User:Putellas2/Spyros Philippou

Spyros Filippou (Drama, July 5, 1977) is a professional football coach and former football player.

After a semi-professional career as a player in the Greek fourth and fifth divisions, as well as in the English football pyramid, Filippou studied Computer Science at the University of Essex and also gained an MSc in Information Systems at the University of East Anglia. In 2012, 2017 and 2018 he attended coaching courses at the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) and obtained the UEFA Coaching Diplomas (B, A).

ARI FTELIAS
In 2011, Filippou started his career as a coach.[1], Filippou managed the Aris Ftelias 7th division team as a coach. In his first season with the team he was very successful finishing first and winning the championship[2][3]. The club was promoted to the top division.

The following season 2012–13[4] was also triumphant and Aris Ftelias won the championship again,[5] 6th division[6] and were relegated to the 5th division of Greece.

In the summer of 2013,[7] Filippou renewed his agreement with the team. The season was good and they finished above the relegation zone[8].

AMAZONES DRAMAS WS
A DIVISION WOMEN

In July 2015, Filippou assumed the position of coach in the Amazon team in the championship of the First Greek National Women. In his first season at the Amazons he achieved great success leading the team to 3rd place and played in the final of the Greek Women's Cup[10] (runner-up)

His record in the first year seemed to confirm the Amazon president's idea of using a young Greek coach to lead the team for the next season, 2016-17. The season was also successful, as the team reached 3rd place, and the budget was lower than the previous year.

In the summer of 2017, Filippou renewed his contract with the Amazons for another year. The team's budget has been reduced further, but the season was very satisfying, as the club reached 4th place, and had 7 Greek and 2 Cypriot international players on the roster (Women, U19, U17).

AE KALAMPAKIOU
3RD DIVISION

In January 2019, he assumed the position of head coach in the AE Kalambaki team for the C National Championship.

P.A.O.K ( WOMEN TEAM )
A DIVISION WOMEN

In July 2019, Filippou accepted the offer from PAOK to take over the duties of coach of the women's team. With the PAOK team, he won the championship in the 2019-20 season. in March 2021, Filippou announced his retirement from the PAOK team.

DOXA DRAMAS
In August 2021, Filippou is announced by Doxa as assistant coach to Makis Katsavakis in the Super League 2 championship, but the team never participated due to financial problems and thus declared participation in the C National Championship. There, Filippou took over the duties of the coach with the team finishing the league just above the relegation zone. At the end of the same season he announced his departure from the team.

Honours
PAOK


 * A Division Women Football League 2019-20