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{{short description|Retired Greek footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christos Kontis
| fullname = 
| image = 
| height = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|5|13}}
| birth_place = [[Athens]], Greece
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 1987–1995
| youthclubs1 = [[A.E. Kifisia F.C.|Kifisia]]
| years1 = 1995–1999
| clubs1 = [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]]
| caps1  = 105
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]]
| caps2  = 27
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2000–2002
| clubs3 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| caps3  = 21
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2002–2004
| clubs4 = [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]]
| caps4  = 41
| goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2004–2006
| clubs5 = [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| caps5  = 40
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2006–2011
| clubs6 = [[APOEL FC|APOEL]]
| caps6  = 129
| goals6 = 9
| manageryears1 = 2011–2013
| managerclubs1 = [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2013–2016
| managerclubs2 = [[Al-Nasr Dubai SC|Al-Nasr]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs3 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2018
| managerclubs4 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] (caretaker)
| manageryears5 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs5 = [[Hatta Club|Hatta]]
| manageryears6 = 2020
| managerclubs6 = [[Hatta Club|Hatta]]
| manageryears7 = 2021–2023
| managerclubs7 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] (assistant)
| manageryears8 = 2024
| managerclubs8 = [[Volos F.C.|Volos]]
| manageryears9 = 2024
| managerclubs9 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] (caretaker) 
| manageryears10= 2024
| managerclubs10= [[Al-Fayha FC|Al-Fayha]]
}}

'''Christos Kontis''' ({{langx|el|Χρήστος Κόντης}}, born 13 May 1975) is a Greek professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player.

==Playing career==
Kontis started his career at [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]]. In Greece he played also for [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]], [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]. With [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] he won 3 Greek [[Super League Greece|Championships]].

In the summer of 2006 he moved to [[Cyprus]] and signed with [[APOEL FC|APOEL]]. During his five-year spell with APOEL, he won 3 [[Cypriot First Division|Championships]], 1 [[Cypriot Cup|Cup]] and 3 [[LTV Super Cup|Super Cups]]. He also appeared in four official [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage]] matches with APOEL.

===End of career===
After a successful career at [[APOEL FC|APOEL]], Christos Kontis was forced to retire due to heart failure problems. During the first official [[2011–12 Cypriot First Division]] match (29 August 2011) between [[AEK Larnaca]] and APOEL, Kontis felt a slight discomfort and a pain in his chest. Later that night the discomfort continued to exist and the pain got worse, thus the club's doctors moved him to Nicosia's General Hospital. It was diagnosed that Kontis had suffered a minor heart attack that had damaged one of the veins in his heart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01f4-0ea29ef6e5a2-1435ba3e7f3a-1000--apoel-defender-kontis-suffers-heart-attack/|title=APOEL defender Kontis suffers heart attack |publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=30 August 2011|access-date=30 August 2011}}</ref> Consequently, he was forced to retire from his professional football career 9 months before his contract with APOEL expires.

He was one of APOEL's fans' favorite players and he will always be remembered for his passion and for the low profile that he always kept. These virtues earned him the respect and admiration of all Cypriot football fans. He wore the jersey with the number 24.

==Managerial career==
When Christos Kontis recovered fully from the heart incident that forced him to retire, the Board of Directors of APOEL appointed him as an assistant of the head coach of APOEL, [[Ivan Jovanović (coach)|Ivan Jovanović]]. He served as an assistant manager of [[Ivan Jovanović (coach)|Ivan Jovanović]] at APOEL for two years, until the end of 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=9662&tt=graphic&lang=l1|script-title=el:Για Πάντα στην Καρδιά μας |publisher=APOEL FC|language=el|date=7 June 2013|access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref>

Christos Kontis has served as an assistant manager of the head coach of [[Al-Nasr Dubai SC|Al-Nasr]], [[Ivan Jovanović (coach)|Ivan Jovanović]] from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alnasrclub.com/en/football/|title=Al Nasr Club - The Squad|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> He was subsequently hired by [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] for the same role, and served as the team's caretaker manager for a fixture against Larisa on 7 January 2018, while the transition from [[Takis Lemonis]] to the club's new manager [[Óscar García Junyent|Óscar García]] took place;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-fm.com.cy/2018/01/04/%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%BF-%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1/|title=Τέλος ο Λεμονής, με Κόντη στη Λάρισα {{!}} Super Sport FM|website=www.sport-fm.com.cy|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> he also coached the team in a [[Greek Cup]] quarter-final return leg game against rivals [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK]] on 7 February 2018 as García was hospitalised with an appendicitis inflammation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/GreekCup/olympiacos/provlhma-me-gkarthia-ston-pagko-o-xrhstos-konths.5067174.html|title=Πρόβλημα με Γκαρθία, στον πάγκο ο Χρήστος Κόντης!|work=Contra.gr|access-date=2018-02-07|language=en}}</ref>
He also finished season as a head coach for the last month of the campaign 2017–18.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Olympiakos/konths-kai-vlepoyme-ston-olympiako.5148666.html|title=Κόντης, με βοηθό τον Ιμπαγάσα, στον Ολυμπιακό|work=sport24.gr|access-date=2018-03-04|language=en}}</ref>

On the summer of 2019, Christos took his first full managerial job at [[Hatta Club|Hatta]] with the job of keeping the promoted club in the top flight of UAE football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sdna.gr/podosfairo/kosmos/article/598548/proponitis-sti-hatta-fc-o-kontis-pic|title=Τα ηνία της Hatta F.C. των Ηνωμένων Αραβικών Εμιράτων ανέλαβε ο Χρήστος Κόντης|publisher=Sports dna|language=el|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref> However on November of 2020, he was sacked due to lack of victories, during the cancelled 19–20 season, Hatta was at the relegation zone and in the first six matches of the following 20–21 season, Hatta was at the bottom of the league with 1 point.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albayan.ae/sports/emirates/2020-11-22-1.4019946|title=كونتيس: شعرت بإقالتي مسبقاً وأتقبل قرار إدارة حتا |publisher=Albayan|language=ar|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

On 8 July 2024, Kontis was appointed as manager of Saudi Pro League side [[Al-Fayha FC|Al-Fayha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=كريستوس كونتيس مدربا للفيحاء |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1339649&o=n8000071}}</ref>

===Managerial statistics===
{{Updated|match played 4 December 2024}}<ref>{{soccerway coach|https://us.soccerway.com/coaches/christos-kontis/40275/}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |Nat
! rowspan="2" |From
! rowspan="2"|To
! colspan="8" |Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}	
|-
|align=left|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|align=left|4 January 2018
|align=left|8 January 2018
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|align=left|3 April 2018
|align=left|5 May 2018
{{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=8|against=4|diff=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Hatta Club|Hatta]]
|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}}
|align=left|10 June 2019
|align=left|22 November 2020
{{WDL|34|5|8|21|for=26|against=64|diff=yes}}
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Volos F.C.|Volos]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|align=left|22 February 2024
|align=left|17 May 2024
{{WDL|10|5|2|3|for=14|against=13|diff=yes}}
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] 
|{{flagicon|Greece}}
|align=left|17 May 2024
|align=left|31 May 2024
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=3|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Al-Fayha FC|Al-Fayha]] 
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}}
|align=left|8 July 2024
|align=left|4 December 2024
{{WDL|14|3|4|7|for=12|against=21|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|68|17|15|36|for=66|against=104|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
;Olympiacos
* [[Super League Greece|Greek Super League]]: [[2000–01 Alpha Ethniki|2000-01]], [[Alpha Ethniki 2001-02|2001–02]], [[Alpha Ethniki 2002-03|2002–03]]

;APOEL
* [[Cypriot First Division]]: [[2006–07 Cypriot First Division|2006–07]], [[2008–09 Cypriot First Division|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Cypriot First Division|2010–11]]
* [[Cypriot Cup]]: [[2007–08 Cypriot Cup|2007–08]]
* [[LTV Super Cup|Cypriot Super Cup]]: 2008, 2009, 2011

===Coach===
;Panathinaikos
* [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]]: [[2023–24 Greek Football Cup|2023–24]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerway|christos-kontis/40275}}

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