Faidon Matthaiou

Faidon Matthaiou
Φαίδων Ματθαίου

Matthaiou, in 2009.
Personal information
Born	(1924-07-12)12 July 1924 Thessaloniki, Greece
Died	17 September 2011(2011-09-17) (aged 87) Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career information
Playing career	1945–1957
Position	Point guard / center
Number	1
Coaching career	1955–1984
Career history
As player:
1945–1949	Aris
1949–1955	Panathinaikos
1955	Panionios
1955	Sporting
1955	Panionios
1955–1956	Storm Varese
1956–1957	Aris
As coach:
1955–1956	Storm Varese
1960–1961	Virtus Aurelia
1961–1969	Greece
1967–1976	Olympiacos
1976–1978	Peristeri
1977–1979	AEK
1983–1984	PAOK
Career highlights and awards
As a player: International Club Cup Tournament Top Scorer (1955) International Club Cup Tournament MVP (1955) 3× Greek League champion (1950, 1951, 1954) As a head coach: 2× FIBA European Selection (1970, 1973) Greek League champion (1976) 2× Greek Cup winner (1976, 1984) Greek 3rd Division champion (1978)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Greece FIBA EuroBasket 1949 Egypt Mediterranean Games 1955 Spain

Faidon Matthaiou,^[1] (alternate spellings: Feidon, Fedon, Mathaiou, Mattheou; Greek: Φαίδων Ματθαίου: 12 July 1924 – 17 September 2011^[2]) was a Greek professional basketball player and coach. He was a center at the start of his career, and at the end of his career, he also played as a point guard. He wore the number 1 jersey throughout his career. He represented Greece twice at the Summer Olympic Games. As a rower at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and as a basketball player at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Faidon Matthaiou is widely considered to be the Patriarch of Greek basketball.^[4]