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Nikolas Samaras
Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	(1970-07-01)1 July 1970 Stuttgart, West Germany
Died	(2013-01-04)4 January 2013 (aged 43) Athens, Greece
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Number	9 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1988–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 Orestiada Sira Cucine Falconara Iraklis Thessaloniki Panathinaikos AEK Fenerbahçe Sevilla Rethymno Chênois Ethnikos Alexandroupolis Milon Lemnos
National team
Greece

Nikos Samaras (1 July 1970 – 4 January 2013) was a Greek volleyball player, who competed for various Greek, Italian, Spanish and Turkish clubs.

Samaras was born in Stuttgart. He led Orestiada, helping the team to become successful in Greece and Europe. Many young people turned to volleyball in the 1990s because of him.

Career stats

• 160 caps with the Greece Junior National Team
• 263 caps with the Greece National Team

Honours

National team

• 1989 Junior World Championship - 6th place
• 1994 FIVB World Championship - 6th place

Clubs

• 1993 Greek Cup - Runner-up, with Orestiada
• 1993 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
• 1995 CEV Cup - Runner-up, with Orestiada
• 1997 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
• 1998 Greek Championship - Runner-up, with Orestiada
• 2000 Greek Cup - Champion, with Iraklis Thessaloniki
• 2004 Turkish Championship - Runner-up, with Fenerbahçe

Death

Samaras died on Friday 4 January 2013, aged 42, after suffering a brain aneurysm.

References

1. Σοκ!! Πέθανε ο Νίκος Σαμαράς! (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
2. Το τελευταίο καρφί (in Greek). protagon.gr. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
3. Obituary Greece's former team captain Nikos Samaras, article on the official webpage of the Greek Volleyball Federation.
4. Former Greece volleyball captain Nikos Samaras, dies aged 42 Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, article on SportSun.org, 5 January 2013.
5. Greece mourns the death of Nikos Samaras at 42, article on the official webpage of FIVB, 5 January 2013.

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