Takis Koroneos
| Personal information | |
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| Born | October 8, 1952 Panathinaikos |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As a player:
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Panagiotis "Takis" Koroneos (alternate spellings: Taki, Koronaios,
Galis Before Galis".[1]
During his playing career, Koroneos was credited with discovering
Panathinaikos, Seikaly was then selected to join Panathinaikos' men's senior team, in order to begin training and practicing with them.[3][4][5]
College career
Koroneos joined the youth teams of Panathinaikos in 1965, and he began his career with the club's senior men's team, in 1968. However, he still retained his
NCAA DI. In 1970, he then began to play college basketball in the United States, at Mississippi State University, where he played with the Mississippi State Bulldogs.[6]
Club career
Koroneos had a long tenure with the Greek team
Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer
in 1983.
In 2008, he was voted as one of the 100 greatest athletes in the first 100 years in the history of all the sports divisions of the
Panionios Athens
.
In the top-tier level Greek League, he scored a total of 7,465 points, which is the 5th most total points scored in the competition, since the 1963–64 season.[7]
Greece National team career
Koroneos played with the
games, in which he recorded a personal total of 1,832 points.[8] His first game with the Greece men's national team was played on July 25, 1972, against the Bulgaria men's national basketball team, during the Balkan Championship. His last game played with Greece was on October 29, 1981, against the Poland men's national basketball team, in a friendly
game.
Koroneos played at the
1981 EuroBasket. They won gold medals at the 1979 Mediterranean Games, and the 1979 Balkan Championship
.
Coaching career
After his playing career ended, Koroneos worked as the
Near East Kaisariani, Keravnos Strovolou Women, Panionios Athens Women and Panathinaikos Athens women
(during the 2008–09 season).
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- 11× Greek League Champion: (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984)
- 3× Greek Cup Winner: (1979, 1982, 1983)
- Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer: (1983)
- 5th all-time leading scorer of the Greek Basketball Championship, with 7,465 total points scored in the Greek A National League (1963–64 season to present).
Greece national team
- 1979 Mediterranean Games:
Gold - Balkan Championship:
- Gold: (1979)
Silver: (1972)
Bronze: (1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)
References
- ^ Τα κανόνια του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Τάκης Κορωναίος (in Greek).
- ^ De promesa NBA a romperla como DJ, la increíble historia de Rony Seikaly (in Spanish).
- ^ Rony Seikaly (I): “Playing music in Ibiza brought me back to my NBA days”.
- ^ Rony Seikaly (II): “Luka Doncic is the best white player ever – LeBron more like Magic than Jordan”.
- ^ Από τα καρφώματα στα… decks! (in Greek).
- ^ Taki Koroneos Position: Guard School: Mississippi State.
- ^ Τα “κανόνια” του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Τάκης Κορωναίος (in Greek).
- ^ Basket.gr Ονοματεπώνυμο: ΚΟΡΩΝΑΙΟΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ (in Greek).
Bibliography
- Panathinaikos - 90 Years On An Historic Run 1908-1998, P. Fiamegos, Athens 1998