Faidon Matthaiou
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Faidon Matthaiou, was a Greek professional basketball player and coach. He was a center at the start of his career, and at the end of his career, he also played as a point guard. He wore the number 1
Matthaiou, in 2009.
The Greece men's national basketball team represents Greece in international basketball. They are controlled by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Greece. Greece
Faidon Matthaiou
…the forerunner of the EuroLeague) in 1955, at the Viareggio Tournament, where he was the leading scorer and MVP. Matthaiou played for the senior men's Greek national team, as one of its leading members in 44 games, and he scored a total of 539 points in those games, for a scoring average of 12.3 points per game. He also…
Greece won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup after their memorable 101–95 win against USA.
Vassilis Spanoulis
Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis is the only person to have won the EuroBasket both as a player (EuroBasket 1987) and as a head coach (EuroBasket 2005). He also led Greece to the final of the 2006 FIBA World Cup.
Georgios Printezis