Peter Persidis (Greek: Δημήτρης Περσίδης; 8 March 1947 – 21 January 2009)[1] was an international Austrian footballer.
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.
[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.
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.