Starting
from 1988, Kostas Papadakis has been the first agent to
operate in Greece. Having worked for many years as a
journalist, with specialty in NBA, he was the first one to
"introduce" the NBA in Greek TV in the late 80's. He has
great contacts both in Europe and in the NBA and he has
negotiated some of the biggest contracts in the history of
European basketball. Kostas Papadakis is considered to be
among the top agents in Europe and is well recognized and
respected among players and clubs. He was born in 1963 and
speaks English and French.
Having
graduated from the Department of Economics of the University
of Athens, Giorgos Dimitropoulos was already into
basketball. From an early age he got a coaching licence and
from 1988-1996 worked as a basketball coach. He started as
an independent agent in 1997 and from 1999 he joined forces
with Kostas Papadakis and Alexis Politis to create FCM.
Since the beggining he has been the agent who represents the
best prospects in Greece, starting from U-15 to the U-21
National Teams. Since January 2005 he is also founder and
main shareholder of BASKETOPOLIS S.A., a sports marketing
company. Born in 1972, he speaks English, Italian, Spanish,
French and German.
When he was young, he had great results in swimming, being a
member of the Greek National Team, but in his professional
life he quickly switched to basketball. Obtained a degree in
Sports Science and since 1991 Alexis Politis has been
working with Kostas Papadakis. He is not only involved in
the players' representation field, but is also responsible
for the sponsoring department of the company. Among his
clientele, there are the Greek Olympic Champions in Sailing
Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Kostas Trigonis. Alexis Politis
was born in 1973 and speaks English and Italian.
Iosif Kallergis
The youngest member of FCM has grown up around basketball,
since his father was always around the sport as a coach and
agent. He is responsible for the recruiting of FirstClass
Management in Northern Greece, currently doing his degree in
Balkan and East European Studies in Macedonian University.
He speaks English and is now learning Russian and Serbian.
FCM Services: First Class Management (FCM) is one of the first
agencies that represented professional basketball players in Europe. For
many years now, we have offered our services to hundreds of players that
have trusted us their careers and their faith have been rewarded. Our
head offices are based in Athens, Greece and we do business everywhere
in the world, where basketball is played.
