Alex Epakis appointed head coach of Young Matildas

Greek Australian Alex Epakis has stepped into the nationalist setup of women’s shot aft being appointed the caller caput manager of the U-20s team.

Epakis was announced today by Football Australia to person taken connected the relation wherein helium will beryllium charged with aiding successful the improvement and progression of the country’s emerging talents.

The manager spoke to Football Australia connected the appointment, considering it a large privilege to person been handed the reins of the Young Matildas.

“It is simply a very humbling experience. It is something I americium very honoured to have, successful that position, and something I americium super excited for,” Epakis said.

The 33-year-old boasts a wealth of acquisition successful football, citing his stints arsenic caput manager of the Sydney University NPL Women’s NSW team (2017-2020) and A-League Women’s broadside Perth Glory (2020-2024) arsenic ones helium will thin connected successful his caller position.

“Through those ten years of experiences so far, successful peculiar those two large projects successful my career, I think I person been well equipped with the tools and resources to present instrumentality successful that caller role,” helium said.

Epakis admitted that it was a vocation extremity to correspond his state successful some manner, adding an other magnitude of pleasance arsenic helium prepares to pb the young, emerging talent successful the country.

“There is simply a truly fantastic radical of players,” helium said.

“The crippled and the women’s space astatine the infinitesimal is successful a truly bully constituent where we tin turn the crippled further and person an accidental to play a small portion within that is surely something that excites maine and is something that I americium not taking for granted whatsoever.”

Epakis will service successful the caller station alongside his existent jobs arsenic Technical Adviser for Football NSW Girl’s Youth Development and caput manager of Football NSW Girls State Team.

Football Australia stated that some Epakis and Michael Cooper (who was appointed caput manager of the U-17 side) will work intimately with A-League Women and NPL Women clubs, positive Member Federation Technical Directors to strengthen alignment betwixt home and nationalist pathways.

Epakis has officially commenced his relation while Cooper starts connected 17 March and their main goals are preparing for AFC and FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s competitions successful precocious 2025, with home camps scheduled for April.