Vasilis Goumas (in Greek

Greek language

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: Βασίλης Γκούμας; born November 15, 1946) is a retired Greek professional basketball player.

Pro career

Goumas was the long-time star of the Panellinios franchise. He is the second all-time top scorer in the history of the Greek Championship

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 (including games before the league split into two divisions), with 11,030 career points scored. He is second only on the combined career scoring list to the legendary Nikos Galis.

In his career, Goumas took part in 412 games, while playing with Panellinios, AEK Athens

AEK Athens BC

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, and Ilysiakos. His career scoring average in the Greek League was 26.8 points per game. He was the Greek League scoring leader 4 times during his career, in the years 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977.

Greek national team

Goumas played with the junior national team of Greece for 4 games. He also played with the senior Greek national basketball team in 114 games, in which he scored a total of 1,641 points, for an average of 14.4 points per game. His personal best scoring game with Greece's senior national team was 41 points, which he scored against the German national basketball team in 1971.

External links

• Basketpedya.com Profile
• The Stars of Panellinios
• Basket.gr