Angelos Postecoglou has taken over as head coach of Nottingham Forest and is expected to be on the bench for the upcoming match against Arsenal on Saturday, September 13.

The Greek-Australian coach guided Tottenham to the Europa League title last May.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis told the BBC:

“We are bringing to the club a coach with a proven and consistent track record of winning titles. His experience managing top-level teams, combined with his desire to build something special with us at Forest, makes him the ideal person to help us on our journey and consistently achieve our goals.

Having won promotion to the Premier League and then steadily building season by season to secure European competition, we must now take the right step to compete with the best and challenge for trophies.

Angelos has the qualities and the history to do that, and we are excited to have him join us on this ambitious journey.”

Postecoglou spent his playing career in Australia, mainly with South Melbourne, where he played under Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskás, whom he credits as a major influence on his coaching philosophy.

He began his coaching career in 1996 with South Melbourne before winning back-to-back A-League titles with Brisbane Roar between 2009 and 2012.

After a season with Melbourne Victory, he became Australia’s head coach in 2013, leading the Socceroos to the 2014 World Cup and securing the 2015 Asian Cup.

He went on to win further silverware in Japan with Yokohama F. Marinos, ending the club’s 15-year wait for a J-League title in 2019.

Few in Scotland had heard of him when Celtic appointed him in 2021, but after early struggles, he delivered five trophies in two seasons. He is one of only five managers—alongside Jock Stein, Martin O’Neill, Brendan Rodgers, and Neil Lennon—to win every domestic honor with Celtic.

In 2023, Postecoglou became the first Australian to coach in the Premier League when he took over at Tottenham. He led the club to its first trophy in 17 years with a Europa League victory over Manchester United in May.