ALKO Performance

Alexis Pericleous

Senior Football Performance and Fitness Coach

More than two decades of experience in professional football.

An experienced football performance, fitness, and conditioning coach across first-division and second-division clubs, youth academies, senior teams, and UEFA competition participants.

Explore football personal training in Paphos, performance training, return-to-play training, injury-prevention training, and team and group training in Paphos.

Alexis Pericleous

(Background)

Professional Background

Alexis holds a university degree in Physical Education and Sport Science from TEFAA Thessaloniki, specialising in fitness coaching.

He is a UEFA A Diploma holder and has continued professional education through elite youth coaching programmes and performance seminars.

Before coaching, Alexis played as a defender for APOP FC and Akritas Chlorakas FC, giving him first-hand experience of the physical, tactical, and psychological demands placed on football players.

(Clubs)

Professional Football Experience

Akritas Chlorakas FC

Fitness coach (2024–2025), Cyprus Second Division — preparing players for training and competition demands.

Nea Salamina Famagusta FC

Fitness coach across 2018–2020 and 2022–2024 at Cyprus First Division level.

APOEL FC

Fitness coach in 2021 within one of Cyprus’s most recognised professional football environments.

AEL Limassol FC

Fitness coach during the 2014–2015 Cyprus First Division season.

Aris Limassol & Doxa

Aris Limassol (2016–2017) and fitness coaching roles with Doxa Katokopias across different periods.

ENP & Ermis Aradippou

Enosis Neon Paralimni (2017–2018) and Ermis Aradippou (2015–2016 First Division).

(Leadership)

Coaching and Academy Leadership

AEK Kouklia FC

Assistant manager and U21 head coach (2012–2013), later fitness coach during First Division participation.

Peyia FC

Fitness coach, assistant manager, and youth academy technical director — including Cyprus Cup-winning season and UEFA Europa League qualification.

AEP Paphos FC

Fitness coach (2004–2008) in the First Division and head fitness coach of the club’s academy.

(Expertise)

Areas of Expertise

Elite Football Conditioning

Match fitness, repeated sprint ability, acceleration, strength and power, high-intensity running, and in-season maintenance.

Strength & Power

Developing explosive qualities required for faster, more controlled, and more effective sporting performance.

Injury Prevention

Structured strength, mobility, movement, and conditioning work to improve resilience — without claiming injury risk can be eliminated.

Rehab & Return-to-Play

Rebuilding strength, conditioning, movement confidence, and football-specific capacity before unrestricted return.

Youth Development

Long-term athlete development with strong physical foundations while respecting age and technical training needs.

Testing & Monitoring

GPS monitoring and Polar Team System 2 knowledge to support workload management and performance evaluation.

(Credentials)

Qualifications and International Development

  • University degree from TEFAA Thessaloniki
  • UEFA A Diploma
  • UEFA A Youth Elite candidate
  • UEFA Elite Youth seminars in Greece and the Czech Republic
  • Training observations at Slavia Prague, Dukla Prague, and AEK Athens youth academies
  • Football performance and coaching seminars in Cyprus
  • Functional training education
  • Knowledge of GPS systems and Polar Team System 2

Professional development has included educational input connected with Inter Milan, Manchester City, the German Football Association, and Athletes’ Performance specialists.

(Philosophy)

Coaching Philosophy

Alexis believes that successful performance coaching requires experience, structure, discipline, and a clear understanding of the athlete’s competitive environment.

A programme should not be based only on general fitness. It must consider the athlete’s sport, position, injury history, playing schedule, physical condition, and long-term goals.

“The objective is not only to help athletes train harder, but to help them prepare correctly, perform consistently, and remain available for competition.”
Football performance coaching

(Work Together)

Work with Alexis

  • Professional football conditioning
  • Strength and power development
  • Pre-season preparation
  • In-season conditioning
  • Injury-prevention programmes
  • Rehabilitation and return-to-play
  • Speed and agility development
  • Performance testing
  • Youth football development
  • One-to-one athletic coaching

(Training Location)

Train at G Fitness Paphos

All ALKO Performance training sessions take place at G Fitness Paphos.

G Fitness Paphos
Charilaou Trikoupi 3, 8020 Paphos, Pafos 8020

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