As a basketball player, he was 2.03 m. tall and the first center in
Greece taller than 2 metres. During his career, he was the most valuable player of
PAOK. He led his team to win its first
Greek Basket League championship in 1959. At the final game against
Aris Thessaloniki Oikonomou scored 25 points, 19 being in the second half and helped his team to win the game 66–58. Moreover, Oikonomou was the third scorer of
Greek Basket League in 1965 and 1970. In April 2015,
PAOK awarded Oikonomou for his offer to the club.
Greek national team Oikonomou has 25 caps with the
Greece national basketball team and scored 160 points. He took part in
EuroBasket 1961, the
Balkan Championship 1962 and 1963, the
1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament and the
1964 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament. ==References==