Takis Koroneos

{{Short description|Greek basketball player and coach}}

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| nationality = Greek

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|8}}

| birth_place = Rethymno, Greece

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| college = Mississippi State University (1970–1974)

| draft_year = 1974

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| career_start = 1968

| career_end = 1990

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| career_number = 9

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| years1 = 1968–1985

| team1 = Panathinaikos

| years2 = 1985–1986

| team2 = PAOK

| years3 = 1986–1989

| team3 = Panionios

| years4 = 1989–1990

| team4 = Panathinaikos

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As a player:

• 11× Greek League champion (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984)
• 3× Greek Cup winner (1979, 1982, 1983)
• Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (1983)

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{{MedalSport| Men's Basketball}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1979 Yugoslavia | }}

{{MedalCompetition|Balkan Championship}}

{{MedalGold| 1979 Greece | }}

{{MedalSilver| 1972 Yugoslavia | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1974 Greece | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1976 Bulgaria | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1977 Yugoslavia | }}

{{MedalBronze| 1980 Romania | }}

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Panagiotis "Takis" Koroneos (alternate spellings: Taki, Koronaios, Greek: Παναγιώτης "Τάκης" Κορωναίος; born October 8, 1952) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He is also a former member of the Greece men's national basketball team. During his playing career, his nickname was, "The Galis Before Galis".[http://www.esake.gr/el/079C8E53 Τα κανόνια του ελληνικού Πρωταθλήματος: Τάκης Κορωναίος {{in lang|el}}.]

During his playing career, Koroneos was credited with discovering Rony Seikaly, while he was a youth in Greece. In 1981, Koroneos met Seikaly, who was 16 at the time, after he purchased a pair of large basketball sneakers in Koroneos' athletics store.[https://www.basquetplus.com/articulo/de-promesa-nba-romperla-como-dj-la-incre%C3%ADble-historia-de-rony-seikaly De promesa NBA a romperla como DJ, la increíble historia de Rony Seikaly {{in lang|es}}.] On the recommendation of Koroneos to the management of Panathinaikos, Seikaly was then selected to join Panathinaikos' men's senior team, in order to begin training and practicing with them.[https://www.talkbasket.net/102360-rony-seikaly-i-playing-music-in-ibiza-brought-me-back-to-my-nba-days Rony Seikaly (I): “Playing music in Ibiza brought me back to my NBA days”.][https://www.talkbasket.net/102549-rony-seikaly-ii-luka-doncic-is-the-best-white-player-ever-lebron-more-like-magic-than-jordan Rony Seikaly (II): “Luka Doncic is the best white player ever – LeBron more like Magic than Jordan”.][https://www.gazzetta.gr/article/item/198300-apo-ta-karphomata-sta%E2%80%A6-decks Από τα καρφώματα στα… decks! {{in lang|el}}.]