Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (

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: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a retired Greek professional

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player, and a current professional

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. As a basketball player, he was a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall

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and four-time

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selection. Oikonomou also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children.

Club playing career

Oikonomou started his playing career with the Greek club

Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek multi-sports club that is based in Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in football, b ...

. From 1991 to 1998, he was a member of the Greek club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

. He was one of the leaders of the team for many years. In 1993, he won the

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with Panathinaikos. He also played in the

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, at Tel Aviv, in 1994, and at Saragoza in 1995, coming in 3rd place both times. In 1996, he won with

, the EuroLeague championship, the

, and the

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, all in the same year. In 1998, he won with Panathinaikos, the Greek League championship, the first Greek championship of the team since 1984. He then moved to Italy, to play in the

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in 1999, where he played with

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, and after a year, he moved from there back to Greece, to play for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. In 2001, he transferred to Spanish club

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of the Spanish League. He later returned to the Greek League to play for Olympia Larissa, and he then left

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once again, to play in Russia for

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of the

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. He then continued his career playing back in Greece with

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

, and finally, his last team was the Greek club

Panellinios Panellinios G.S. (Greek (language), Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ.), full name, Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek (language), Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος), is a Greece, Greek sports club, mult ...

. While at

, he was the Greek League's Top Scorer, in the 2004–05 season.

National team career

Oikonomou was a longtime member of the senior men's Greek national team. Some of the senior tournaments that he played at were the

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, where Greece finished in 4th place, the

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, where Greece again finished in 4th place, and the

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, 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

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, where Greece came in 4th place.

Coaching career

Oikonomou began his

ing career in 2008, when he became the

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of the local Greek amateur club Spata, of the lower Greek divisions. The next team he coached was Ionikos NF, which was playing in the 4th-tier Greek national amateur level at the time. He was then the head coach of was Olympias Patras, which was competing in the Greek 2nd Division at the time. He was next an assistant coach, working first as an assistant coach with Ikaros Kallitheas, and then as an assistant coach with

. In 2013, he became the head coach of Ikaroi Serron, which was playing in the Greek 2nd Division at the time. In 2014, he became the head coach of

Livadeia Livadeia ( el, Λιβαδειά ''Livadiá'', ; grc, Λεβάδεια, Lebadeia or , ''Lebadia'') is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies north-west of Athens, west of Chalkida, south-ea ...

, a team that was also playing in Greece's 2nd Division. He was then the head coach of

, a team that was playing in Greece's 3rd-tier national semi-pro level at the time. In 2016, he became the head coach of the Greek 2nd Division club

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Awards and accomplishments

Playing career

Greek junior national team

1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 1989 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1989 European Championship for Cadets) was the 10th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Guadalajara, Tarancón and Cuenca, in Spain, hosted the tournam ...

: *

: All-Tournament Team *

: MVP * 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:

Pro career

*2×

Winner: (1993, 1996) *6× Greek League All-Star: (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006) * EuroLeague Champion: (1996) *

Champion: (1996) *4×

: (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) *2× Greek League Champion: (1998, 1999) * Greek League Top Scorer: (2005) * Greek League Best Five: (2005)

Head coaching career

* Greek 2nd Division Champion: (2017)

References

External links

Euroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Profile

Italian League Profile

Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile

Greek Basket League Profile

Greek Basket League Profile
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