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Panagiotis Giannakis

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[[FileImage:Panagiotis Giannakis Boston Celtics 1982.jpg|thmubthumb|250px|right|Panagiotis Giannakis playing for Boston Celtics in 1982]][[Image:Panagiotis Giannakis Boston Celtics in 1982.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Panagiotis Giannakis playing for Boston Celtics in 1982]][[Image:Panagiotis_Giannakis_Panathinaikos_1996_cup_winner.jpeg|thumb|250px|Panagiotis Giannakis playing for Panathinaikos]]
'''Panagiotis Giannakis''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] [[basketball]] player, a member of the great [[Aris BC|Aris]] team of the [[1980s]] and the captain of the [[National Basketball Team]] that won [[Eurobasket 1987]].
Giannakis has participated in 5 Euroleague final-fours (three with Aris, twice with Panathinaikos).
During his playing career, Giannakis played 351 times for the [[National Basketball Team]] of Greece (a European record for caps) scoring a total of 5,307 301 points (a Greek record). Besides leading Greece to Gold in 1987, he led them to silver in Eurobasket [[1989]] and to 5th place in the Atlanta Olympiad of [[1996]].
After his playing days were over, Giannakis became the coach of the Greek National Team. He made his debut on [[June 4]], [[1997]] against Israel with a 68-62 victory but the high point of his career came in his second tenure as National Team coach, on [[September 25]], [[2005]], when Greece defeated Germany 78-62 to win [[Eurobasket 2005]]. In between, Giannakis coached Panionios and [[Marousi BC|Marousi]].
Giannakis is married to Eugenia with two children: Calliope and Dimitris.
 
== external link ==
 
* http://www.basket.gr/index.php/playerview?playerid=11
 
[[Category:1959 births|Giannakis Panagiotis]]
[[Category:Basketball Players|Giannakis Panagiotis]]
[[Category:Basketball Coaches|Giannakis Panagiotis]]
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