Pambos Christodoulou
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Pambos Christodoulou is a Cypriot
football manager
currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.
in the Cyprus First Division, between 1990–1995, having moved from Doxa Katokopias, which then played in the second division of Cyprus. He subsequently had a brief spell at AEK Larnaca
in the first division, before deciding to become a manager at the age of 39 in the 2006 season for Doxa Katokopias.
, who subsequently became a good friend and after retiring as a footballer would join him as Director of football at AEL Limassol
. He used the player agent Costas Christodoulou (Karavidas) to help him bring the players to Cyprus and subsequently learned the tricks of the trade himself, in 2011 the Olympiakos Nicosia supporters club cast doubt on Christodoulou's scouting prowress by claiming that player agent Karavidas in fact finds and signs the players. Chrisodoulou vehemently denies this and is moving legally against the Olympiakos supporters for libel as he claims that Rui Junior and himself scout and find the players. By overhauling Doxa's squad every season and building it nearly from scratch, some have argued this was done to gain more commission for everyone involved from bringing new players every year, but this is disputed as with this strategy he saved minnows Doxa from relegation for three consecutive years. These players mainly hailed from Portugal, Angola and Brazil. Pambos brought some notably good strikers to Cyprus that were crowned as top scorers for Doxa and in the Cypriot First Division such as Brazilians: David
, Serjão
and Portuguese Henrique
as well as Angolan Freddy. He managed with this formula and with his trusted coaching team of: Assistant coach Marios Markou, Goalkeeping Coach Andreas Mavris
, fitness coach Sotiris Charalambous and Kokos Evripidou and by playing attractive attacking football, against all odds kept Doxa in the Cypriot First Division for a record three consecutive years. When he left in 2010, something that underlies his good team building skills, for a bigger challenge in his career with Olympiakos Nicosia
, Doxa was relegated back to the Cypriot Second Division.
. He brought with him from Doxa the following players: Brazilian defender, Rodrigo
, Portuguese left back Pedro Duarte
, Portuguese winger Carlos André
, Cypriot holding midfielder Kyriakos Polykarpou and an old Olympiakos Nicosia player for many years, Defensive allrounder Nikolas Nicolaou
, to form the basis of his new squad. He overhauled the squad bringing in players from Portugal, Brazil, Angola and Nigerian and Cameroon strikers. As well as left back and best friend Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
, Olympiakos showed good attacking football in the 2010-2011 season, easily avoiding relegation and having qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The club played fluid attacking football having the third best attacking record after leaders APOEL and 3rd placed Anorthosis, playing with a 4-4-2 formation with pressing from within the opponent's half, but the Achilles heel of the team that year had been the bad defensive record with goals conceeded in most games and the third worst record in this area.
Christodoulou decided to leave the club in 2011 together with all his coaching team and Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
, who retired as a footballer to become Director of Football, but without his assistant manager Marios Markou who stayed on at Olympiakos, to join AEL Limassol
, one year before his contract expired. Olympiakos Nicosia
decided to pursue this breach in court. Subsequently AEL offered compensation via an out of court settlement offering an undisclosed sum of money to Olympiakos for the release of Christodoulou. The offer was accepted by Olympiakos and Christodoulou, officially coaches AEL for the 2011 - 2012 season.
, Cypriot winger Georgios Eleftheriou
and together with players that he had originally brought to Cyprus for Doxa and were now at AEL such as Portuguese striker Henrique
formed the basis of his new team. To these he added many players from the Portuguese 2nd level as well as keeping around 8 players already at AEL and adding 2 non Portuguse based players striker Cafu from Anorthosis Famagusta and Goalkeeper Matías Omar Degra
from Greek side Asteras Tripoli F.C.. At pre-season interviews Pambos has expressed his great desire to succeed at AEL by winning titles and has said that the greater budget available to him at this club will help him achieve this. He has pleaded patience with his new clubs supporters who are notorious for their high ambitions. Pambos has acknowledged that moving to AEL is a great risk as the club is well known for its frequent managerial changes in the past 10 years however the fact that he is a personal friend of AEL chairman Andreas Sofokleous (as they served their military service together) will give him more goodwill than previous AEL managers.
He had a dream start at AEL not conceeding any goals in the first 5 games and the team was unbeaten at the top of the table.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
football manager
Manager (association football)
In association football, a manager is responsible for running a football club or a national team. The manager of a professional club is responsible directly to the club president. The position of manager is almost exclusively used in British football...
currently of AEL Lemesos. He is well known for his very good team building skills.
Playing career
Christodoulou played as a midfielder for Olympiakos NicosiaOlympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...
in the Cyprus First Division, between 1990–1995, having moved from Doxa Katokopias, which then played in the second division of Cyprus. He subsequently had a brief spell at AEK Larnaca
AEK Larnaca
AEK Larnaca FC |Kition]] Athletic Union") is a Cypriot Sports club, based in the port of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two Larnaca clubs: EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club has football section, basketball sections for men AEK Larnaca B.C...
in the first division, before deciding to become a manager at the age of 39 in the 2006 season for Doxa Katokopias.
Doxa Katokopias
In 2006 he took on his first managerial appointment with Barcelona FC then in the Cyprus Second Division. Doxa got promoted finishing 3rd in the last day of the season. In the next season, newly promoted Doxa would be favourite for relegation, however Pambos showed his cunning team building skills. He spent a lot of time in Portugal hunting for players with good technical skills, a good team spirit, with speed and on a low budget. He managed to find such players in the 2nd and 3rd levels in Portugal on a budget that Doxa could afford. The first player he signed was Angolan born Portuguese left back Rui Paulo Silva JúniorRui Paulo Silva Júnior
Rui Paulo Silva Júnior is a retired footballer last playing for Cyprus first division club Olympiakos Nicosia, at left-back or left wing-back position...
, who subsequently became a good friend and after retiring as a footballer would join him as Director of football at AEL Limassol
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus....
. He used the player agent Costas Christodoulou (Karavidas) to help him bring the players to Cyprus and subsequently learned the tricks of the trade himself, in 2011 the Olympiakos Nicosia supporters club cast doubt on Christodoulou's scouting prowress by claiming that player agent Karavidas in fact finds and signs the players. Chrisodoulou vehemently denies this and is moving legally against the Olympiakos supporters for libel as he claims that Rui Junior and himself scout and find the players. By overhauling Doxa's squad every season and building it nearly from scratch, some have argued this was done to gain more commission for everyone involved from bringing new players every year, but this is disputed as with this strategy he saved minnows Doxa from relegation for three consecutive years. These players mainly hailed from Portugal, Angola and Brazil. Pambos brought some notably good strikers to Cyprus that were crowned as top scorers for Doxa and in the Cypriot First Division such as Brazilians: David
David Pereira da Costa
David Pereira da Costa or simply David born March 15, 1977 in Olinda, is a Brazilian striker last played for Aris Limassol FC. He played for Doxa Katokopias in Cyprus for the 2007 season. Having scored 16 goals in the 2007-08 season he was awarded the Cypriot Golden shoe, along with Anorthosis FC...
, Serjão
Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva
Sérgio Luis Gardino da Silva commonly known as Serjão is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Ermis Aradippou in the Cypriot First Division....
and Portuguese Henrique
José Henrique Souto Esteves
José Henrique Souto Esteves, better known as Henrique is a Portuguese striker playing for AEL Limassol in Cyprus First Division.-External links:*...
as well as Angolan Freddy. He managed with this formula and with his trusted coaching team of: Assistant coach Marios Markou, Goalkeeping Coach Andreas Mavris
Andreas Mavris
Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris Andreas Mavris (born 21 March 1972 is a former Cypriot goalkeeper currently a Goalkeeping coach for AEL Limassol of Cyprus working closely with manager Pambos Christodoulou, previously he was coach at Olympiakos Nicosia and Doxa Katokopias...
, fitness coach Sotiris Charalambous and Kokos Evripidou and by playing attractive attacking football, against all odds kept Doxa in the Cypriot First Division for a record three consecutive years. When he left in 2010, something that underlies his good team building skills, for a bigger challenge in his career with Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...
, Doxa was relegated back to the Cypriot Second Division.
Olympiakos Nicosia
In the 2010-2011 season, Pambos Christodoulou, an old Olympiakos player and ex-manager of Doxa Katokopias, together with his coaching team mentioned above, became manager of Olympiakos NicosiaOlympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...
. He brought with him from Doxa the following players: Brazilian defender, Rodrigo
Rodrigo Rodrigues Ribeiro
Rodrigo Rodrigues Ribeiro or Rodrigão is a Brazilian football defender who played for Olympiakos Nicosia in the League Marfin Laiki.-References:...
, Portuguese left back Pedro Duarte
Pedro Miguel Mimoso Duarte
Pedro Miguel Mimoso Duarte is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus, as a left defender.-External links:**...
, Portuguese winger Carlos André
Carlos André Filipe Martins
Carlos André Filipe Martins , known as Carlos André, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Olympiakos Nicosia in Cyprus, as a left winger.-External links:**...
, Cypriot holding midfielder Kyriakos Polykarpou and an old Olympiakos Nicosia player for many years, Defensive allrounder Nikolas Nicolaou
Nikolas Nicolaou
Nikolas Nicolaou born 28 June 1979 in Nicosia, Cyprus, aka Nikolakis Nicolaou, is a Cypriot football defender who is currently playing for Olympiakos Nicosia. He is the captain of Olympiakos Nicosia.-External links:...
, to form the basis of his new squad. He overhauled the squad bringing in players from Portugal, Brazil, Angola and Nigerian and Cameroon strikers. As well as left back and best friend Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
Rui Paulo Silva Júnior is a retired footballer last playing for Cyprus first division club Olympiakos Nicosia, at left-back or left wing-back position...
, Olympiakos showed good attacking football in the 2010-2011 season, easily avoiding relegation and having qualified for the Cup quarterfinals. The club played fluid attacking football having the third best attacking record after leaders APOEL and 3rd placed Anorthosis, playing with a 4-4-2 formation with pressing from within the opponent's half, but the Achilles heel of the team that year had been the bad defensive record with goals conceeded in most games and the third worst record in this area.
Christodoulou decided to leave the club in 2011 together with all his coaching team and Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
Rui Paulo Silva Júnior
Rui Paulo Silva Júnior is a retired footballer last playing for Cyprus first division club Olympiakos Nicosia, at left-back or left wing-back position...
, who retired as a footballer to become Director of Football, but without his assistant manager Marios Markou who stayed on at Olympiakos, to join AEL Limassol
AEL Limassol
Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou , commonly known as AEL Limassol , is a Greek Cypriot multisport club based in the city of Limassol, the port of Cyprus....
, one year before his contract expired. Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia
Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity...
decided to pursue this breach in court. Subsequently AEL offered compensation via an out of court settlement offering an undisclosed sum of money to Olympiakos for the release of Christodoulou. The offer was accepted by Olympiakos and Christodoulou, officially coaches AEL for the 2011 - 2012 season.
AEL Lemesos
In 2011, he decided to make what he personally believed as a big step and big risk in his career. He moved to one of the clubs of Cyprus with a large following, AEL Lemesos together with the coaching team mentioned above. He started his rebuilding of AEL in the usual fashion, bringing as a basis players that played for him in Doxa such as Brazilian winger EdmarEdmar Lacerda da Silva
Edmar Lacerda da Silva or simply Edmar is a Brazilian striker who plays for AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.-External links:* *...
, Cypriot winger Georgios Eleftheriou
Georgios Eleftheriou
Georgios Eleftheriou is a Cypriot midfielder who plays for AEL Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.-External links:*...
and together with players that he had originally brought to Cyprus for Doxa and were now at AEL such as Portuguese striker Henrique
José Henrique Souto Esteves
José Henrique Souto Esteves, better known as Henrique is a Portuguese striker playing for AEL Limassol in Cyprus First Division.-External links:*...
formed the basis of his new team. To these he added many players from the Portuguese 2nd level as well as keeping around 8 players already at AEL and adding 2 non Portuguse based players striker Cafu from Anorthosis Famagusta and Goalkeeper Matías Omar Degra
Matías Omar Degra
Matias Omar Degra is an Argentine football player, who currently plays for AEL Limassol in Cyprus.-References:* -External Links:...
from Greek side Asteras Tripoli F.C.. At pre-season interviews Pambos has expressed his great desire to succeed at AEL by winning titles and has said that the greater budget available to him at this club will help him achieve this. He has pleaded patience with his new clubs supporters who are notorious for their high ambitions. Pambos has acknowledged that moving to AEL is a great risk as the club is well known for its frequent managerial changes in the past 10 years however the fact that he is a personal friend of AEL chairman Andreas Sofokleous (as they served their military service together) will give him more goodwill than previous AEL managers.
He had a dream start at AEL not conceeding any goals in the first 5 games and the team was unbeaten at the top of the table.
Manager
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Doxa Katokopias |  |
2007 | 2010 |
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| Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia is a football club in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The club was founded in 1931. It is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. Olympiakos's home ground is the New GSP Stadium of 23,400 seat capacity... |
|
2010 | 2011 |
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| AEL Lemesos | |
2011 | Present |
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| Total |
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