Giorgos Sigalas

Giorgos Sigalas
Iraklis
PositionHead coach
LeagueGreek Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1971-07-31) July 31, 1971
Peristeri, Greece
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
Playing career1988–2007
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Number5, 8, 9, 6
Coaching career2008–present
Career history
As a player:
1988–1989Olympiacos Piraeus
1989–1990Papagos
1990–1997Olympiacos Piraeus
1997–1998Olimpia Milano
1998–2000Aris Thessaloniki
2000–2002P.A.O.K.
2002–2003Granada
2003Viola Reggio Calabria
2003–2004Makedonikos Neapoli
2004–2005Panionios
2005–2007Aris Thessaloniki
As a coach:
2008Greece U20
2008–2009Ermis Lagkada
2014Aigaleo
2020Iraklis Thessaloniki (assistant)
2020–2022Kolossos Rhodes (assistant)
2022–2024Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
2024Kolossos Rhodes
2025–presentIraklis Thessaloniki
Career highlights
As player:
Medals
Representing  Greece
FIBA U20 EuroBasket
1992 GreeceUnder-20

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.