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Panagiotis Giannakis was born on 1 January, 1959 in Nikaia, Attica, Greece, is a Greek basketball player and coach. Discover Panagiotis Giannakis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January 1959
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Nikaia, Attica, Greece
Nationality Greece

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Panagiotis Giannakis Height, Weight & Measurements

At 65 years old, Panagiotis Giannakis height is 1.92 m .

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Height 1.92 m
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Who Is Panagiotis Giannakis's Wife?

His wife is Evgenia Giannaki

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Wife Evgenia Giannaki
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Children Kelly Giannaki, Dimitris Giannakis

Panagiotis Giannakis Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Panagiotis Giannakis worth at the age of 65 years old? Panagiotis Giannakis’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from Greece. We have estimated Panagiotis Giannakis's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1959

Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (Παναγιώτης "Νότης" Γιαννάκης, ; 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.

1971

Giannakis began his club career with the youth teams of Ionikos Nikaias, in 1971.

1972

His first head coach, George Vassilakopoulos, moved Giannakis up to the club's senior men's first team, from the youth squad, in 1972, when he was at the age of just 13.

The club was playing in the Greek 2nd Division at the time.

1975

In 1975, the club was promoted up to the top-tier level Greek First Division.

Giannakis' exceptional play with Ionikos Nikaias, at such a young age, drew the eyes of pro basketball experts on him.

1980

Giannakis was, along with Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Fasoulas, and Fanis Christodoulou, one of the four main stars of the legendary late 1980s Greece men's national basketball team that put Greece on the world basketball map.

1981

On January 24, 1981, Ionikos Nikaias, led by a then 22-year-old Giannakis, played against Aris Thessaloniki, which was led by Nikos Galis.

Aris won in a tight game, by a score of 114–113.

The game is memorable in the history of Greek pro club basketball, because in the game, Giannakis scored 73 points, and Galis scored 62 points, as they achieved the second and fourth most points ever scored in a single game of the Greek League basketball championship.

In 1981, the American basketball coach Dick Dukeshire, who had coached Giannakis with the senior Greek men's national team, asked Giannakis to move to the United States, to play college basketball at the Hellenic College.

Dukeshire believed that Giannakis was good enough to play in the NBA.

1984

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.

1987

He was Greece's team captain, when they won the gold medal at the EuroBasket of 1987, and were the silver-medalists at the same championship two years later.

1988

In Thessaloniki, he helped to lead "The Yellows" (Aris) to three consecutive EuroLeague Final Four appearances between 1988 and 1990, as well as to a FIBA European Cup (later renamed to Saporta Cup) title in 1993.

1993

In the summer of 1993, he was transferred to the Greek club Panionios Athens, and finally a year later, to the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens, with whom he won a EuroLeague championship in 1996.

Furthermore, Giannakis was also an important member of the Greece men's national team, when they reached the EuroBasket's semifinals in 1993 and 1995, as well as the FIBA World Cup's semifinals in 1994.

After his playing career ended, Giannakis was the head coach of the Athenian professional club team, Maroussi Athens, which he led to the forefront of the Greek League.

1996

At the end of his career, he won the EuroLeague with Panathinaikos in 1996 As head coach, he most prominently led Greece to its second European trophy in EuroBasket 2005 at Serbia and Montenegro, where a team of new and talented stars shone brightest under the nurturship of Giannakis.

2005

Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greece men's national team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup in Japan, where Greece upset Team USA, by a score of 101–95.

He was also the head coach of the senior Chinese national team.

Giannakis was born and raised in a poor neighborhood of Nikaia, Athens.

Ηis father Dimitris, hailed from Asia Minor, and was an owner of a motorbike workshop; his mother Kalliope, was a weaver.

Giannakis is the youngest of five brothers.

Giannakis started playing football around his neighborhood.

He showed an early inclination to sports, and also tried the sport of basketball.

He began watching the games of a local basketball club, and he was later approached by the head coach of the youth team of Ionikos Nikaias, who asked him to join their team.

2006

He would repeat the success the next year, acquiring the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, where the team most notably scored a decisive win against the USA stars of the NBA in the semi-final, which would be USMNBT's last loss in a tournament until 2019.

2007

However, Greece's arch rivals Spain would defeat Giannakis' team in the final, as they would do again in the semi-finals of the 2007 EuroBasket.

Outside of the Greek national team, he would coach Greek clubs like Aris, where he had the most success as player, Olympiacos, where he achieved renewed success, and the China men's national basketball team.

As a player, he was primarily a point guard, but he could also play at the shooting guard position.

During his playing career, Giannakis was also widely-known under his nickname of "O Drákos" (Ο Δράκος), or "The Dragon" in English.

2008

On February 3, 2008, Giannakis was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century, by EuroLeague Basketball's Experts Committee.

2010

Giannakis was also the head coach of the Greek EuroLeague powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus, which he led to the 2010 EuroLeague Final, and of the Greece men's national basketball team.

2018

In 2018, he was named to the 101 Greats of European Basketball list.

In 2021, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

In 2022, he was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame.

A true floor general, Giannakis began his club basketball playing career in Greece, with Ionikos Nikaias.

After that, he before moved to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, where he spent the most important part of his pro playing career.