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Peter Persidis Personal information 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 Playing position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1967–1971 First Vienna 1971–1975 Olympiacos 80 (12) 1975–1982 Rapid Vienna 182 (3) National team 1976–1978 Austria 7 (0) Teams managed 1986–1987 VSE St. Pölten 2001 Rapid Vienna * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Peter Persidis (8 March 1947 – 21 January 2009)[1] was a former international Austrian footballer.
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Career
Persidis started his professional career at First Vienna, than returned to his father's home country in the early 1970s, and went on to win three Greek titles with Olympiacos prior to returning to Vienna in 1975 to play for SK Rapid Wien. A sweeper, and the club's captain from 1978 to 1980, he won the 1981/82 Austrian title with Rapid under Hickersberger.
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
- Profile - Weltfussball
- Career stats - National Football Teams
- Profile - Rapidarchiv
References
Austria squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Koncilia • 2 Sara (c) • 3 Obermayer • 4 Breitenberger • 5 Pezzey • 6 Hattenberger • 7 Hickersberger • 8 Prohaska • 9 Krankl • 10 Kreuz • 11 Jara • 12 Krieger • 13 Happich • 14 Strasser • 15 Weber • 16 Persidis • 17 Oberacher • 18 Schachner • 19 Pirkner • 20 Baumeister • 21 Fuchsbichler • 22 Baumgartner • Coach: Senekowitsch
Categories:- 1947 births
- 2009 deaths
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- SK Rapid Wien players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Austrian people of Greek descent
- Austrian football managers
- SK Rapid Wien managers
- Sportspeople from Vienna
- Austrian football biography stubs
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