Giorgos Sigalas

Giorgos Sigalas
Γιώργος Σιγάλας
Aris Thessaloniki
Position	Assistant coach
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	July 31, 1971; Peristeri, Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1988–2007
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	5, 8, 9, 6
Coaching career	2008–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1989	Olympiacos
1989–1990	Papagou
1990–1997	Olympiacos
1997–1998	Olimpia Milano
1998–2000	Aris
2000–2002	PAOK
2002–2003	Granada
2003	Viola Reggio Calabria
2003–2004	Makedonikos
2004–2005	Panionios
2005–2007	Aris
As coach:
2008	Greece Under-20
2008–2009	Ermis Lagkada
2014	Egaleo
2020	Iraklis (assistant)
2020–2022	Kolossos Rodou (assistant)
2022–present	Aris Thessaloniki (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: EuroLeague champion (1997); FIBA European Selection (1995); FIBA EuroStar (1996); 5× Greek League champion (1993–1997); 2× Greek Cup winner (1994, 1997); Greek League MVP (1996); 4× Greek League Finals MVP (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997); 7× Greek All-Star (1994 (I), 1994 (II), 1996 I, 1996 II, 1998, 2001, 2002); Acropolis Tournament MVP (1999);
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Giorgos Sigalas (alternate spelling: Georgios) (Greek: Γιώργος Σιγάλας; born July 31, 1971, in Peristeri, Athens, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and basketball coach. During the decade of the 1990s, the 2.01 m (6'7") tall swingman was the regular team captain of the pro club Olympiacos Piraeus, of the Greek League and the EuroLeague, and also of the Greece men's national basketball team. Nicknamed Rambo, during his playing career, Sigalas was one of the best European defensive players of his generation.

Sigalas helped Olympiacos Piraeus to win a EuroLeague title in 1997, as well as to make two more EuroLeague Finals appearances, in 1994 and 1995. With the Greece men's national team, he competed in six consecutive EuroBasket tournaments, (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2003), and he made it to the semifinals on the first three occasions. Sigalas was also instrumental on the Greek teams that made the semifinals of both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship, as well as on Greece's team that finished in fifth place at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.

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