Peter Persidis

Peter Persidis

Personal information
Full name	Peter Persidis
Date of birth	(1947-03-08) 8 March 1947
Place of birth	Wien, Austria
Date of death	21 January 2009(2009-01-21) (aged 61)
Place of death	Wien, Austria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967-1971	First Vienna FC	71	(0)
1971-1975	Olympiacos F.C.
1975-1983	SK Rapid Wien	182	(3)
International career‡
1976-1978	Austria	7	(0)
Managerial career
1982-	SK Rapid Wien (U21)
1987	VSE St. Pölten
1998-2001	SK Rapid Wien (assistance coach)
2001	SK Rapid Wien (caretaker)
2001-2005	SK Rapid Wien (assistance coach)
2006-2008	Austria (assistance coach)
2001	Austria U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2026

Peter Persidis (March 8, 1947, in Vienna - January 21, 2009) was an Austrian footballer and football manager.

Career

Persidis played as defender for First Vienna FC 1894 and Olympiacos Piraeus. With Piraeus, he won three league titles (1973–1975) and two times the Greece cup. During Then he played for SK Rapid Wien. He won the Austrian Cup in 1976 and the league in 1982. He was team captain from 1978 to 1980.

International

Persidis played seven matches for the Austrian national team. His debut was on 10 November 1976 against Greece. His last match was on 15 February 1978 also against Greece. He was also part of the squad for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina but did not make an appearance.

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1976	3	0
	1977	2	0
	1978	2	0
Total		7	0

Manager career

After his playing career ended, he coached the Rapid Vienna U-21 team. He then stepped away from football for a time. He returned to Rapid in 1998. He worked as an assistant coach until 2001 . Then he was interim coach for two matches following the dismissal of head coach Ernst Dokupil. From the summer of 2002, he served as an assistant to Josef Hickersberger. When Hickersberger took over the Austrian national team in 2006, Persidis joined him there as an assistant coach. Following Hickersberger's resignation in 2008, Persidis took charge of the U-19 national team. He was forced to step down in October 2008 due to illness.

Death

Persidis died in January 2009 at the age of 61 with cancer. He was buried at the Neustift Cemetery in Vienna. In 2011, Persidisweg in Wien-Floridsdorf (21st District) was named after him.

Honours

• 3x Greece champion
• 2x Greece cup winner
• 1 × Austrian Champion
• 1 × Austrian Cup Winner
• 1978 World Cup participation
• 7 international matches for the Austrian national football team