Vassilis Goumas (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Vasillos, Gkoumas) (

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: Βασίλης Γκούμας; born 15 November 1946) is a retired Greek professional

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player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The Emperor".

Early career

Goumas began playing basketball in Greece, with the youth clubs of Olympiacos Volos. He later spent a year in

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, followed by two years in

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, where he played basketball with Olympiacos EAS Addis Ababa.

Professional career

Goumas began his pro career in 1966, with the Greek team

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, where he was the long-time star of the club. He was the first player to ever reach 10,000 career points scored in the top-tier level Greek Basketball Championship. He is also the unofficial second all-time top scorer in the history of the Greek League (including games before the league split into two divisions, since the 1963–64 season), with 11,030 career points scored. He is second only on the combined career scoring list to the legendary

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(12,714 points). In his career, Goumas took part in 412 games in the Greek League, while playing with Panellinios,

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, and Ilysiakos. His career scoring average in the Greek League was 26.8 points per game. He was the Greek League Top Scorer 4 times during his career, in the years 1970, 1974, 1975, and 1977. He was a member of the

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team in the year 1974. He was the Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer in 1981.

National team career

Goumas played with the junior national teams of Greece in 4 games. He also played with the senior men's

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in 114

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, in which he scored a total of 1,641 points, for an average of 14.4 points per game. His personal best scoring game with Greece's senior national team was 41 points, which he scored against the

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in 1971. With Greece, he played at the

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, the

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, the 1972 Pre-Olympic Tournament, the

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, and the

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.Vasillos GOUMAS (GRE) participated in 7 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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Awards and accomplishments

*4× Greek League Top Scorer: (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977) *

: (1974) *

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Winner: (1981) * Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer: (1981) *2nd all-time leading scorer of the Greek Basketball Championship, with 11,030 total points scored in the Greek A National League (1963–64 season to present).

References

External links

FIBA Profile
(archive)
Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile

Τα “κανόνια” του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Βασίλης Γκούμας
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goumas, Vassilis 1946 births Living people AEK B.C. players Centers (basketball) Greek Basket League players Greek men's basketball players Ilysiakos B.C. players Panellinios B.C. players Power forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Volos