Giorgos Sigalas
| Iraklis | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||
| League | Greek Basketball League | |||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Born | July 31, 1971 Peristeri, Greece | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1988–2007 | |||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | |||||||||||
| Number | 5, 8, 9, 6 | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2008–present | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| As a player: | ||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Olympiacos Piraeus | |||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Papagos | |||||||||||
| 1990–1997 | Olympiacos Piraeus | |||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Olimpia Milano | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | P.A.O.K. | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Granada | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Viola Reggio Calabria | |||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Makedonikos Neapoli | |||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Panionios | |||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||
| As a coach: | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Greece U20 | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Ermis Lagkada | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Aigaleo | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Iraklis Thessaloniki (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Kolossos Rhodes (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Aris Thessaloniki (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Kolossos Rhodes | |||||||||||
| 2025–present | Iraklis Thessaloniki | |||||||||||
| Career highlights | ||||||||||||
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Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) (Greek: Γιώργος Σιγάλας; born 31 July 1971 in Peristeri, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and is the current head coach of Greek Basketball League club Iraklis.
During the decade of the 1990s, the 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) tall swingman was the regular team captain of the pro club Olympiacos Piraeus, of the Greek League and the EuroLeague, and also of the Greece men's national basketball team. Nicknamed Rambo, during his playing career, Sigalas was one of the best European defensive players of his generation.
Sigalas helped Olympiacos Piraeus to win a EuroLeague title in 1997, as well as to make two more EuroLeague Finals appearances, in 1994 and 1995. With the Greece men's national team, he competed in six consecutive EuroBasket tournaments, (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003), and he made it to the semifinals on the first three occasions. Sigalas was also instrumental on the Greek teams that made the semifinals of both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, as well as on Greece's team that finished in fifth place at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.