Thodoris Vlachos

Theodoros "Thodoris" Vlachos (Greek: Θοδωρής Βλάχος, born 9 July 1969 in Volos) is a retired Greek water polo player and the current coach of Olympiacos Water Polo Club and the Greece men's national water polo team.[1][2]

Thodoris Vlachos
Personal information
Born July 9, 1969 (1969-07-09) (age 52)
Volos, Greece
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1989
NO Volos & Argonautes
1989–1998
Olympiacos
1998–1999
PAOK
1999–2000
Panathinaikos
National team
Years Team
 Greece
Teams coached
2000–2005
Olympiacos (assistant)
2005–2011
Palaio Faliro
2011–
Olympiacos
2014–
Greece
Last updated: 12 January 2017

As a player, Vlachos played for Olympiacos from 1989 to 1998, winning numerous titles. He was also a member of the Greek national team. After his retirement, he became assistant coach of Olympiacos under coaches Dragan Matutinović, Zoltán Kásás and Veselin Đuho.[3] He became Olympiacos head coach in 2011, following a successful stint as head coach in Palaio Faliro. Under his guidance, Olympiacos won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa, after a 9–7 win against home team Pro Recco in the final and completed a Triple Crown, winning the season's all available titles.[4][5] Besides the LEN Champions League and the Triple Crown, he has also coached Olympiacos to 9 consecutive Greek League titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) 8 Greek Cups (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and 6 domestic Doubles.[6]

In 2014, he became head coach of Greece national team,[7] whom he led to the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan and the bronze medal at the 2016 World League in Huizhou.[8]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

National team

Awards

References

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