A former professional and U.S. Youth International soccer player devoted to developing players. Andreas creates environments that give players the individual attention and professional standards needed to reach the highest levels of the game. Off the field, he has spent over 15 years building and running businesses, from leading operations as Chief Operations Officer to founding and growing a multi-location soccer player development company.
AEK Athens, 2007 · Training alongside Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo
80+
Senior apps in Greece
2,000
Players trained each year
11
Pro clubs & youth national teams reached by players he helped develop
15+ yrs
Building and running businesses
About
From AEK Athens to the academy touchline
Andreas signed with AEK Athens straight out of high school, turning down a place at Columbia University to play in the Greek first division, where he trained alongside Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo.
After a professional career in Greece and nearly a decade of semi-professional titles in New York, he moved fully into coaching. Today he is U15 Head Coach at New York City FC Academy in the MLS NEXT Homegrown Division. He holds a UEFA B License, is working toward his UEFA A License, and coaches in English, Greek and Spanish.
Off the field, he has over 15 years of business leadership. He founded and leads Chronis Elite Soccer, a player development company of 10+ coaches serving around 2,000 players a year across four New York locations, and previously spent ten years as Chief Operations Officer of a multi-store retailer.
Individual instruction from AEK head coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, the daily IDP work that shapes how Andreas coaches today.
AEK Athens · 2007
In the lineup beside Rivaldo
Signed at 18 by AEK Athens in the Greek first division. Andreas is front row, far right, next to captain Rivaldo.
Coaching
Coaching experience
Apr 2026 – present
Head Coach, U15
New York City FC Academy
Feb – Apr 2026
Head Coach, U14
New York City FC Academy
Aug 2025 – Feb 2026
Lead IDP Coach
New York City FC Academy
2024 – 2025
Head Coach
New York Pancyprian-Freedoms · APSL
Players Andreas has worked with have played at
Clubs
Olympiacos FC
New York City FC
New York Red Bulls
Columbus Crew
Nashville SC
And represented the youth national teams of
United States
Norway
Jamaica
Guyana
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Endorsements
From his UEFA License course instructors
“He is one of the best participants I have seen in our UEFA licence courses in the last 10 years when it comes to organising forms of training, their methodology and didactics, and their technical teaching.”
Claudio MußlerHead Coach, UEFA B License Courses · German Football Association (DFB), Thuringia
“Whether it be on the field or within a coaching staff, Andreas’s presence would undoubtedly elevate the performance of those under his guidance.”
Christopher GriebschInternational Manager, WARUBI Sports · UEFA B License Course Instructor
Player development
The complete player
1
Technical
Master the ball. Players with elite technical ability can play in any system, for any coach, at any level.
2
Tactical
Impact through understanding. Players master the individual and collective principles that decide games, in and out of possession.
3
Mental
Unbreakable mindset. Every phase of development brings pressure. Players learn the resilience to endure it and the mental skills to come out stronger.
4
Physical
Choose strength. Elite fitness and fast recovery from high-intensity matches come from hard work, and that work is a daily choice.
Learning the standard: a first-team talk from Lorenzo Serra Ferrer at AEK Athens.
Off the field
Business leadership
The standards that shaped him as a player now drive how he builds organizations: clear systems, strong people and sustainable growth.
Chronis Elite Summer Grind 2026.
What he brings to an organization
Systems that scale
Builds the systems, curriculum and staff development that let an organization grow without depending on one person.
Structure and process
Brings structure, technology and process to day-to-day operations.
Sustainable growth
Launches new programs, divisions and locations that grow revenue.
Strong teams
Recruits, develops and keeps strong teams.
Business experience
2022 – present
Founder & Director
Chronis Elite Soccer · New York
Built a player development company where a staff of 10+ coaches delivers small-group programs to around 2,000 players a year across four New York locations.
Designed the curriculum, coaching methodology and coach-development system every coach is trained on, so every session meets the same standard at every location.
Sets the company's direction and quality standards, evaluating coaching staff and overseeing the player and parent experience.
Runs one of the area's largest early-morning training programs, with 200+ players across 3 locations starting at 5:30 AM.
Founding member of Long Island's first soccer-specific private school, responsible for its on-field curriculum, including strength and conditioning and technical-tactical periodization.
Runs the IDP program for The Island FC East and West academy Homegrown divisions.
2012 – 2022
Chief Operations Officer
Beginnings · Westchester, NY
Led a full operational overhaul, moving the business from manual point-of-sale with no CRM to an ERP system integrating sales, budgets, marketing and customer loyalty.
Launched a men's division that increased company revenue by 40%.
Owned purchasing and open-to-buy planning, managing more than $1 million in inventory investment, and led all marketing.
Recruited, developed and retained a staff of 10+ across a multi-store operation.
Playing career
Left winger, left back
Professional · Greece
Years
Club
Division
Apps (Goals)
2007–2009
AEK Athens
1st Division
Contracted, loaned out
2008–2009
A.O. Nea Ionia (loan)
4th Division
57 (11)
2009
Agia Paraskevi
3rd Division
13 (0)
2010–2012
Panachaiki FC
Promoted to 2nd Division
17 (0)
At AEK Athens
Trained and played alongside Rivaldo, and took part in daily individual training under head coach Lorenzo Serra Ferrer for three months with the first team.
International
United States youth national teams, U14 to U19.
Semi-professional
FC Motown (2013–2015) and New York Pancyprian-Freedoms (2015–2024), winning the National Amateur Cup, EPSL and APSL championships.
Youth
Eleftherian-Pancyprians, B.W. Gottschee, New York Kosmos and the MetroStars (now New York Red Bulls).
Panachaiki FC · 2010–11
Champions
Lifting the title with Panachaiki FC and earning promotion to the Greek second division.
Credentials
Licenses & education
UEFA A LicenseIn progress
UEFA B License, GermanyMay 2024
MLS NEXT staff requirements, incl. SafeSportComplete
