gamma Ethniki for season 2008-09. He is also a member of the Australian Professional Footballers' Association (APFA) and he is one of the members that have served on the APFA Executive (with international honours).

On 2 May 2019, the Football Association of Singapore unveiled Joe Palatsides as its new technical director.[1] Palatsides extended his contract in 2021, but ended his stint by mutual agreement citing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health and personal issues on 9 November the same year.[2][3][4] A day later, Palatsides joined Melbourne Victory's Youth Academy as a coach.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Football: Football Association of Singapore appoints Joseph Palatsides as technical director". New Straits Times. 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ Ganesan, Deepanraj (3 June 2021). "Football: FAS technical director Joseph Palatsides to stay on till 2023". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ Lee, David (9 November 2021). "Football: FAS technical director quits due to health, personal reasons caused by Covid-19". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ Mohan, Matthew (9 November 2021). "FAS technical director to step down for health and personal reasons less than 6 months after extending contract". CNA. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ^ Chia, Han Keong (10 November 2021). "FAS technical director joins Australian club a day after quitting for health, personal reasons". Yahoo! Singapore. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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