Nikos Oikonomou

Nikos Oikonomou
Νίκος Οικονόμου
	Nikos Oikonomou with Panathinaikos.
Personal information
Born	February 19, 1973 (age 51); Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1990–2008
Position	Power forward
Coaching career	2008–present
Career history
1990–1991	Ionikos Nikaias
1991–1999	Panathinaikos
1999–2000	Virtus Bologna
2000–2001	Olympiacos
2001–2002	Barcelona
2002–2003	Olympia Larissa
2003–2004	Dynamo Moscow
2004–2006	Panionios
2007–2008	Panellinios
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship MVP (1989); 4x FIBA EuroStar (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999); Greek League Top Scorer (2005);
Men's Basketball
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. He was a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall power forward, who played for many teams in his career. He also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children.^[1]

Club playing career

Oikonomou starter his career with Ionikos Nikaias. From 1991 to 1998, he was a member of Panathinaikos. He was one of the leaders of the team for many years. In 1993, he won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos. He also played in the Euroleague Final Four, at Tel Aviv, in 1994, and at Saragoza in 1995, coming in 3rd place in 1995.

In 1996, he won with Panathinaikos, the Euroleague championship, the Greek Cup, and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, all in the same season. In 1998, he won with Panathinaikos, the Greek League championship, the first Greek championship of the team since 1984. He then moved to the Italian League in 1999, with Virtus Bologna, and after a year, he moved from there back to Greece, to play for Olympiacos.

In 2001, he transferred to Barcelona of the Spanish League. He later returned to the Greek League to play for Olympia Larissa, and he then left Greece once again, to play for Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Super League.

He then continued his career playing back in Greece with Panionios, and finally, his last team was the Greek club Panellinios. While at Panionios, he was the Greek League's Top Scorer, in the 2004-05 season.

Greek national team

Oikonomou was a longtime member of the senior men's Greek national team. Some of the senior tournaments that he played at were the EuroBasket 1993, where Greece finished in 4th place, the EuroBasket 1995, where Greece again finished in 4th place, and the EuroBasket 1997, where Greece also finished in 4th place.

He also played at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, where Greece finished in 5th place, and at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, where Greece came in 4th place.

Awards and accomplishments

Greek national team

1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Gold
1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: All-Tournament Team
1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: MVP
1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: Silver

Pro career

2x Greek Cup Champion: (1993, 1996)
6x Greek League All-Star: (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Euroleague Champion: (1996)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (1996)
4x FIBA EuroStar: (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
2x Greek League Champion: (1998, 1999)
Greek League Top Scorer: (2005)
Greek League Best Five Team: (2005)

References

^ Basket4all.gr

External links

Template:Greece Men Basketball Squad 1996 Summer Olympics Template:Greece Squad 1998 FIBA World Championship

[1] Basket4all.gr

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