12 Facts About Nikos Oikonomou

Nikolaos "Nikos" Oikonomou is a former Greek professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach.

Nikos Oikonomou was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.

Nikos Oikonomou was one of the leaders of the team for many years.

Nikos Oikonomou played in the EuroLeague Final Four, at Tel Aviv, in 1994, and at Saragoza in 1995, coming in 3rd place both times.

Nikos Oikonomou 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.

Nikos Oikonomou later returned to the Greek League to play for Olympia Larissa, and he then left Greece , to play in Russia for Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Super League.

Nikos Oikonomou then continued his career playing back in Greece with Panionios, and finally, his last team was the Greek club Panellinios.

Nikos Oikonomou 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.

Nikos 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.

Nikos Oikonomou was then the head coach of was Olympias Patras, which was competing in the Greek 2nd Division at the time.

Nikos Oikonomou was next an assistant coach, working first as an assistant coach with Ikaros Kallitheas, and then as an assistant coach with Panionios.

Nikos Oikonomou 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.