Giannis Ioannidis
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Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) (
Biography
Giannis Ioannidis was born in
Basketball career
Playing career
During his youth, Ioannidis became a member of the youth clubs of Aris, in 1959. He joined the senior men's team of
Coaching career
Still in his playing years, Ioannidis agreed to assume the head coach position at Cretan club Ergotelis in 1977, after being offered the job by longtime friend and fellow Aristotle University of Thessaloniki student Manolis Nikiforakis.[5] Travelling back and forth between Thessaloniki and Crete, Ioannidis managed to promote the club to the Greek B Basket League.[5]
After retiring from playing basketball, Ioannidis became a full-time
Ioannidis was the architect of the most glorious victory of
Teams coached
- Ergotelis: 1977
- Aris: 1978–79
- G.S. Larissas: 1979–81
- Greece: 1980–81
- Aris: 1982–90
- Olympiacos: 1991–96
- AEK: 1996–98
- Olympiacos: 1999–00
- Greece: 2002–03
Political career
Ioannidis announced his retirement from professional basketball in the year 2004, before he was elected a New Democracy
In the
Awards and accomplishments
As a player
- 2nd highest career scorer of all-time in the history of the club Aris, with 4,970 total points scored.[4]
As a head coach
Titles won
- 12× Olympiacos)
- 6× Aris), 1994 (with Olympiacos)
- Greek Super Cup Winner: 1986 (with Aris)
- Gymnastikos)
Other honors
- 3× 1998 (with AEK)
- 6× 1998 (with AEK)
- 3× AEK)
- 2× Greek Cup Finalist: 1984 (with Aris), 1998 (with AEK)
- Most wins in the history of the Greek League as a head coach, with a total of 418 wins.
References
- ^ "Greek coaching legend Giannis Ioannidis died at 78". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/04/greek-basketball-coach-giannis-ioannidis-dies/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης – Ντούσαν Ιβκοβιτς". Tovima. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ a b 100 χρόνια ιστορίας: Οι καλύτεροι μας παίκτες ( top10 ) (in Greek).
- ^ a b Όταν ο Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης ανέβαζε κατηγορία τον Εργοτέλη! 8 February 2016
- ^ "Local elections: Dourou wins Attica, Kaminis reelected in Athens". To Vima. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website
External links
- Giannis Ioannidis website
- Terms of office of Giannis Ioannidis at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)
- The top of the Greek bench: Giannis Ioannidis (in Greek)
- Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)