Dimosthenis Dikoudis

Infobox Euroleague Player
name= Dimosthenis Dikoudis
Δημοσθένης Ντικούδης


caption = Dikoudis #11.
position = Power forward
nickname = Dimos
league = Spanish League
ULEB Cup
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9.5
weight_lbs = 250
team = Pamesa Valencia
number = 11
nationality = Greek
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|6|24|mf=y
birth_place = Larissa, Greece
career_start = 1996
former_teams = Olympia Larissas BC (1995–1998)
AEK Athens BC (1998–2003)
Pamesa Valencia (2003–2004, 2005-2006)

PBC CSKA Moscow (2004–2005)
Panathinaikos BC (2005-2008)

awards = 2-Time Greek A2 League MVP 1997, 1998
2-Time Greek A2 League Rebounding Champion 1997, 1998
2-Time Greek A2 League Scoring Champion 1997, 1998
Greek A1 League Rookie of the Year 1999
Greek A1 League regular season MVP 2002
Greek A1 League playoff MVP 2002

Dimosthenis Dikoudis, also known as Dimos Dikoudis, Demos Dikoudis, and Dimosthenis Ntikoudis ( _el. Δημοσθένης Ντικούδης; born on June 24, 1977 in Larissa, Greece), is a Greek professional basketball player currently with Pamesa Valencia.

Early Years

Dikoudis started playing football at the age of 10 and later he was involved in Taekwondo. After two years of martial arts he started playing basketball in his school team. With his school he won the city championship, which was his first title and right after that he joined his first club, Perseas of Larissa. He played there until age 18 and he won four city and state championships there. With this club he also won a national title and was a member of the all state team.

Olympia Larissas

In 1995 he signed his first contract with Olympia Larissas BC. He played there for three seasons, one at the second division of Greece and two at the Greek A2 League. He was the MVP, leading scorer and leading rebounder in the A2 both seasons. He was also a member of the national team of Greece under age 21.

AEK

In 1998 he signed a contract with AEK Athens and played there for five seasons. As a member of AEK he won the Saporta Cup, the Greek Championship and two Greek Cups. He was voted rookie of the year for the 1998-1999 season and MVP for the 2001-2002 season.

Spain & Russia

In 2003 he decided to leave Greece and he signed with Pamesa Valencia. He played there for a year and after that he moved to CSKA Moscow where he won the Russian Basketball Super League Championship and the Russian Cup (the first in the history of the club), and he played at the final four of the Euroleague, which was held at Moscow and was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv which featured another player from Larissa, Nestoras Kommatos (he was a co-player with Dimosthenis in Perseas).

In 2005 he returned to Pamesa Valencia and played in the finals of the Spanish Cup. After playing 3 years in Greece with Panathinaikos, he returned back to Spain and Valencia once again in 2008.

Panathinaikos

In the summer of 2006 he returned to Greece and signed with Panathinaikos BC. With PAO BC he won the Triple Crown in Basketball for the season 2006-2007.

Greece National Team

With the Greek National Basketball Team he made his debut on November 24, 1999 against the Estonian National Team.

As a member of the national team he played at the European championships of FIBA Europe Eurobasket 2001 at Turkey, Eurobasket 2003 at Sweden and the 2004 Olympic Games of Athens.

On September 25, 2005 he won the European championship at the Eurobasket 2005 with the national team. On September 3, 2006 he won the silver medal at the Mundobasket 2006.

Awards and Accomplishments

Pro career

*Won 2 Greek A2 League MVP awards 1997, 1998
*Greek A2 League leading rebounder twice 1997, 1998
*Greek A2 League leading scorer twice 1997, 1998
*Greek A1 League Rookie of the Year 1999
*Won 2 Greek Basketball Cups 2000, 2001 with AEK Athens BC
*Won the Saporta Cup 2000 with AEK Athens BC
*Won the Greek Championship 2002 with AEK Athens BC
*Greek A1 League regular season MVP 2002
*Greek A1 League playoff MVP 2002
*Won the Russian League 2005 with CSKA Moscow
*Won the Russian Cup 2005 with CSKA Moscow
*Won 3 Greek Championships 2006, 2007, 2008 with Panathinaikos BC
*Won 3 Greek Basketball Cups 2006, 2007, 2008 with Panathinaikos BC
*Won the Euroleague 2006-07 with Panathinaikos BC
*Won the Triple Crown Championship with Panathinaikos BC 2007

Greek National Team

*Won 5 Acropolis Tournaments 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 with Greece
*Won the 2005 European Championship with Greece
*Won the 2006 Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup with Greece
*Won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship with Greece

External links

* [http://www.dimosdikoudis.com/ Dimos Dikoudis' Official Website in (Greek and English)]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=pan&pcode=ABB Euroleague.net player profile]
* [http://www.paobc.gr/player.php?category_id=124&player_id=3447&period_id=0 Panathinaikos BC player profile]
* [http://www.interbasket.net/greek/Prospects/prospects.htm Interbasket.net Greek prospects]