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May 06, 1980 Kastoria, West Macedonia Region, Greece 44 years old
Greek professional basketball player
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About Dimitris Diamantidis
- Dimitris Diamantidis (Greek: ??µ?t??? ??aµa?t?d??) (born May 6, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent all twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos Athens.
- Widely regarded as one of the greatest Europeans ever to grace the game, he marked his era by being the most versatile player in the EuroLeague, serving as an inspiration to a whole generation of young European stars.At the age of fourteen, Diamantidis started his career with the youth clubs of his hometown team in Kastoria, AS Kastorias.
- Five years later, he made his professional debut with Iraklis, and by 2003, he had emerged as an all-around star in the Greek League.
- He became a member of Panathinaikos in the summer of 2004, with whom he won three EuroLeague titles, in 2007, 2009, and 2011.
- Diamantidis' numerous accolades in the premier European competition include a EuroLeague MVP Award, two EuroLeague Final Four MVP Awards, four All-EuroLeague First Team selections, as well as a record six EuroLeague Best Defender Awards.
- He is the only player to have earned all four aforementioned EuroLeague end-of-season distinctions, even more so in a single year.
- Diamantidis was voted to the EuroLeague 2000–10 All-Decade Team, and is the EuroLeague all-time leader in steals since the dawn of the Euroleague Basketball Company's era in 2000.
- On April 1, 2016, he was honored with a EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award.Amidst a long series of "derbies of the eternal enemies" opposing Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, Diamantidis thrived as he faced Olympiacos every year for twelve consecutive seasons, including eleven Greek League Finals, six Greek Cup Finals, and a EuroLeague semifinal.
- He won nine Greek League and ten Greek Cup titles, alongside a record six Greek League Finals MVP and six Greek League MVP awards, as well as two Greek Cup MVP awards.
- His friendship and rivalry with Olympiacos star Vassilis Spanoulis was at the center of attention throughout six Greek League Finals and three Greek Cup Finals encounters.
- Diamantidis' self-effacing psyche helped relieve tension between the two powerhouses, when he retired in 2016.As a member of the senior Greek national team, Diamantidis won a EuroBasket title in 2005; anchoring a defense that allowed 59.7 points per game, he scored the three-pointer that sealed the fate of the semifinal against France, seconds before the buzzer.
- He led the tournament in assists, and was part of the All-EuroBasket Team.
- In 2006, he played a pivotal role in a FIBA World Cup silver medal campaign, with Greece stunning Team USA in the semifinals, and Diamantidis finishing as the competition's steals leader.
- Diamantidis was a two-time Olympian, bearing the Greek colours in 2004 and 2008, and earning on both occasions the fifth place of the tournament, tied as an all-time best finish for Greece.
- On the basis of his myriad achievements, he was named Mister Europa Player of the Year by Italian sports magazine Superbasket in 2007.
