Antonios Nikopolidis - Revision history

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 ==Coaching==
-In January [[2013]], Nikopolidis was named interim coach of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] replacing [[Leonardo Jardim]].
+In January [[2013]], Nikopolidis was named interim coach of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] replacing Leonardo Jardim. From [[2015]] till [[2019]] he was coach of the [[Under-21 National Football Team]] of [[Greece]].
 ==Did you know?==

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 [[Image:Nikopolidis_4007.jpg|frame|left|Antonios Nikopolidis]]
 [[Image:Antonios_Nikopolidis.jpg|thumb|280px|Antonios Nikopolidis]]
 '''Antonios "Antonis" Nikopolidis''' is a retired [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] goalkeeper, currently the interim coach of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] [[Piraeus]].

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 [[Image:Nikopolidis_4007.jpg|frame|left|Antonios Nikopolidis]]
 [[Image:Antonios_Nikopolidis.jpg|thumb|280px|Antonios Nikopolidis]]
-'''Antonios "Antonis" Nikopolidis''' is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] goalkeeper, currently with [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] [[Piraeus]].
+'''Antonios "Antonis" Nikopolidis''' is a retired [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] goalkeeper, currently the interim coach of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] [[Piraeus]].
 Since joining [[Panathinaikos FC]] as a teenager in the [[1980s]], '''Antonios Nikopolidis''' has earned his own place in Greek [[football]] history.
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 On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis. "Time is cruel and makes no exceptions. It is the right moment for me to go. I've had great moments with the squad, good and bad, glorious and tough." Nikopolidis won his 90th cap in their final group game against Spain before bringing down the curtain on his 11-year international career.
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 [[Antonios Nikopolidis]] was Greece's goalkeeper for [[National Football Team|Greece's]] [[Euro 2008]] defending of the European crown. However, a critical mistake by Nikopolidis in the second game [[Euro_2008#Matchday_2|against Russia]] cost Greece the game, and their early exit from contention.
-On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis. "Time is cruel and makes no exceptions. It is the right moment for me to go. I've had great moments with the squad, good and bad, glorious and tough." Nikopolidis will win his 90th cap in their final group game against Spain before bringing down the curtain on his 11-year international career.
+On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis. "Time is cruel and makes no exceptions. It is the right moment for me to go. I've had great moments with the squad, good and bad, glorious and tough." Nikopolidis won his 90th cap in their final group game against Spain before bringing down the curtain on his 11-year international career.
 ==Did you know?==

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 ==National team==
 Two years after making his debut in a friendly international victory against El Salvador on [[August 18]], [[1999]], Nikopolidis had become the undisputed choice in Greece's goal. He played in qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and excelled as Greece qualified for UEFA [[Euro 2004]], keeping six clean sheets and not letting in a goal in the three knockout games as he claimed a winner's medal and a place in the All-Star Squad.
 On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis. "Time is cruel and makes no exceptions. It is the right moment for me to go. I've had great moments with the squad, good and bad, glorious and tough." Nikopolidis will win his 90th cap in their final group game against Spain before bringing down the curtain on his 11-year international career.

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 Since joining [[Panathinaikos FC]] as a teenager in the [[1980s]], '''Antonios Nikopolidis''' has earned his own place in Greek [[football]] history.
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 /04: Played 18 of the first 20 games only to lose his place to [[Kostas Chalkias]] when contract negotiations broke down in February. He ended the season with a championship medal, and a transfer to [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] on a three-year contract.
-He was Greece's goalie at the winning [[Euro 2004]] tournament.
+==National team==
 On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer --  hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis. "Time is cruel and makes no exceptions. It is the right moment for me to go. I've had great moments with the squad, good and bad, glorious and tough." Nikopolidis will win his 90th cap in their final group game against Spain before bringing down the curtain on his 11-year international career.

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	He was Greece's goalie at the winning [[Euro 2004]] tournament.		He was Greece's goalie at the winning [[Euro 2004]] tournament.
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		+	On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer -- hours after [[National Football Team\|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. "It's a decision that I took long before the tournament started," explained Nikopolidis.

	==Did you know?==		==Did you know?==