Final agreement between AEK Betsson and Zouro – Announced and immediately starts work

THE Ilias Zouros will be, definitively, Joan Platha’s replacement on her bench AEK Betsson. After the second meeting of Makis Angelopoulos with the 57-year-old coach, the deal is a given and will last until the end of the season, with the prospect of an extension for another year. The “yellow and black” also had him seriously in mind Alexander Zigic and the Stefano Dedabut they ended up with Ilias Zouros, who even a few years ago was close to taking over the technical leadership of the team.

THE recruitment announcement it will be done when the Spanish coach’s contract is formally terminated. However, today already Ilias Zouros will make the first acquaintance/training with the players of “Enos” and will be on the bench in Saturday’s away match against Karditsa (17:15) for the Stoiximan Basket League. It is worth noting that the Greek coach had replaced Joan Platha in 2013, on the bench of Zalgiris at that time.

Ilias Zouros left her bench in September Georgia after almost eight years having led the country’s national team to two EuroBaskets (2017, 2022) and for the first time in its history to the World Cup (2023). His last team at the collective level was Prometheus in 2021/22, while he has also worked at Olympiakos, Peristeri bwin, Aris, Panhellenic, Zalgiris, Paris, Buduchnost and Tofas.