Nikos Samaras

Nikolas Samaras
Nikolas Samaras
Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	1 July 1970; Stuttgart, West Germany
Died	4 January 2013 (aged 43); Athens, Greece
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Number	9 (national team)
Career
1988–1998; 1998–1999; 1999–2000; 2000–2002; 2002–2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–2010; 2010–2012; 2012–2013	Orestiada; Sira Cucine Falconara; Iraklis Thessaloniki; Panathinaikos; AEK; Fenerbahçe; Sevilla; Rethymno; Chênois; Ethnikos Alexandroupolis; Milon; Lemnos
National team
	Greece

Nikos Samaras (1 July 1970 – 4 January 2013) was a Greek volleyball player, who competed for various Greek, Italian, Spanish and Turkish clubs.^[1]

Samaras was born in Stuttgart.^{[citation needed]} He led Orestiada, helping the team to become successful in Greece and Europe.^[2] Many young people turned to volleyball in the 1990s because of him.

Career stats[edit]

160 caps with the Greece Junior National Team
263 caps with the Greece National Team

Honours[edit]

National team[edit]

1989 Junior World Championship - 6th place
1994 FIVB World Championship - 6th place

Clubs[edit]

1993 Greek Cup - Runner-up, with Orestiada
1993 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
1995 CEV Cup - Runner-up, with Orestiada
1997 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
1998 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
2000 Greek Cup - Champion, with Iraklis Thessaloniki
2004 Turkish Championship - Runner-up, with Fenerbahçe

Death[edit]

Samaras died on Friday 4 January 2013, aged 42, after suffering a brain aneurysm.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ Σοκ!! Πέθανε ο Νίκος Σαμαράς! (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
^ Το τελευταίο καρφί (in Greek). protagon.gr. 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
^ Obituary Greece's former team captain Nikos Samaras, article on the official webpage of the Greek Volleyball Federation.
^ Former Greece volleyball captain Nikos Samaras, dies aged 42 Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, article on SportSun.org, 5 January 2013.
^ Greece mourns the death of Nikos Samaras at 42, article on the official webpage of FIVB, 5 January 2013.

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[1] Σοκ!! Πέθανε ο Νίκος Σαμαράς! (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 2013-01-04.

[2] Το τελευταίο καρφί (in Greek). protagon.gr. 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2013-01-18.

[3] Obituary Greece's former team captain Nikos Samaras, article on the official webpage of the Greek Volleyball Federation.

[4] Former Greece volleyball captain Nikos Samaras, dies aged 42 Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, article on SportSun.org, 5 January 2013.

[5] Greece mourns the death of Nikos Samaras at 42, article on the official webpage of FIVB, 5 January 2013.

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