Takis Lemonis

Takis Lemonis played for local club Attikos before playing for Olympiacos from 1978 until 1987. He also played for Levadiakos (1987 – 1991) and Ιonikos 1992, Panionios (1992 – 1993), finishing his career in Ethnikos at 1994. During his playing career, Lemonis was capped twice for Greece.

Having stopped football as a player, Lemonis studied coaching in England and, in 1996, became head coach at Asteras Zografou. In 2000, he returned to Olympiacos as the assistant coach and, after the dismissal of Giannis Matzourakis, as head coach. Lemonis had domestic success at Olympiakos by winning two championships in a row. He left the team in October 2002. He has since coached APOEL in Cyprus (2003), Kallithea (2005) and Levadiakos upon their return to the Alpha Ethniki for the 2006 season. Olympiacos under the leading of Takis Lemonis won the championship with 12 points difference in 2001 and beat AEK in a match practically final of the championship with a 4–3 in an impressive match in April 2002. He also won AEK 6–1 and Panathinaikos 1–4 in Leoforos, Panathinaikos' historical castle. Those victories gave him the nickname "Sir Takis". In September 2006, Lemonis once again replaced Ioannis Matzourakis, this time as coach of Skoda Xanthi. He resigned in December 2006 and, later that month, signed a six month contract and replaced Trond Sollied as the head coach of Olympiacos. Although Olympiacos were eventually crowned champion, the loss of the derby of the eternal enemies, the disqualification by a lower division club in the Greek Cup and the loss of Rivaldo led Olympiacos fans to boo Lemonis, Sokratis Kokkalis (the chairman of the club) and the players. However, the chairman decided to extend Lemonis's contract for two more years which keeps Lemonis in the club until…

Player

Olympiacos

Alpha Ethniki: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987 Greek Cup: 1981 Greek Super Cup: 1980

Manager

Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2017 Greek Super Cup: 2007 Omonia

Cypriot Championship: 2010 Cyprus FA Shield: 2010