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Fasoulas was born on [[May 12]], [[1963]]. He was one of the best big men in european basketball in the last 20 years. In Toronto at the [[1994]] World Championship when Greece won fourth place, he played the best basketball of his career and the motto of the Greek community in Toronto at the time was "Shaq who? here comes Fasoulas!". Over all Fasoulas was capped 243 times by Greece. | Fasoulas was born on [[May 12]], [[1963]]. He was one of the best big men in european basketball in the last 20 years. In Toronto at the [[1994]] World Championship when Greece won fourth place, he played the best basketball of his career and the motto of the Greek community in Toronto at the time was "Shaq who? here comes Fasoulas!". Over all Fasoulas was capped 243 times by Greece. | ||
| − | A very charismatic personality, he has now become a politician with the [[PASOK]] party and has helped with the organizing of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic games]] in [[Athens]]. | + | A very charismatic personality, he has now become a politician with the [[PASOK]] party and has helped with the organizing of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic games]] in [[Athens]]. He is currently a candidate for the office of Mayor of [[Piraeus]]. |
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Panagiotis Fasoulas was a famous basketball player for PAOK and Olympiakos - with whom he won a european title in 1997 - and the Greek national team, where he was the starting center during Greece's Eurobasket 1987 victory. Fasoulas also entered in the 1986 NBA Draft after a U.S. college career at North Carolina State.
Fasoulas was born on May 12, 1963. He was one of the best big men in european basketball in the last 20 years. In Toronto at the 1994 World Championship when Greece won fourth place, he played the best basketball of his career and the motto of the Greek community in Toronto at the time was "Shaq who? here comes Fasoulas!". Over all Fasoulas was capped 243 times by Greece.
A very charismatic personality, he has now become a politician with the PASOK party and has helped with the organizing of the Olympic games in Athens. He is currently a candidate for the office of Mayor of Piraeus.
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