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Kostas Mourouzis

Kostas Mourouzis The “fox” of the benches, the great Kostas Mourouzis, was the man that led the Olympiacos team to its first big European success. The great coach took over the “red and whites” in the middle of the 1976-77 season and during his first...

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Faidon Matthaiou

Faidon Matthaiou The “Patriarch” of Greek basketball is the creator of the great Olympiacos team in the ‘70s. Faidon Matthaiou was born on July 12, 1924 in Thessaloniki and is considered to be the most multifunctional, Greek Champion, of all times....

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Argyris Kampouris

Argyris Kampouris Argyris Kampouris was born in 1962 in Astypalea but grew up in Piraeus where he became a basketball player through the Olympiacos junior teams. Argyris Kampouris was born in 1962 in Astypalea but grew up in Piraeus where he became...

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Panagiotis Fassoulas

Panagiotis Fassoulas The “spider” of Greek basketball was born on May 12, 1963 in Thessaloniki and debuted with the PAOK shirt. He studied in the States, at the North Carolina State and at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, while he anchored...

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Steve Giatzoglou

Steve Giatzoglou The “lion” of Greek Basketball was born in the U.S. on December 11, 1949 and came to Greece to live permanently in the beginning of the ‘70ies. It was the time that Olympiacos, with Gouladris as the President and Faidon Matthaiou...

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Roy Tarpley

Roy Tarpley Many consider him to be the greatest basketball player to ever play on the European courts and as one of the biggest talents that lost the way to the top in the course of his career. Roy Tarpley’s talent had been abundant. He did incredible...

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Eddie Johnson

Eddie Johnson He played only one year for Olympiacos, during the 1994-95 season, but it was enough for the fans to really love him. The word is on Eddie Johnson, or better “Fast Eddie” or “Lucky Luck”, as one of the best shooters of all times was...

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