Georgios "Giorgos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: ''Ikonomou'', ''Economou'', ''Ekonomou'';

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: Γεώργιος "Γιώργος" Οικονόμου) is a retired Greek basketball player.

Club career

As a basketball player, he was 2.03 m. tall and the first center in

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taller than 2 metres. During his career, he was the most valuable player of PAOK. He led his team to win its first

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championship in 1959. At the final game against

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Oikonomou scored 25 points, 19 being in the second half and helped his team to win the game 66–58. Moreover, Oikonomou was the third scorer of

in 1965 and 1970. In April 2015, PAOK awarded Oikonomou for his offer to the club.

Greek national team

Oikonomou has 25 caps with the

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and scored 160 points. He took part in

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, the Balkan Championship 1962 and 1963, the 1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament and the 1964 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament.basket.gr ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΟΥ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ
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References

External links

Hellenic Basketball Federation
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