Alexandros Katikaridis

Alexandros Katikaridis (Greek: Aλέξανδρος Κατηκαρίδης; born 3 June 1971 in Polichni Thessalonikis) is a Greek football manager and former footballer who played in amateur and professional level.

Katikaridis was born, grew up and lives in Polichni, a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

Managerial career Alexandros Katikaridis worked in the academies of Iraklis from 2005 to 2010 and Proteas from 2010 to 2016. In September 2013, he became the head coach of PAOK's women's team. He helped them win two league titles and three cup titles. In the 2015–16 season, they reached the round of 32 of the UEFA Women's Champions League. They finished third in their group and reached the quarterfinals of the Third Division Cup. In the 2017–18 season, he joined his hometown club Foinikas Polichnis and helped them win the Macedonia FCA A Division. He helped them win the Kilkis FCA A1 Division and get promoted to the third division. On 8 October 2019, he returned to Foinikas Polichnis. They finished 11th in the Macedonia FCA A1 Division.

On 8 September 2020, Alexandros Katikaridis became the assistant coach of the Greek women's national team. Together with Georgios Kyriazis, they managed the national team in the 2022 Euro qualifying and the 2023 World Cup qualifying. On 17 January 2023, he replaced Kyriazis as the new head coach of the national team. He stayed in Heraklion for five months, during which he kept the club in fourth place in the league, before resigning in April due to personal reasons. . On 8 July 2026, he signed for Asteras Tripolis.

Managerial statistics

Honours Manager PAOK WFC Greek A Division (2): 2014/15, 2015/16 Greek Cup (3): 2014, 2015, 2016

Foinikas Polichnis Macedonia FCA A Division (1): 2017/18

Kilkisiakos Kilkis FCA A1 Division (1): 2018/19