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Panagiotis Giannakis

1959 - Today

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Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Νότης" Γιαννάκης, pronounced [panaˈʝotis ʝaˈnacis]; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He started his senior career at the age of just 13 at Ionikos Nikaias and after noticeable success, he achieved extraordinary success as a player with Aris Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1993, in partnership with Greek basketball's biggest star Nikos Galis along with the rest of the squad, while achieving victory as the national team captain in EuroBasket 1987 in Athens, Greece's first major tournament win in non-Olympic sport which, along with Aris' extraordinary success, cultivated the sport in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Panagiotis Giannakis has received more than 215,360 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Panagiotis Giannakis is the 137th most popular basketball player (up from 165th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Greece (down from 753rd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Panagiotis Giannakis ranks 137 out of 1,757. Before him are Doc Rivers, Andro Knego, Otar Korkia, Detlef Schrempf, David Blatt, and Zurab Sakandelidze. After him are Dikembe Mutombo, Maigonis Valdmanis, Walt Bellamy, Dave Bing, Dennis Johnson, and Dennis Schröder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Panagiotis Giannakis ranks 276. Before him are Guy Ecker, David Blatt, Alan Taylor, Craig Armstrong, John Hawkes, and Roland Grapow. After him are Kevin Gage, Ameenah Gurib, Hennadiy Kernes, Hallgrímur Helgason, Jim Kerr, and Beth Broderick.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Panagiotis Giannakis ranks 764 out of 1,024. Before him are Demophilus of Constantinople (null), Şerif Gören (1944), Kiki Dimoula (1931), Benizelos Roufos (1795), Epameinondas Deligeorgis (1829), and Georgios Koletis (1801). After him are Jimmy Makulis (1935), John Kaminiates (900), John Iliopoulos (1940), Athanasios Miaoulis (1815), Sam Panopoulos (1934), and Skeet Ulrich (1970).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Greece

Among basketball players born in Greece, Panagiotis Giannakis ranks 1. After him are Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994), Vassilis Spanoulis (1982), Theodoros Papaloukas (1977), Panagiotis Fasoulas (1963), Dimitris Diamantidis (1980), Nikos Zisis (1983), Kostas Sloukas (1990), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (1992), Ioannis Bourousis (1983), Antonis Fotsis (1981), and Georgios Printezis (1985).

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