Sofronis Avgousti (Greek: Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή; born 9 March 1977) is a Cypriot football manager and former player who is currently the manager of the Cyprus national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sofronis Avgousti | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Limassol, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Omonia (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | Apollon Limassol | 127 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | AEK Larnaca | 51 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Apollon Limassol | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Aris Limassol | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | APOEL | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Apollon Limassol | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Cyprus | 11 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 2019–2020 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 2020–2021 | AEK Larnaca | ||
| 2021–2022 | APOEL | ||
| 2022–2023 | Karmiotissa Polemidion | ||
| 2023–2024 | Omonia | ||
| 2024 | Karmiotissa | ||
| 2024– | Cyprus | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing as a goalkeeper, he spent much of his career at Apollon Limassol, and he was capped 11 times for the Cypriot national team. As a manager, he has won the Cypriot Cup with both Apollon (2017) and Omonia (2023).
Playing career
editHe started his career in 1998 with Apollon Limassol before joining AEK Larnaca in 2006. After another spell with Apollon in 2008–09, he split the 2009–10 season between Aris and APOEL. In May 2010, he returned to Apollon for a third spell and retired at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Coaching career
editAfter the departure of Pedro Emanuel from Apollon in December 2016, Sofronis Avgousti was assigned as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season. Due to the team's impressive form and performance, which resulted in the win of the Cypriot Cup, he stayed as a permanent solution for the managerial position at the club.
He left by mutual consent in November 2020 and, after AEK Larnaca dismissed their manager soon afterwards, Avgousti was appointed manager of that club on an 18-month contract.[1][2][3] He and his staff left by mutual consent at the end of the 2020–21 season.[4]
He was appointed manager of APOEL in August 2021 and,[5] after a third place finish in the 2021–22 Cypriot First Division, he left by mutual consent in October 2022.[6]
Following a brief stint at Karmiotissa, he became the new manager of 21-time Cypriot champions Omonia in February 2023, leading them to win the 2022–23 Cypriot Cup.[7] His contract was terminated in January 2024, and he returned to Karmiotissa the following summer.
In October 2024, he was appointed manager of the Cyprus national team.[8]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 18 November 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Apollon Limassol | 11 December 2016 | 30 August 2019 | 145 | 85 | 29 | 31 | 294 | 140 | +154 | 58.62 | [9] | |
| Apollon Limassol | 4 October 2019 | 12 November 2020 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 63.89 | [9] | |
| AEK Larnaca | 24 November 2020 | 20 April 2021 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 37.50 | [10] | |
| APOEL | 31 August 2021 | 4 October 2022 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 48.94 | [11] | |
| Karmiotissa Polemidion | 14 December 2022 | 6 February 2023 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 25.00 | [12] | |
| Omonia | 6 February 2023 | January 2024 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 48.78 | [13] | |
| Cyprus | October 2024 | present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 25.00 | ||
| Total | 305 | 163 | 60 | 82 | 531 | 326 | +205 | 53.44 | — | |||
References
edit- ^ "Thank you for everything Sofronis Avgusti!". Apollon FC. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Nicolaou, Kyriacos (24 November 2020). "Avgousti set to replace Carrillo as AEK manager". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Ανακοινωση για το νεο τεχνικο επιτελειο [Announcement of new technical staff] (in Greek). AEK. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Λυση της συνεργασιας με τον Σωφρονη Αυγουστη [Resolution of agreement with Sofronis Avgousti] (in Greek). AEK. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή και με τη... βούλα στον ΑΠΟΕΛ | AlphaNews.Live". www.alphanews.live (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "ΑΠΟΕΛ: Τέλος ο Αυγουστή με συναινετικό διαζύγιο και ευχαριστίες σε όλους! | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Ομόνοια: Ο Αυγουστή έκανε το 2-1 σε τελικούς και δεν εξαρτάται από κανέναν τεχνικό διευθυντή! | Goal News Cy". goal.philenews.com (in Greek). 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "Ο Σωφρόνης Αυγουστή και επίσημα νέος ��ροπονητής της Εθνικής Ανδρών" (in Greek). 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ a b "Apollon Limassol FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "AEK Larnaca FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "APOEL FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Karmiotissa Polemidion FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "AC Omonia: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
External links
edit- Sofronis Avgousti at National-Football-Teams.com
