The Most Famous
COACHES from Greece
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Coaches of all time. This list of famous Greek Coaches is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Ange Postecoglou (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 64.36, Ange Postecoglou is the most famous Greek Coach. His biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou ( ANJ POS-tə-KOG-loo; Greek: Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου; born 27 August 1965) is a soccer manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Nottingham Forest. Born in Greece, Postecoglou grew up in Melbourne from the age of five. As a player, he spent most of his club career as a defender for South Melbourne Hellas and played four games for the Australia national team in the late 1980s. He began managing at South Melbourne Hellas in 1996, winning the National Soccer League twice and the OFC Champions League in 1999. He then led the national under-17 and under-20 teams. 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. He was the men's senior national team manager from 2013 to 2017, winning the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 and also going to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He won the J1 League with Yokohama F. Marinos in 2019, and then won five trophies (including two league titles) in two seasons with Scottish side Celtic. He became head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2023, where he won the UEFA Europa League in 2025, marking the club's first trophy since 2008 and its first European trophy since 1984, before being dismissed as the triumph came amid a historically poor domestic performance that season. In September 2025, Postecoglou was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest.
2. Frank Klopas (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 42.58, Frank Klopas is the 2nd most famous Greek Coach. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Fotios "Frank" Klopas (Greek: Φώτιος "Φρανκ" Κλόπας; born 1 September 1966) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward. Following his retirement, he served as a color commentator for the Chicago Fire before later working as a front office executive and head coach for both the Fire and Montreal Impact.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Greek coaches born between 1965 and 1966. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Greek coaches include Ange Postecoglou, and Frank Klopas.
