{{short description|Greek footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ioannis Topalidis | image = Ioannis Topalidis.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Topalidis as [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]] manager in March 2016 | fullname = Ioannis Topalidis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mavrodendri]], Greece | height = | currentclub = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1971–1975 | youthclubs1 = [[SpVgg Ludwigsburg]] | years1 = 1975–1977 | clubs1 = [[SpVgg Ludwigsburg]] | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 1977–1984 | clubs2 = [[VfR Bürstadt]] | caps2 = 95 | goals2 = 22 | years3 = 1984–1987 | clubs3 = Starkenburgia Heppenheim | caps3 = 71 | goals3 = 13 | totalcaps = 200 | totalgoals = 41 | manageryears1 = 1989–1993 | managerclubs1 = Eintracht Esslingen | manageryears2 = 1993–1996 | managerclubs2 = SC Geislingen | manageryears3 = 1996–1998 | managerclubs3 = [[TSG Backnang]] | manageryears4 = 1998–2001 | managerclubs4 = [[Hertha BSC]] (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2001–2010 | managerclubs5 = [[Greece national football team|Greece]] (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs6 = [[AEP Paphos F.C.|AEP Paphos]] | manageryears7 = 2013 | managerclubs7 = [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]] | manageryears8 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs8 = [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]] (assistant) | manageryears9 = 2016 | managerclubs9 = [[Rah Ahan Tehran F.C.|Rah Ahan]] }} '''Ioannis Topalidis''' ({{langx|el|Ιωάννης Τοπαλίδης}}, born 24 November 1962) is a Greek professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2010/0622/sport/0029/index.html | title = Bringt eh nichts | language = de | publisher = Berliner Zeitung | access-date = 22 June 2010 | date = 22 June 2010 | archive-date = 24 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100624024448/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2010/0622/sport/0029/index.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
==Playing career== Topalidis spent most of his football career in [[Germany]] where he played for clubs such as [[SpVgg Ludwigsburg]], [[VfR Bürstadt]] and Starkenburgia Heppenheim in the German third Division.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article323124/Der_Feldherr_und_sein_Adjutant.html | title = Der Feldherr und sein Adjutant | language = de | publisher = Welt Online | access-date = 22 June 2010 | date = 25 June 2004 | archive-date = 12 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124309/http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article323124/Der_Feldherr_und_sein_Adjutant.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
==Managerial career== Topalidis began his managerial career with Eintracht Esslingen in 1989 and went on to coach SC Geislingen, [[TSG Backnang]] and was assistant coach for [[Hertha BSC]]. Topalidis became assistant manager of [[Greece national football team|Greece]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.epo.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2337&catid=80:2010-02-22-21-11-42&Itemid=299 | script-title = el:Εθνική Ομάδα-παρουσίαση | language = el | access-date = 23 June 2010 | publisher = epo.gr | archive-date = 6 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120306085313/http://www.epo.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2337&catid=80:2010-02-22-21-11-42&Itemid=299 | url-status = live }}</ref> He was brought in by [[Germany|German]] [[Otto Rehhagel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=HONORARY PRIZE AWARD TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM|url=http://www.sfei.gr/default.asp?contentID=27|date=14 April 2008|publisher=sfei.gr|access-date=22 June 2010|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083030/http://www.sfei.gr/default.asp?contentID=27|url-status=dead}}</ref> and won with him the [[UEFA Euro 2004]].<ref>{{cite journal | journal = IP-Sports | volume = 41 | date = 2 June 2008| title = Hommage to the Greek team | page = 80}}</ref>
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