by
Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editorOne more day of the
Futsalplanet Awards, the most traditional prizes of futsal, is here but this is definitely a special one! Every year we take the chance to celebrate a great and unforgettable friend of futsal like
Dimitri Nicolaou. There's always room in memory for good friends, and Dimitri was one of them, sharing the same & huge passion: futsal! Ciao Dimitri, this is for you!
No doubts, we are talking about the celebration of the seventh category of the
AGLA Futsal Awards 2012, that will determine who's the best
National Team Coach of the world, being crowned with the
Dimitri Nicolaou Award.
Let's remind that in the current edition of the worldwide prizes we have re-introduced the
voting system, in order to make the futsal community more and more involved. Every "voter" had the chance to indicate three preferences from the 10 nominees list, assigning respectively
5, 3 and 1 points to his choices.
We hope to make this futsal party bigger in the next editions, may futsal be the winner!
One more continental title and a world silver medal were enough to be considered as the winner of the
Best National Team Coach of the world - Dimitri Nicolaou Award category: enhorabuena to
Venancio Lopez!
Below have a look at the final standing, while in the pdf file you will have the chance to check who voted for who!
AGLA Futsal Awards 2012
13th edition by Futsalplanet.com
Best National Team Coach of the World - Dimitri Nicolaou Award
Final Ranking
1st - Josè Venancio Lopez Hierro -> 279 points
Spain
2nd - Marcos Sorato Zopelini "Pipoca" -> 251 points
Brazil - Brazil Women
3rd - Miguel Rodrigo Conde Salazar -> 83 points
Japan
4th - Osmar Arney Fonnegra Henao -> 56 points
Colombia
5th - Roberto Menichelli -> 51 points
Italy
6th - Fernando Ferretti -> 49 points
Paraguay - (also head coach of Krona/Joinville)
7th - Jorge Braz -> 30 points
Portugal - Portugal Women - Portugal University Teams
8th - Sergey Skorovich -> 23 points
Russia - Russia U21
9th - Vander Iacovino -> 22 points
Brazil Women
10th - Evgeny Rivkin -> 11 points
Ukraine Under 21 - (also head coach of Lokomotiv Kharkiv)
Best National Team Coach of the World category - Dimitri Nicolaou Award - Hall of Fame2012 -> Josè
Venancio Lopez Hierro (Spain)
2011 -> Marcos Sorato Zopelini
"Pipoca" (Brazil)
2010 -> Josè
Venancio Lopez Hierro (Spain)
2009 -> Hossein
Shams (Iran)
2008 -> Paulo Cesar De Oliveira
"PC" (Brazil)
2007 -> Josè
Venancio Lopez Hierro (Spain)
2006 -> not celebrated2005 -> not celebrated2004 -> Javier
Lozano Cid (Spain)
2003 -> Javier
Lozano Cid (Spain*
Since the 2007 edition the Best National Team Coach of the World category is dedicated to the memory of our unforgettable friend Dimitri Nicolaou* in this edition also clubs coaches were included in the same category
AGLA FUTSAL AWARDS 2012 - Best National Team Coach of the World - Dimitri Nicolaou Award: Venancio Lopez (Photo: UEFA.com)
Dimitri, this is for you!
