Giorgos Sigalas is a Greek is a Greek former professional basketball player and is the current head coach of Greek Elite League club Iraklis.
16 Facts About Giorgos Sigalas
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Giorgos Sigalas helped Olympiacos Piraeus to win a EuroLeague title in 1997, as well as to make two more EuroLeague Finals appearances, in 1994 and 1995.
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Giorgos Sigalas was instrumental on the Greek teams that made the semifinals of both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, as well as on Greece's team that finished in fifth place at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
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Giorgos Sigalas won five consecutive Greek League championships, while playing with Olympiacos Piraeus, from 1993 to 1997.
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Giorgos Sigalas won two Greek Cup titles with Olympiacos, in 1994 and 1997.
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In 1997, while playing with Olympiacos, Giorgos Sigalas won the European basketball Triple Crown, meaning his team won the Greek League championship, the Greek Cup title, and the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague championship, all in the same season.
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Giorgos Sigalas left Olympiacos Piraeus in 1997, after winning the EuroLeague championship with them, and he then joined the Italian League team Olimpia Milano.
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Giorgos Sigalas then returned to the Greek League the following year, to play with Aris Thessaloniki.
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Giorgos Sigalas stayed with Aris until 2000, when he transferred to Aris' arch-rival PAOK Thessaloniki, with whom he played with from 2000 to 2002.
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Giorgos Sigalas made his U18 international debut with the Greece men's national under-18 basketball team at the 1990 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the Greece men's national under-20 basketball team won a silver medal at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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Giorgos Sigalas was the long-time captain of the Greece men's national basketball team.
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Giorgos Sigalas played with the Greece men's national team in 185 games.
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Giorgos Sigalas competed with the Greece men's national team at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, as well as at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.
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Giorgos Sigalas worked as a basketball coach for the Greece men's national under-20 basketball team.
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In January 2020, Giorgos Sigalas was hired as the assistant coach of Ilias Kantzouris, for Greek Basket League club Iraklis Thessaloniki.
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Giorgos Sigalas then spent two seasons as an assistant coach with Kolossos Rodou, before returning to Aris in 2022, under coach Kastritis.