About Faidon Matthaiou
Faidon Matthaiou, was a Greek professional basketball player and coach. He was a center at the start of his career, and at the end of his career, he also played as a point guard. He wore the number 1 jersey throughout his career. He represented Greece twice at the Summer Olympic Games. As a rower at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and as a basketball player at the 1952 Summer Olympics. With Panathinaikos, Matthaiou won 3 Greek League championships, in the years 1950, 1951, and 1954. He was the team's leading scorer at that tournament, with 66 total points scored, while Greece also won the tournament's bronze medal. He won both the Greek Cup title and the Greek League championship with Olympiacos, in 1976.
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