Dimos Dikoudis

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Dimosthenis Dikoudis
Δημοσθένης Ντικούδης

Dikoudis practicing with PAO.
Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born (1977-06-24) June 24, 1977
Larissa, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (208 cm)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career 1996–present
Career history
1995–1998 Olympia Larissa
1998–2003 AEK Athens
2003–2004 Valencia
2004–2005 CSKA Moscow
2005–2006 Valencia
2006–2008 Panathinaikos
2008 Valencia
2008–2009 Panionios
2009–2010 Aris
2010–2011 AEK Athens
2011–2012 PAOK
Career highlights and awards

  • 2x Greek A2 League Player of the Year (1997, 1998)
  • 2x Greek A2 League Top Scorer (1997, 1998)
  • Greek League Rookie of the Year (1998)
  • Greek League MVP (2002)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Greece
FIBA World Cup
Silver 2006 Japan Nat. Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold 2005 Serbia & Montenegro Nat. Team

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

Professional playing 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 1997-98 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 EuroBasket 2001 at Turkey, the EuroBasket 2003 at Sweden and at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games of Athens. On September 25, 2005, he won the EuroBasket 2005 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 EuroBasket 2007.

Post playing career

Dikoudis became the manager of the Greek club AEK in 2013.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

  • 2x Greek A2 League Player of the Year: (1997, 1998)
  • 2x Greek A2 League Top Rebounder: (1997, 1998)
  • 2x Greek A2 League Top Scorer: (1997, 1998)
  • Greek League Rookie of the Year: (2000)
  • 4x Greek Cup Champion: (2000, 2001, 2007, 2008)
  • Saporta Cup Champion: (2000)
  • 5x Greek League All-Star: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008)
  • 3x Greek League Champion: (2002, 2007, 2008)
  • Greek League MVP: (2002)
  • Russian Cup Champion: (2005)
  • Russian League Champion: (2005)
  • Euroleague Champion: (2007)
  • Triple Crown Champion: (2007)

Greek national team

References

  1. ↑ {E91AFDC5-57F4-4283-9A62-3729B99232F4} FIBAEurope.com Profile - Dimosthenis Ntikoudis Height: 2.08m
  2. ↑ Euroleague.net Panionios inks Dikoudis.
  3. ↑ Arisbc.gr Aris signs Dikoudis (Greek).
  4. ↑ PAOK lands Dikoudis.

External links

Greece squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 5th place
Greece squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 4th place
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