How Ange Postecoglou went from 逃げるing Greece in a boat to 存在 on the 瀬戸際 of coaching Tottenham: Everything you need to know about the Aussie football genius 存在 chased by 首相 League 巨大（な）s

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When Ange Postecoglou was 任命するd Celtic 経営者／支配人 in 2021, he was 述べるd as an 'almost-unknown' 量 にもかかわらず having coached the Australian 国家の 味方する the Socceroos.

Today, the man 存在 sounded out to 後継する?Jos? Mourinho and?Antonio Conte at Tottenham Hotspur 命令（する）s much greater 尊敬（する）・点 after 主要な Celtic to an historic Scottish treble.

Postecoglou is on the 瀬戸際 of 存在 指名するd Tottenham's new 経営者／支配人, and he 計画（する）s to bring his 信用d assistant John Kennedy along for the ride.

Daily Mail Australia has ex clusively 報告（する）／憶測d that the former Brisbane Roar coach has 知らせるd Celtic's 最初の／主要な 株主, Dermot Desmond, of his 願望（する） to 出発／死 and 掴む the 適切な時期 to work in the 首相 League.

Postecoglou broke the news to the Scottish 支持する／優勝者s after they 安全な・保証するd the historic treble by winning the Scottish Cup on Sunday morning (AEST).

Australians all know and love former Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou but he remains a mystery man for many football fans in Europe

The Aussie coach's biggest 業績／成就 to date was 安全な・保証するing the Scottish treble for Celtic - and it could 推進する him into the 首相 League as 経営者／支配人 of Tottenham Hotspur

It is 心配するd that 刺激（する）s chairman Daniel 徴収する will 明かす Postecoglou as Conte's 交替／補充 within the next 72 hours.?

The 57-year-old is 始める，決める to receive a 高度に lucrative 契約, 完全にする with 重要な 特別手当 incentives, to replicate the transformative success he has 達成するd at Celtic.

It has been a meteroric rise for the Greek migrant whose family fled that country's 軍事政権 to find a better life in Australia.

However, にもかかわらず all of his 業績／成就s, Aussie Ange Postecoglou remains a mystery man for many 首相 League fans.

Here is your chance to get to know the hard-nosed Australian tactician and why he is 存在 in the running to join football's エリート as 刺激（する）s 経営者／支配人.?

移住 to Australia

Ange Postecoglou and his family migrated to Australia in 1970 when he was just five years old.?

His family's move 負かす／撃墜する Under was 誘発する／引き起こすd by the 崩壊（する） of his father's 商売／仕事 under the Greek 軍の 革命評議会, which led to seven years of 独裁政治 in Greece.?

They were の中で the many Greek families 捜し出すing better 適切な時期s and 質 of life during that time.

The Australian 政府 had 器具／実施するd 政策s to encourage 移民／移住, 特に from European countries, to 上げる the country's 全住民 and 全労働人口.?

So Postecoglou's family settled in Melbourne, which was already home to a 栄えるing Greek community.?

Postecoglou is pictured as a child, 持つ／拘留するing his 移民／移住 number upon arrival in Australia after reaching the country by boat

The Postecoglou family (pictured) （機の）カム 負かす／撃墜する Under to escape a 軍事政権 in Greece?

This move 供給するd young Ange with a chance to grow up in a multicultural 環境, fostering his passion for football and 許すing him to develop the diverse coaching style he is known for today.

'Many of my most memorable times [as a child] were football 関係のある,' Postecoglou said.

'My dad first took me 負かす／撃墜する to South Melbourne when I was eight and I joined the club when I was nine. Those are the strongest memories of my 青年. It was a big part of my childhood.

'For us, Middle Park [football ground] became almost the social 中心 for Greek-Australian migrants. It almost became our church and it is sig nificant that it was a Sunday because it was a place where we 設立する community.

'It was a unique atmosphere, a sense of community, a 熱烈な 声の （人が）群がる, and it made a strong impression on me as a young kid.'

His first love was AFL

Ange Postecoglou's football 旅行 began at South Melbourne Hellas [now South Melbourne FC], an historic club that has played an important 役割 in Australian football.?

設立するd in 1959, the club was 設立するd by Greek 移民，移住（する）s and quickly became a cornerstone of the 地元の Greek community.

During his junior days at South Melbourne, Postecoglou honed his 技術s as a young player, learning the 根底となるs of the game and embracing the club's rich cultural 遺産.?

The club's 焦点（を合わせる） on 養育するing talent and fostering a strong sense of camaraderie undoubtedly 影響（力）d Postecoglou's 未来 career, both as a professional player and a successful coach.

Postecoglou (middle of the centre 列／漕ぐ／騒動, with 耐えるd) has a long-継続している 遺産／遺物 at South Melbourne, where he was a 支持する／優勝者 player and coach

The Celtic boss is pictured 解除するing the トロフィー as a player and then again as a coach for South Melbourne FC during the NSL days

However Postecoglou's football 旅行 was almost ended before it even began, with the young migrant 落ちるing in love with Aussie 支配するs footy.

'There was a while there when I didn't love サッカー, I loved [Australian 支配するs] football,' Postecoglou said.

'It was a way of fitting in. You want to fit in and not be the kid with a long surname that doesn't fit in. Sport is the ありふれた denominator.?

'I think that experience taught me resilience and a real 決意 for what I want to do because my love for the game was 実験（する）d.

'It has become my career and that was something 完全に unfathomable when the sport was a second-tier sport at best.?

'That has given me a really strong belief in the game, 形態／調整d by those experiences about the beauty of the game when so many were blinded to it because it was something that wasn't Australian for so long.'

上級の playing career

Ange Postecoglou's playing career began with 広大な／多数の／重要な 約束 as he 現れるd through the 階級s of South Melbourne, where he 陳列する，発揮するd his talent as a defender.?

His dedication and 技術 on the field caught the attention of 国家の team selectors, 主要な to him 代表するing Australia at the 青年 level during the 1981 FIFA World 青年 選手権.

Throughout his playing career, Postecoglou was a reliable and tenacious defender who made 重要な 出資／貢献s to his team's successes. He made a total of 193 国家の サッカー League (NSL) 外見s for South Melbourne, becoming an integral part of the squad.?

Ange's leadership 質s and 戦術の acumen were evident even during his playing days, and he was 高度に 尊敬（する）・点d by his チーム仲間s and coaches.

(Left to 権利) Goalkeeper?Bruce MacLaren, Postecoglou and?Steve Blair in their playing days for South Melbourne FC

Postecoglou's time with South Melbourne saw him 勝利，勝つ 選手権s in 1984 and 1990-91.?

にもかかわらず not having an 広範囲にわたる international career, his playing days laid the 創立／基礎 for his 結局の 移行 into coaching.

'I think I was born to coach rather than play,' Postecoglou said.

'I'm probably a little unusual in that sense. I have 設立する my coaching career a lot more 実行するing than my playing career, even though I ticked many boxes as a player.

'To be honest I never thought I would reach those 高さs [international football] in my playing career. Not that I wasn't ambitious, but I thought it was a 橋（渡しをする） too far and I had realised goals by playing for South Melbourne and winning 選手権s [Postecoglou won four caps for Australia].

'I tell players all the time that when you get to the end of your career you will most likely get two questions: 'Did you 勝利，勝つ anything' and, 'Did you play for Australia?'.?

'It is nice to say yes to both and it probably carries more significance for me now than it did then.'

Australian coaching career and 'Roarcelona' 策略

Postecoglou's coaching career in Australia was nothing short of remarkable.?

Starting with South Melbourne in 1996, he led the team to 支援する-to-支援する 肩書を与えるs and an Oceania Club 選手権 勝利，勝つ, which 安全な・保証するd their 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the prestigious 2000 FIFA Club World 選手権 in Brazil.?

Postecoglou, Matthew Smith and Dario Vidosic of the Roar 持つ／拘留する the 勝利者s トロフィー after the 2012 A-League grand final

Postecoglou celebrates with Brisbane Roar fans after revolutionising their style of play with 'Roarcelona', based on the 策略 used by Barcelona FC

The Aussie coach has always been a fan favourite and enjoys taking the time to give 支援する to young fans of the sport

After a stint as the Australian under-20s 国家の Team 長，率いる coach, Postecoglou 投機・賭けるd to Greece to coach Panachaiki before returning to Australia in 2009 to take 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the?Brisbane Roar.

It was during his time at the Roar that Postecoglou revolutionised Australian football with his innovative, 所有／入手-based playing style, 収入 the 愛称 'Roarcelona' ? a nod to the famous Barcelona team and their tiki-taka style.?

This approach led the Roar to a 首相の職/選手権 二塁打 in the 2010-11 season and Postecoglou 存在 指名するd A-League Coach of the Year.

After leaving Brisbane, Postecoglou took the 舵輪／支配 at Melbourne Victory, 主要な them to a 予選 final in the 2012/13 season.?

His success caught the attention of the Australian 国家の team, and he was 任命するd 長，率いる coach of the Socceroos in October 2013. In his debut match against Costa Rica, Postecoglou guided the team to a 1-0 victory.

His time at the 舵輪／支配 of the Socceroos was an 優れた success, guiding the 国家の team to 連続する World Cup 決勝戦 and collecting an Asian Cup トロフィー along the way.?

The 57-year-old got to enjoy a homecoming in Australia when he was 任命するd Melbourne Victory coach in the A-League

Postecoglou and captain?Mile Jedinak enjoyed 広大な／多数の／重要な success with the Socceroos, 含むing winning the Asian Cup and qualifying for two World Cups

International success and the Scottish treble?

Ange Postecoglou's coaching career took an international turn when he joined the Japanese 味方する Yokohama F. Marinos in December 2017.?

Known for his innovative 策略 and 所有／入手-based playing style, he quickly made an 衝撃 on the team. Under his 指導／手引, Yokohama F. Marinos underwent a 重要な 変形, as Postecoglou 器具／実施するd his unique football philosophy.

During his 任期, the team showed 一貫した 改良, 最高潮に達するing in winning the J1 League 肩書を与える in 2019 - their first in 15 years.?

This 業績／成就 その上の solidified Postecoglou's 評判 as a 最高の，を越す-tier coach 有能な of success beyond Australian shores.?

His time at Yokohama F. Marinos not only 論証するd his adaptability to different football cultures but also r einforced his かかわり合い to attacking football and player 開発.

In June 2021, Postecoglou was 任命するd as the 長，率いる coach of Scottish 巨大（な）s Celtic FC. This 示すd another 重要な milestone in his coaching career, as he became the first Australian to manage a European club of Celtic's stature.?

His arrival at Celtic Park was met with 広大な／多数の／重要な 予期, with fans and pundits alike eager to see how his 独特の playing style would translate to the Scottish 首相の職.

It didn't take long for them to see what he was 有能な of, 最高潮に達するing in the Scottish Cup and a 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking eighth treble.

Postecoglou 証明するd his success was not 孤立するd to Australia, 配達するing?Yokohama F. Marinos their first 肩書を与える in 15 years in Japan

The Celtic faithful have fallen in love with Postecoglou and want him to continue at the Scottish 巨大（な）s beyond this season

However it seems the Aussie coach is 始める，決める to leave Celtic ーするために 実験（する） himself in the 首相 League with Tottenham, his greatest challenge to date

While Tottenham beckons, Postecoglou wants to put a lid on the 憶測 for now and has 勧めるd Celtic fans to 簡単に soak up what has been 達成するd.?

'I will say to them what I said to the players, let's enjoy this,' he said.?

'I deserve to enjoy this, the people around me deserve to enjoy this.

'Whatever other people want to 焦点（を合わせる） on and talk about, I am not going to 行方不明になる enjoying this moment with this group of people but also I 借りがある it to my family, my friends, all of those closest to me.

'Everyone 作品 hard and makes sacrifices to enjoy these moments. I understand that other people who aren't 投資するd in it want to ask these questions but for me, 権利 now, the most important thing is that we 反映する and just be in the moment of creating something special.'