Nikos Nioplias
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolaos Nioplias | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Galatini, Kozani, Greece | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Neoi Galatinis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1993 | OFI Crete | 257 | (31) |
| 1993–1996 | Panathinaikos | 73 | (4) |
| 1996–2002 | OFI Crete | 159 | (30) |
| 2002–2004 | Chalkidona | 44 | (4) |
| Total | 533 | (69) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1995 | Greece | 44 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2007 | Greece U-19 | ||
| 2007–2009 | Greece U-21 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 2011–2013 | Cyprus | ||
| 2015 | Atromitos | ||
| 2016–2017 | OFI Crete | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nikolaos "Nikos" Nioplias (Greek: Νίκος Νιόπλιας), born 17 January 1965, is a Greek football manager and former international footballer.
His career began with OFI Crete in 1983, winning the Greek Cup in 1987, and he remained for a decade before moving to Panathinaikos. In his first season, he won the cup again and in 1994–95 they completed the domestic double. The next season the Athens side retained the title and Nioplias was a member of the team which reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 1995.
In 1996, he returned to OFI and remained for six seasons until 2002, when he moved to Chalkidona FC. He played for the newly promoted side until summer 2004 when he ended his career, having racked up 509 Greek top-flight appearances.
He played for Greece under-18 at the 1984 UEFA European under-18 championship. In 1988, as a member of Greece under-21, he helped his team reach the final of the 1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He was promoted to the senior team the same year, and was a member of the squad which qualified to the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He appeared in all three games Greece played at the World Cup, losing every one of them.
In total, he made 44 appearances and scored 1 goal for Greece.
After getting his coaching diploma, in January 2005 he was appointed as the coach of the Greece national under-19 football team. He led the team to the 2005 U19 European Championship which took place in Northern Ireland, but failed to progress past the group stage, despite a victory against the hosts. This was due to two straight 3–0 defeats in the remaining games of the group, with Nioplias blaming the poor fitness of his players.
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