Dimitris Spanos returned to Ionian

An old acquaintance is the successor to Giorgos Simos on the Ionian bench and in the Nice team’s attempt to return to the Stoiximan Super League.

The reason for this was Dimitris Spanos, who sat on the team’s bench and made it to the first division in 2020 after 14 years.

Dimitris Spanos returns home, as the Nice team typically writes:

“Dimitris Spanos returns home, as is typical in Ionikos’ announcement, and he is the successor to Giorgos Simos in the Nice team.

PAE Ionikos announces the start of its collaboration with Dimitris Spanos.

Dimitris Spanos returns to his homeland. The experienced technician recorded a great course on our team’s bench and wrote his very special story. He joined the team in the summer of 2020 and promoted them to the first division after 14 years!

PAE Ionikos is pleased to announce the return of Dimitris Spanos to the Ionikos bench.

We are pleased to welcome Dimitris Spanos to our team and wish him even more success in his new term at Ionikos!

The biography of Dimitris Spanos

Dimitris Spanos was born on July 13, 1969 in Aigio. As a footballer, he played in the 1st national team of Ionikos, in the 2nd national team of Atromito and Paneiyalio and in the 3rd national team of Byzantium Megaron and Anagennisi Artas.

His coaching career began in 2005 when he took over the technical management of Anagennisi Arta and from then on he began a long and successful career. He worked in: Agia Salamina, Rhodes, Panachaiki, Panegialeio, Aeolian Mytilini, Ermionida Union, Lamia, Apollon Smyrna, Panegialeio, Ari and Corfu. With Aris he even celebrated promotion to the Super League, as he was the coach who led the Thessalonians to the big leagues.

The experienced technician took over the management of Ionikos in the summer of 2020 and celebrated promotion to the first league. In fact, his first season in the Super League was extremely successful as the team finished 7th and achieved a record number of points in the play-outs. “He left as a friend in January 2023 and is returning to take the team back to where it belongs”!