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Nikos Oikonomou
Νίκος Οικονόμου

Nikos Oikonomou, as a player of Panathinaikos.
Ermis Schimatariou
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1973-02-19) 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	1990–2007
Position	Power forward
Number	8, 11, 14
Coaching career	2008–present
Career history
As player:
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	Panellinios
As coach:
2008	Spata
2008	Ionikos N.F.
2008	Olympias Patras
2008–2012	Ikaros Kallitheas (assistant)
2012–2014	Panionios (assistant)
2013–2014	Ikaroi Serron
2014–2015	Livadeia
2015–2016	Ionikos Nikaias
2016–2017	Panionios
2018	Apollon Patras
2018–2019	Panionios
Career highlights and awards
As a player FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (1996) EuroLeague champion (1996) 4× FIBA EuroStar (1996–1999) 2× Greek League champion (1998, 1999) 2× Greek Cup winner (1993, 1996) All-Greek League First Team (2005) 6× Greek All-Star (1996 I, 1996 II, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006) Greek League Top Scorer (2005) Greek League Hall of Fame (2022) FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship MVP (1989) As a head coach Greek 2nd Division Champion (2017)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Greece Mediterranean Games 1991 Greece Under-26 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 1992 Greece Under-20 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship 1989 Spain Under-16

Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou (alternate spellings: Ikonomou, Ekonomou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Οικονόμου; born February 19, 1973) is a former Greek professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. During his playing career, the 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall power forward was a four-time FIBA EuroStar selection. He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022. Oikonomou also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children. He hails from Emmanouil Pappas, Serres.

Club playing career

Oikonomou started his playing career with the Greek club Ionikos Nikaias. From 1991 to 1998, he was a member of the Greek club 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 both times.

In 1996, he won with Panathinaikos, the EuroLeague championship, the Greek Cup, and the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 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 Italian League in 1999, where he played with Virtus Bologna, and after a year, he moved from there back to Greece, to play for Olympiacos.

In 2001, he transferred to Spanish club 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 in Russia 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.

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 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.

Coaching career

Oikonomou began his basketball coaching career in 2008, when he became the head coach 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 Panionios. 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, a team that was also playing in Greece's 2nd Division.

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

Awards and accomplishments

Playing career

Greek junior 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

• 2× Greek Cup Winner: (1993, 1996)
• 6× Greek League All-Star: (1996 I, 1996 II, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006)
• EuroLeague Champion: (1996)
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (1996)
• 4× FIBA EuroStar: (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
• 2× Greek League Champion: (1998, 1999)
• Greek League Best Five: (2005)
• Greek Basket League Hall of Fame: (2022)

Head coaching career

• Greek 2nd Division Champion: (2017)

References

1. Ο Νίκος Οικονόμου στο φετινό πρωτάθλημα παλαιμάχων Δήμου Σερρών newsnowgr.com
2. Ανέλαβε τα Σπάτα ο Οικονόμου (in Greek).
3. Παραιτήθηκε ο Οικονόμου (in Greek).
4. Επιστροφή στις ρίζες για Νίκο Οικονόμου (in Greek).
5. Επίσημα ο Οικονόμου στον Πανιώνιο (in Greek).

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• FIBA Profile
• Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
• Italian League Profile (in Italian)
• Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile (in Greek)
• Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
• Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• BC Dynamo Moscow players
• FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
• Greek Basket League players
• Greek basketball coaches
• Greek expatriate basketball people in Spain
• Greek men's basketball players
• Ionikos N.F. B.C. coaches
• Ionikos Nikaias B.C. coaches
• Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
• Livadeia B.C. coaches
• Liga ACB players
• Olympiacos B.C. players
• Olympia Larissa B.C. players
• Olympias Patras B.C. coaches
• Olympic basketball players for Greece
• Panathinaikos B.C. players
• Panellinios B.C. players
• Panionios B.C. coaches
• Panionios B.C. players
• Virtus Bologna players
• 1998 FIBA World Championship players
• Power forwards
• Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece
• Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
• Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
• Basketball players from Piraeus