The Greek basketball legend Steve Giatzoglou was born 11 December, 1949 in New York City, USA. The 188-centimeters-tall combo guard spent the majority of his career with the Olympiacos (1972-1984) team, winning two Greek League titles in his career.
Giatzoglou made his EuroLeague debut during the 1976/77 season, scoring 101 points in 6 games, averaging 16.8 points per game. In his second and final season in the EuroLeague, the Olympiacos legend finished third in the 1978/79 season Top Scorer’s list with 348 points in 16 games, averaging 21.8 points per game. His efforts led Olympiacos to sixth place in the competition.
He was the leading Olympiacos player for more than a decade, helping his team to win the Greek League titles in 1976 and 1978. In his EuroLeague, Saporta Cup, Korac Cup, and international games from 1972 to 1983, Giatzoglou scored 1306 points in 75 games.
ACCOLADES
Greek League (1976, 1978)
Greek League (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Year
76/77
78/79
TOT
Team
Age
28
30
GP
6
16
22
PPG
16.8
21.8
20.4
PTS
101
348
449
RNK
93rd
3rd
FIBA SAPORTA CUP STATISTICS
Year
72/73
73/74
75/76
77/78
80/81
TOT
Team
Age
24
25
27
29
32
GP
4
4
8
4
2
22
PPG
22.3
12.0
15.4
21.5
13.5
17.0
PTS
89
48
123
86
27
373
TRK
T12
2RD
QF
2RD
1RD
FIBA KORAC CUP STATISTICS
Year
79/80
81/82
82/83
TOT
Team
Age
31
33
34
GP
6
2
2
10
PPG
18.7
14.0
14.5
16.9
PTS
112
28
29
169
TRK
T16
1RD
1RD
GREEK LEAGUE STATISTICS
Year
72/73
73/74
74/75
75/76
76/77
77/78
78/79
79/80
80/81
81/82
82/83
83/84
TOT
Team
Age
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
GP
18
22
19
20
21
20
23
23
25
15
25
23
254
PPG
17.5
17.8
18.7
17.1
22.7
23.9
20.9
20.2
16.6
20.3
21.5
19.1
19.7
PTS
315
392
356
341
477
478
481
465
414
304
538
439
5000
TRK
6
6
5
7
EUROBASKET STATISTICS
Year
1973
1975
1979
TOT
Team
Age
24
26
30
GP
7
7
7
21
PPG
14.6
11.6
18.0
15.0
PTS
102
87
126
315
RNK
15th
20th
7th
Description for statistics
FIBA Saporta Cup is the same competition, as FIBA European Cup Winners’ Cup, ULEB Cup or EuroCup, a 2nd-tier European Cup competition. FIBA Korac Cup is the same competition as FIBA EuroChallenge, a 3rd-tier European Cup competition. GP – Games played PPG – Points per game PTS – Total points RNK – Individual scoring ranking TRK – Team ranking