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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 59)
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 Poseidon Neas Michanionias 24 (0)
International career
1990 Australia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2000 Poseidon Neas Michanionias
2000–2005 Kallikratida Chalkidiki
2005 OF Ierapetra
2006–2008 Kallikratida Chalkidiki
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Poseidon Neas Michanionias and he had 3 wins and 5 losses in 8 games played. He then joined Kallikratida Chalkidiki club in which he stayed about 5 years as manager of the club. He joined in 2005 OF Ierapetra 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 Kallikratida Chalkidiki club until 2008 when he took charge at Zakynthians Olympic Champions Ground, 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]

References

  1. ^ "Football: Football Association of Singapore appoints Joseph Palatsides as technical director". New Straits Times. 2 May 2019.