Nikos Samaras
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| Nationality | Greek | ||||
| Born | 1 July 1970 Stuttgart, West Germany | ||||
| Died | 4 January 2013 (aged 43) Athens, Greece | ||||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Number | 9 (national team) | ||||
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Nikos Samaras (1 July 1970 – 4 January 2013) was a Greek volleyball player, who competed for various Greek, Italian, Spanish and Turkish clubs.[1]
Samaras was born in Stuttgart.[citation needed][2] He led Orestiada, helping the team to become successful in Greece and Europe.[3] Many young people turned to volleyball in the 1990s because of him.
Career stats
[edit | edit source]- 160 caps with the Greece Junior National Team
- 263 caps with the Greece National Team
Honours
[edit | edit source]National team
[edit | edit source]- 1989 Junior World Championship - 6th place
- 1994 FIVB World Championship - 6th place
Clubs
[edit | edit source]- 1993 Greek Cup - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Orestiada
- 1993 Greek Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Orestiada
- 1995 CEV Cup - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Orestiada
- 1997 Greek Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Orestiada
- 1998 Greek Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Orestiada
- 2000 Greek Cup - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Iraklis Thessaloniki
- 2004 Turkish Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Fenerbahçe
Death
[edit | edit source]Samaras died on Friday 4 January 2013, aged 42, after suffering a brain aneurysm.[4][5][6]
References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Obituary Greece's former team captain Nikos Samaras, article on the official webpage of the Greek Volleyball Federation.
- ^ Former Greece volleyball captain Nikos Samaras, dies aged 42 Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, article on SportSun.org, 5 January 2013.
- ^ Greece mourns the death of Nikos Samaras at 42, article on the official webpage of FIVB, 5 January 2013.
Categories:
- 1970 births
- 2013 deaths
- Panathinaikos V.C. players
- Iraklis V.C. players
- A.C. Orestias players
- Fenerbahçe S.K. (men's volleyball) players
- Greek men's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Stuttgart
- Volleyball players from Orestiada
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Greek expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Spain
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Greek volleyball biography stubs