He left Veria later to join Apollon Athens as he wanted to be closer to his Law school.
Two years after joining Makrochori as manager he received a contract offer by Naoussa which was playing in Football League.
He spent 3.5 years in Naoussa winning a promotion to Football League.
He is the head coach of Veria U20 squad and he also controls the youth academies of the club.
During his managerial career, he discovered some of Greece's most important football players; some of the players that he trained, guided and offered to Greek football were Vasilios Tsiartas at Alexandria, Alexis Alexandris at Veria, Pantelis Kafes, Nikos Dabizas, Andreas Niniadis, Dimitrios Geladaris and Ilias Atmatsidis at Pontioi Veria.