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18 Facts About Vassilis Goumas

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Vassilis Goumas is a Greek former professional basketball player.

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At the club club level, Goumas was a member of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974.

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Vassilis Goumas began playing youth system basketball in Volos, Greece, with the youth clubs of Olympiacos Volos.

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In 1961, at the age of 15, Vassilis Goumas began playing at the senior men's club level, with the Ethiopian Premier League club Olympiacos Addis Ababa.

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Vassilis Goumas then played in Ethiopia again, with Olympiacos Addis Ababa, from 1964 to 1966.

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Vassilis Goumas then returned to the Greek club Panellinios, in 1966.

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In 1969, Vassilis Goumas moved from Panellinios, to the Mozambican club Sporting Clube de Lourenco Marques.

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Vassilis Goumas was a member of the FIBA European Selection team, in the year 1974.

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On 9 December 1983, while playing with AEK Athens, in a Greek League game against VAO Thessaloniki, Vassilis Goumas became the first player to ever reach 10,000 career points scored in the top-tier level Greek League.

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In 1985, Vassilis Goumas moved to the Greek club Ilysiakos Athens.

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When he retired in 1988, Vassilis Goumas was the Greek Basketball League's all-time top scorer.

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Vassilis Goumas's career scoring record was eventually broken by Nikos Galis, on 29 February 1992.

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Vassilis Goumas is second only on the career scoring list to the legendary Galis, who scored a total of 12,714 points.

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Vassilis Goumas's career scoring average in the Greek League was 26.8 points per game.

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Vassilis Goumas played with the Greek Under-17 junior national team at the 1963 Balkan Youth Basketball Championship, where he averaged 13.5 points per game.

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Vassilis Goumas had a total of 114 caps with the senior men's Greek national team, in which he scored a total of 1,641 points, for a scoring average of 14.4 points per game.

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Vassilis Goumas was the MVP of the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket Qualification Tournament, where he averaged 16.7 points per game.

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Vassilis Goumas represented Greece at the: 1969 Balkan Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 1971 Balkan Championship, the 1972 Balkan Championship, where he won a silver medal, the 1973 Balkan Championship, the 1974 European Nations Cup, and the 1974 Balkan Championship.