Dimos Dikoudis

Dimosthenis "Dimos" Dikoudis (alternate spellings include: Demos Dikoudis and Dimosthenis Ntikoudis) (Greek: Δημοσθένης Ντικούδης; born June 24, 1977 in Larissa, Greece), is a Greek professional basketball player, currently playing for PAOK in Greek League. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)^[1] tall and he plays as a forward-center.

Pro career

Dikoudis started playing football at the age of 10 and later he was involved in Taekwondo. After two years of martial arts he started playing basketball in his school team. With his school he won the city championship, which was his first title and right after that he joined his first club, Perseas of Larissa. He played there until age 18 and he won four city and state championships there. With this club he also won a national title and was a member of the all state team.

In 1995, he signed his first pro contract with Olympia Larissas. He played there for three seasons, one in the second division of Greece and two in the Greek A2 League. He was the Player of the Year, leading scorer, and leading rebounder in the A2 both seasons. He was also a member of the under age 21 national team of Greece.

In 1998, he signed a contract with the Greek League club AEK Athens and played there for five seasons. As a member of AEK, he won the Saporta Cup, the Greek Championship and two Greek Cups. He was voted the Greek League Rookie of the Year for the 1998-99 season and the Greek League MVP for the 2001-02 season.

In 2003, he decided to leave Greece and he signed with the Spanish League club Pamesa Valencia. He played there for a year and after that he moved to CSKA Moscow, where he won the Russian Championship and the Russian Cup (the first in the history of the club), and he played at the Final Four of the Euroleague, which was held at Moscow, and was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv, which featured another player from Larissa, Nestoras Kommatos (he was a co-player with Dimosthenis in Perseas).

In 2005, he returned to Pamesa Valencia and he played in the finals of the Spanish Cup. In the summer of 2006, he returned to Greece and signed with Panathinaikos. With Panathinaikos, he won the Triple Crown in the 2006-07 season.

In December 2008, he joined Panionios.^[2] After joining Panionios, he became one of only two Greek players in history, along with Ioannis Giannoulis, to compete in the Euroleague with 4 different teams. In July 2009, he moved to Aris Thessaloniki. After seven years he returned to AEK Athens.^[3] In September 2011 he signed a one-year deal with PAOK.^[4]

Greek national team

With the Greek National Team, he made his debut on November 24, 1999, against the Estonian National Team. As a member of the Greek national team, he played at the 2001 FIBA European Championship at Turkey, the 2003 FIBA European Championship at Sweden and at the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens. On September 25, 2005, he won the 2005 FIBA European Championship with the Greek national team.

On September 3, 2006, he won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the 2007 FIBA European Championship.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

• 2x Greek A2 League Player of the Year: (1997, 1998)
• 2x Greek A2 League leading rebounder: (1997, 1998)
• 2x Greek A2 League leading scorer: (1997, 1998)
• Greek League Rookie of the Year: (1999)
• Won 5 Greek Cups: (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Won the Saporta Cup: (2000)
• Won 3 Greek Championships: (2002, 2007, 2008)
• Greek League MVP: (2002)
• Won the Russian Championship: (2005)
• Won the Russian Cup: (2005)
• Won the Euroleague Championship: (2007)
• Won the Triple Crown: (2007)
• 5x Greek All Star Game: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008)

Greek national team

• Won 5 Acropolis Tournaments: (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
• Won the 2005 FIBA European Championship
• Won the 2006 Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup
• Won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship

References

External links

• Dimos Dikoudis' Official Website (Greek) and (English)
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Interbasket.net Greek Prospects