Panagiotis Giannakis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Panagiotis Giannakis
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 1, 1959(1959-01-01)
Age	65
Birthplace	Nikaia
Country	Greece
Birth City	Attica
Horoscope	Capricorn

Panagiotis Giannakis Biography

Panagiotis Giannakis is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 1, 1959 in Nikaia, Attica, Greece. Basketball player known as The Dragon who later became coach of the Greek national team. They won the EuroBasket gold medal in 2005.

He as well as He and Nikos Galis became legends of the Greek national team. became legends of the Greek national team.

Giannakis began his club career with the youth teams of Ionikos Nikaias in

1971. His first coach, George Vassilakopoulos, moved Giannakis up to the club’s senior men’s first team, from the youth squad, in 1972, when he was at the age of just 13. The club was playing in the Greek 2nd Division at the time. In 1975, the club was promoted up to the top-tier level Greek First Division. Giannakis’ exceptional play with Ionikos Nikaias at such a young age, drew the eyes of pro basketball experts on him.

Giannakis led the Greek junior national team to the silver medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship of 1975. A year later, he debuted with the senior men’s Greek national basketball team, as a 17-year-old, versus the Czechoslovakian national basketball team.

He was married to Eugenia He was married to Eugenia, and they had two children, Kalliope and Dimitris His four brothers died in the time of a decade.

Panagiotis Giannakis Net Worth

Panagiotis Giannakis is one of the richest Basketball Player from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Panagiotis Giannakis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He as well as Aris Thessaloniki took home 3 consecutive Euroleague Final Fours in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

He signed a two-and-a half-year coach contract at Olympiacos in 2008 and was earn 1.1 million euros per year.

Panagiotis Giannakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης , pronounced [panaˈʝotis ʝaˈnacis] ; born January 1, 1959), nicknamed “The Dragon”, is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current coach of the Greek club Zenith. He is the former head coach of EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos and the senior Greek national basketball team. Under Giannakis’ guidance, the Greek national team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2005, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. Giannakis also coached an Athenian professional team, Maroussi, which he led to the forefront of the Greek League. He has also been the head coach of the senior Chinese national team.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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With Aris, Giannakis took part in 3 consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990. Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European title did not come for Giannakis until much later, in 1993, when he won the FIBA European Cup (later renamed Saporta Cup), in the final in Turin. By then, Nikos Galis had left Aris, and joined Panathinaikos, and Giannakis had become the de facto leader and franchise player of Aris.

Facts & Trivia

Panagiotis Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Panagiotis Giannakis celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.

After spending a season with Panionios, Giannakis then moved to the Greek club, Panathinaikos, where he played from 1994–96, and he finished his career as a player there. With Panathinaikos, he finally won the EuroLeague title, as he won the Final in 1996, in Paris. He also won the Greek Cup title with Panathinaikos that same year, making it the 7th Greek Cup title he won in his playing career, to go along with his 7 Greek League championships. He ended his pro club playing career in 1996, having competed in 5 EuroLeague Final Fours (3 with Aris and 2 with Panathinaikos).