Peter Persidis
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Δημήτρης Περσίδης | ||
Date of birth | 8 March 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | 21 January 2009 | (aged 61)||
Place of death | Vienna, Austria | ||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1971 |
First Vienna | 71 | (0) |
1971–1975 | Olympiacos | 80 | (12) |
1975–1982 |
Rapid Vienna | 182 | (3) |
Total | 333 | (15) | |
International career | |||
1976–1978 | Austria | 7 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1986–1987 | VSE St. Pölten | ||
2001 |
Rapid Vienna | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Persidis (8 March 1947 – 21 January 2009)[1] was an international Austrian footballer.
Career
His father Kostas Persidis was also a footballer in Greece. He played at Proodeftiki F.C. (1937-1939) and Aris Piraeous (1943-1944). Persidis started his professional career at
Coaching career
He coached VSE St. Pölten.[2] He also later worked as Josef Hickersberger's assistant at Rapid and was briefly the club's caretaker manager. Persidis took over as Under-19 head coach last summer, having previously worked as assistant to Hickersberger at UEFA EURO 2008. However, he was forced to step down soon afterwards after being diagnosed with a serious illness.
Death
Persidis died in Vienna on 21 January 2009 at the age of 61, with the Austrian Football Association holding a minute's silence in his honour at the national team's friendly against Sweden in Graz on 11 February.[3]
External links
- Peter Persidis at WorldFootball.net
- Peter Persidis at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile - Rapidarchiv
References
- ^ "Archived copy". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Peter Persidis tot: Der loyale Mann im Hintergrund". 22 January 2009.