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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]
Key Information
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]- 160 caps with the Greece Junior National Team
- 263 caps with the Greece National Team
Honours
[edit]National team
[edit]- 1989 Junior World Championship - 6th place
- 1994 FIVB World Championship - 6th place
Clubs
[edit]- 1993 Greek Cup -
Runner-up, with Orestiada - 1993 Greek Championship -
Runner-up, with Orestiada - 1995 CEV Cup -
Runner-up, with Orestiada - 1997 Greek Championship -
Runner-up, with Orestiada - 1998 Greek Championship -
Runner-up, with Orestiada - 2000 Greek Cup -
Champion, with Iraklis Thessaloniki - 2004 Turkish Championship -
Runner-up, with Fenerbahçe
Death
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Σοκ!! Πέθανε ο Νίκος Σαμαράς! (in Greek). sport24.gr. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "GRE M: Nikolaos Samaras passed away WorldOfVolley". WorldOfVolley. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Το τελευταίο καρφί (in Greek). protagon.gr. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ 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.