Ange Postecoglou

Angelos Postecoglou ( ANJ POS-tə-KOG-loo; born 27 August 1965) is a professional soccer manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Nottingham Forest. He is known for his heavily attacking style of play, dubbed "Angeball". Born in Nea Filadelfeia, Postecoglou was raised in Melbourne and began his playing career in 1984 with South Melbourne, where he won two National Soccer League (NSL) titles, two Dockerty Cups and the NSL Cup and Buffalo Cup once each. He departed South Melbourne in 1993 and played for Western Suburbs in 1994 and Stonnington City in 1995. Postecoglou also played for the Australia national team, winning the Trans-Tasman Cup in 1988. He retired from professional soccer in 1995, aged 30, due to a knee injury. Postecoglou began his coaching career in 1994 with Western Suburbs. In 1996, he was hired by South Melbourne and won two NSL titles and one Oceania Club Championship before departing to coach the Australia under-17 and under-20 national teams from 2000, winning three OFC U-17 Championships, three OFC U-20 Championships and one AFF U-20 Youth Championship, but was fired in 2007. After brief stints with Panachaiki and Whittlesea Zebras in 2008 and 2009, Postecoglou was hired by Brisbane Roar in 2009 and won two A-League titles but resigned in 2012 to coach Melbourne Victory. He departed in 2013 to sign with Australia, where he won the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, and resigned in 2017. Postecoglou signed with Yokohama F. Marinos in 2018, winning the J1 League in 2019, and then joined Celtic in 2021, where he won two Scottish Premiership titles, two Scottish League Cups and one Scottish Cup. He signed with Tottenham Hotspur in 2023 and won the UEFA Europa League in 2025, achieving the club's first trophy since 2008 and its first European trophy since 1984, but he was fired that same year. Postecoglou then briefly managed Nottingham Forest in 2025.