Name Nikos Filippou Role Basketball Player | Height 2.02 m | |
Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Filipou) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Φιλίππου; born July 15, 1962, Ioannina, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in.), he played at the power forward position..
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Professional career
As a member of the Greek club Aris, Filippou won 8 Greek League championships (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and 5 Greek Cups (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990). He also played at 3 EuroLeague Final Fours (1998, 1989, 1990) with Aris.
In 1991, he moved to PAOK, and with them he won the Greek League championship in 1992. He also played at the EuroLeague Final Four with PAOK in 1993.
He also played with the Greek club Papagou. Filippou is also a member of Eurobasket.com website's Greek Basketball Hall of Fame.
Greek national team
Filippou was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball teams that won the gold medal at EuroBasket 1987, and the silver medal at EuroBasket 1989. He also played with Greece at the 1986 FIBA World Championship.
Post playing career
As the team manager of the senior men's Greek national basketball team, he won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2005, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.