| Giorgos Simos | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Ioannina, Greece |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Currentclub: | Asteras Tripolis B (manager) |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Panathinaikos |
| Years1: | 1999 |
| Clubs1: | Panathinaikos |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2000 |
| Clubs2: | Agios Nikolaos |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs3: | OFI |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2002–2005 |
| Clubs4: | Chalkidona |
| Caps4: | 71 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2005–2006 |
| Clubs5: | AEL |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2006 |
| Clubs6: | AEK Larnaca |
| Caps6: | 7 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2007 |
| Clubs7: | Ionikos |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2008 |
| Clubs8: | Panetolikos |
| Caps8: | 17 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2008 |
| Clubs9: | Ethnikos Piraeus |
| Caps9: | 4 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs10: | Kallithea |
| Years11: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs11: | Rouf |
| Manageryears1: | 2012–2016 |
| Managerclubs1: | Panathinaikos (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs2: | Omonia (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Managerclubs3: | AEK Athens U20 |
| Manageryears4: | 2019–2021 |
| Managerclubs4: | OFI |
| Manageryears5: | 2021–2022 |
| Managerclubs5: | Greece U21 |
| Manageryears6: | 2022–2023 |
| Managerclubs6: | Kallithea |
| Manageryears7: | 2023 |
| Managerclubs7: | Ionikos |
| Manageryears8: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs8: | Asteras Tripolis B |
Giorgos Simos (el|Γιώργος Σίμος; born 29 March 1978) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
Born in Ioannina, Simos came through the ranks at Panathinaikos, before being promoted to the senior team in 1999. He later played for Agios Nikolaos, OFI, Chalkidona, AEL, AEK Larnaca, Ionikos, Panetolikos, Ethnikos Piraeus, Kallithea and Rouf.
Simos holds a holds the UEFA Pro Licence.
In August 2012, Simos returned to Panathinaikos to begin his coaching career, quickly rising through the academy to lead the Under-15, Under-17, and Under-20 teams in successive seasons from 2013/14 through 2015/16. After spending a part of the 2016/17 season as an assistant coach at Cypriot top flight club Omonia, Simos took on the AEK Athens Under-20 team for one-and-a-half seasons to February 2019.
On 12 July 2019, Simos was named manager of OFI Crete following the departure of Jaime Vera.[1] In his debut season, Simos would guide OFI to a sixth-place finish in Super League 1 and their first qualification for the UEFA Europa League in 20 years. In the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, OFI would be eliminated by Apollon Limassol in the second qualifying round. Simos would resign from his position as manager prior to the end of the 2020/21 season with OFI in 11th place.[2] [3]
On 26 May 2021, Simos was appointed manager of the Greece Under-21 national team,[4] with whom he would finish third behind Portugal and Iceland in qualification for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
On 30 November 2022, Simos was appointed manager of Kallithea.[5]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEK Athens U20 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2019 | [6] | |||||
| OFI | 12 July 2019 | 6 Μarch 2021 | [7] | |||||
| Greece U21 | 20 May 2021 | 30 June 2022 | ||||||
| Kallithea | 2 December 2022 | 30 June 2023 | ||||||
| Ionikos | 5 July 2022 | 21 December 2023 | ||||||
| Total | — | |||||||