Career
He spent most of his football career in Germany where he played for clubs such as SpVgg Ludwigsburg, VfR Bürstadt and Starkenburgia Heppenheim in the German third Division. He began his coaching career with Eintracht Esslingen in 1989 and went on to coach South Carolina Geislingen, TSG Backnang and was assistant coach for Hertha Bachelor of Science. Topalidis became assistant manager of the Greek national football team in 2001.