Christos Kontis

Christos Kontis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-05-13) 13 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1987–1995	Kifisia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Ethnikos Piraeus	105	(4)
1999–2000	Panionios	27	(2)
2000–2002	Olympiacos	21	(0)
2002–2004	Panionios	41	(6)
2004–2006	AEK Athens	40	(2)
2006–2011	APOEL	129	(9)
Managerial career
2011–2013	APOEL (assistant)
2013–2016	Al-Nasr (assistant)
2017–2018	Olympiacos (assistant)
2018	Olympiacos (caretaker)
2019–2020	Hatta
2020	Hatta
2021–2023	Panathinaikos (assistant)
2024	Volos
2024	Panathinaikos (caretaker)
2024	Al-Fayha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christos Kontis (Greek: Χρήστος Κόντης, born 13 May 1975) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

Kontis started his career at Ethnikos Piraeus. In Greece he played also for Panionios, Olympiacos and AEK Athens. With Olympiacos he won 3 Greek Championships.

In the summer of 2006 he moved to Cyprus and signed with APOEL. During his five-year spell with APOEL, he won 3 Championships, 1 Cup and 3 Super Cups. He also appeared in four official 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage matches with APOEL.

End of career

After a successful career at APOEL, Christos Kontis was forced to retire due to heart failure problems. During the first official 2011–12 Cypriot First Division match (29 August 2011) between AEK Larnaca and APOEL, Kontis felt a slight discomfort and a pain in his chest. Later that night the discomfort continued to exist and the pain got worse, thus the club's doctors moved him to Nicosia's General Hospital. It was diagnosed that Kontis had suffered a minor heart attack that had damaged one of the veins in his heart.^[1] Consequently, he was forced to retire from his professional football career 9 months before his contract with APOEL expires.

He was one of APOEL's fans' favorite players and he will always be remembered for his passion and for the low profile that he always kept. These virtues earned him the respect and admiration of all Cypriot football fans. He wore the jersey with the number 24.

Managerial career

When Christos Kontis recovered fully from the heart incident that forced him to retire, the Board of Directors of APOEL appointed him as an assistant of the head coach of APOEL, Ivan Jovanović. He served as an assistant manager of Ivan Jovanović at APOEL for two years, until the end of 2012–13 season.^[2]

Christos Kontis has served as an assistant manager of the head coach of Al-Nasr, Ivan Jovanović from 2013 to 2016.^[3] He was subsequently hired by Olympiacos for the same role, and served as the team's caretaker manager for a fixture against Larisa on 7 January 2018, while the transition from Takis Lemonis to the club's new manager Óscar García took place;^[4] he also coached the team in a Greek Cup quarter-final return leg game against rivals AEK on 7 February 2018 as García was hospitalised with an appendicitis inflammation.^[5] He also finished season as a head coach for the last month of the campaign 2017–18.^[6]

On the summer of 2019, Christos took his first full managerial job at Hatta with the job of keeping the promoted club in the top flight of UAE football.^[7] However on November of 2020, he was sacked due to lack of victories, during the cancelled 19–20 season, Hatta was at the relegation zone and in the first six matches of the following 20–21 season, Hatta was at the bottom of the league with 1 point.^[8]

On 8 July 2024, Kontis was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League side Al-Fayha.^[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 4 December 2024^[10]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Olympiacos		4 January 2018	8 January 2018	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Olympiacos		3 April 2018	5 May 2018	4	2	0	2	8	4	+4	050.00
Hatta		10 June 2019	22 November 2020	34	5	8	21	26	64	−38	014.71
Volos		22 February 2024	17 May 2024	10	5	2	3	14	13	+1	050.00
Panathinaikos		17 May 2024	31 May 2024	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Al-Fayha		8 July 2024	4 December 2024	14	3	4	7	12	21	−9	021.43
Total				68	17	15	36	66	104	−38	025.00

Honours

Player

Olympiacos

• Greek Super League: 2000-01, 2001–02, 2002–03

APOEL

• Cypriot First Division: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
• Cypriot Cup: 2007–08
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2008, 2009, 2011

Coach

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: 2023–24

References

1. "APOEL defender Kontis suffers heart attack". uefa.com. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
2. Για Πάντα στην Καρδιά μας (in Greek). APOEL FC. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
3. "Al Nasr Club - The Squad". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
4. "Τέλος ο Λεμονής, με Κόντη στη Λάρισα | Super Sport FM". www.sport-fm.com.cy. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
5. "Πρόβλημα με Γκαρθία, στον πάγκο ο Χρήστος Κόντης!". Contra.gr. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
6. "Κόντης, με βοηθό τον Ιμπαγάσα, στον Ολυμπιακό". sport24.gr. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
7. "Τα ηνία της Hatta F.C. των Ηνωμένων Αραβικών Εμιράτων ανέλαβε ο Χρήστος Κόντης" (in Greek). Sports dna. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
8. "كونتيس: شعرت بإقالتي مسبقاً وأتقبل قرار إدارة حتا" (in Arabic). Albayan. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
9. "كريستوس كونتيس مدربا للفيحاء".
10. Christos Kontis coach profile at Soccerway

External links

• Christos Kontis at Soccerway