Nikos Ekonomou
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Nikos Ekonomou (born in 1973, 2.06 m or 6'9" in height) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a power forward, who has played for many teams in his career.
[edit] Career
Ekonomou starter his career with Ionikos Nikaias BC. From 1991 to 1998 he was a member of Panathinaikos BC. He was one of the leaders of the team for many years. In 1993 he won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos. He also played in the Euroleague's final four at Tel Aviv in 1994 and at Saragoza in 1995, winning the 3rd place in 1995.
In 1996 he won with Panathinaikos the Euroleague Championship, the Greek Cup and the Intercontinental Cup all in the same season. In 1998, he won with Panathinaikos the Greek Championship, the first Greek Championship of the team since 1984. He then played in the Italian League in 1999 with Virtus Bologna, and after a year he moved from there back to Greece to play for Olympiacos BC.
In 2001, he transferred to FC Barcelona of the Spanish League. He later returned to the Greek League to play for Olympia Larissas BC and he then left Greece once again, to play for Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League.
He then continued his career playing back in Greece with Panionios BC and finally, his last team was the Greek club Panellinios. While at Panionios, he was the Greek League's leading scorer in the 2004-2005 season.
[edit] Greek National Team
Ekonomou was a longtime member of the Greek national team:
- Eurobasket 1993 (4th place)
- Eurobasket 1995 (4th place)
- 1996 Olympic Basketball Tournament (5th place)
- Mundobasket 1998 (4th place)
- Eurobasket 1997 (4th place)
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