Faidon Matthaiou
Matthaiou, in 2009. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 July 1924 Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 2011 (aged 87) Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1945–1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard / center | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1955–1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1945–1949 | Aris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1955 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Panionios | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Sporting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Panionios | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Storm Varese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Aris | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1955–1956 | Storm Varese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Virtus Aurelia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1969 | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1976 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Peristeri | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | AEK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | PAOK | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Faidon Matthaiou, (alternate spellings: Feidon, Fedon, Mathaiou, Mattheou; Greek: Φαίδων Ματθαίου: 12 July 1924 – 17 September 2011) 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.
Faidon Matthaiou is widely considered to be the Patriarch of Greek basketball.