Fotios Katsikaris
| UCAM Murcia | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League |
Liga ACB EuroCup Basketball |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 16, 1967 Korydallos, Piraeus, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1982–1998 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1998–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1982–1988 | Ionikos Nikaias |
| 1988–1990 | Sporting Athens |
| 1990–1996 | AEK Athens |
| 1996–1998 | Irakleio Crete |
| As coach: | |
| 1998–2003 | AEK Athens (assistant) |
| 2003–2005 | AEK Athens |
| 2005–2006 | Dynamo St. Petersburg |
| 2006–2008 | Valencia Basket |
| 2009–2010 | Aris Thessaloniki |
| 2010–2013 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2012–2013 | Russia |
| 2014–2016 | Greece |
| 2015–2016 | Murcia |
| 2016 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| 2017–present | Murcia |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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As head coach: |
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As head coach:
Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) (Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He started coaching at the age of 31, following a career as player, and he has worked in Greece, Russia, and Spain. He has also co-operated with the scouting team of the Boston Celtics..
Katsikaris began playing basketball in the youth system of Ionikos Nikaias, and was promoted to the senior men's team at the age of 15, setting a record (at the time) for being the youngest player ever in the Greek top division. After some years with Ionikos and Sporting, he made the big step up in his career to AEK Athens, in 1990. A sophisticated pass-first point guard, Katsikaris played for AEK for six seasons, but he didn't manage to win any titles with them. In 1996, he joined Irakleio, where he stayed for two years, before retiring. Throughout his career, he played in a total of 197 games in the top-tier level Greek League, scoring 707 points (3.6 points per game).
While recollecting on his playing years, he's mentioned Panagiotis Giannakis as his role model, Rolando Blackman as his best ever teammate, and Nikos Galis as the most difficult player for him to guard. He's also said that his former coach, Krešimir Ćosić, was the man who changed his life; when Ćosić signed him for AEK, Katsikaris had actually been about to quit basketball (at the age of 23), and go to the United States for studies.
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