# Ioannis Topalidis

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Greek footballer and manager

Ioannis Topalidis Topalidis as Rah Ahan manager in March 2016 Personal information Full name Ioannis Topalidis Date of birth (1962-11-24) 24 November 1962 (age 63) Place of birth Mavrodendri, Greece Position Midfielder Youth career 1971–1975 SpVgg Ludwigsburg Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1975–1977 SpVgg Ludwigsburg 34 (6) 1977–1984 VfR Bürstadt 95 (22) 1984–1987 Starkenburgia Heppenheim 71 (13) Total 200 (41) Managerial career 1989–1993 Eintracht Esslingen 1993–1996 SC Geislingen 1996–1998 TSG Backnang 1998–2001 Hertha BSC (assistant) 2001–2010 Greece (assistant) 2012–2013 AEP Paphos 2013 Kavala 2015–2016 Rah Ahan (assistant) 2016 Rah Ahan * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Ioannis Topalidis** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Ιωάννης Τοπαλίδης, born 24 November 1962) is a Greek professional [football manager](/source/Manager_(association_football)) and former [player](/source/Football_player).[1]

## Playing career

Topalidis spent most of his football career in [Germany](/source/Germany) where he played for clubs such as [SpVgg Ludwigsburg](/source/SpVgg_Ludwigsburg), [VfR Bürstadt](/source/VfR_B%C3%BCrstadt) and Starkenburgia Heppenheim in the German third Division.[2]

## Managerial career

Topalidis began his managerial career with Eintracht Esslingen in 1989 and went on to coach SC Geislingen, [TSG Backnang](/source/TSG_Backnang) and was assistant coach for [Hertha BSC](/source/Hertha_BSC). Topalidis became assistant manager of [Greece](/source/Greece_national_football_team) in 2001.[3] He was brought in by [German](/source/Germany) [Otto Rehhagel](/source/Otto_Rehhagel)[4] and won with him the [UEFA Euro 2004](/source/UEFA_Euro_2004).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bringt eh nichts"](http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2010/0622/sport/0029/index.html) (in German). Berliner Zeitung. 22 June 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100624024448/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2010/0622/sport/0029/index.html) from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Der Feldherr und sein Adjutant"](https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article323124/Der_Feldherr_und_sein_Adjutant.html) (in German). Welt Online. 25 June 2004. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110612124309/http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article323124/Der_Feldherr_und_sein_Adjutant.html) from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Εθνική Ομάδα-παρουσίαση](http://www.epo.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2337&catid=80:2010-02-22-21-11-42&Itemid=299) (in Greek). epo.gr. [Archived](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) from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["HONORARY PRIZE AWARD TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083030/http://www.sfei.gr/default.asp?contentID=27). sfei.gr. 14 April 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.sfei.gr/default.asp?contentID=27) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Hommage to the Greek team". *IP-Sports*. **41**: 80. 2 June 2008.

Managerial positions v t e Kavala F.C. – managers Voskas (1965–66) Georgiadis (1966–68) Petritsis (1968–69) Palfi (1969–75) Karapatis (1975) Janevski (1975–77) Mariani (1977–78) Petrović (1978–79) Daniil (1979–81) Bellis (1982) Chatzimichail (1983–84) Mantzourakis (1985–86) Chatzimichail (1986–87) Tatsis (1987) Anastasiadis (1994) Dimitrakopoulos (1994) Barzov (1994–95) Terzanidis (1995) Paraschos (1995–97) Lato (1997) Iosifidis (1997–98) Katrakylakis (1998) Goulis (1998–99) Katsavakis (1999) Vlachos (1999) Paraschos (1999–2000) Goulis (2000) Filippou (2000) Iosifidis (2000–01) Dokas (2001–02) Filippidis (2002) Benos (2002) Anthoulakis (2002–03) Zukić (2003) Benos (2003) Anthoulakis (2003–04) D. Papadopoulos (2004) Anthoulakis (2004–05) Barrios (2005–06) Goutis (2006) Tsalouchidis (2006–07) Voutsakelis (2007–08) Zalikas (2008) Maurer (2008) Anastopoulos (2008–09) Papakostas (2009) Goutisc (2009–10) De Mos (2010) Tsalikisc (2010) Okuka (2010) Kasperczak (2010–11) Mantzourakis (2011) Șumudică (2011) Scoria (2011) Vasilakakis (2012) N. Papadopoulos (2012–13) Marantas (2013) Topalidis (2013) Ferner (2013) Charalampidis (2013) Anthoulakis (2013) Marantas (2013–14) Iordanidis (2014) Ispyrlidis (2014–15) Anyfantakis (2015) Taousianis (2016) Digozis (2016–17) Anyfantakis (2017–18) Dermitzakis (2018–20) Anyfantakis (2020–21) Papavasiliou (2021) Karabiberis (2021) Nouri (2022) Angelidisc (2022) Karabiberisc (2022) Dilberis (2022) Angelidis (2022–23) Kavakas (2023–24) Karabetakis (2024) Anyfantakis (2024) Angelidisc (2024–25) Tatsis (2025) Grafas (2025) Tatsis (2025–26) Stoinović (2026–) (c) = caretaker manager v t e Rah Ahan F.C. – managers Ghanbarpour (2000–02) Derakhshan (2002–03) Mousivand (2003–04) Karimi (2004–06) Razavi (2006) Misaghian (2006–08) Mahabadi (2008) Yavari (2008–09) Tartar (2009) Brandts (2009) Tartar (2009–10) Korbekandi (2010) Tartar (2010–11) Daei (2011–13) Ebrahimzadeh (2013–14) Estili (2014–15) Latifi (2015) Kazemi (2015) Tartar (2015–16) Topalidis (2016) Pashazadeh (2016–17) Dinmohammadi (2017) Bayatinia (2017–)

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