Overview
- PAS Giannina announced the death of Marios Oikonomou at age 33, saying he did not recover from injuries sustained in a road collision.
- Oikonomou was involved in a crash between his motorcycle and a car in his hometown of Ioannina on 23 May, which left him hospitalized with major head trauma.
- Doctors performed a decompressive craniectomy and placed him in an induced coma, and he remained in intensive care until his death on Monday after nine days of treatment.
- The Hellenic Football Federation, UEFA and several of his former clubs issued condolences, and PAS Giannina specifically referenced his father Giorgos Oikonomou, the club chairman.
- Oikonomou made six appearances for Greece and had a long club career in Europe, including spells at Cagliari, Bologna, AEK Athens and FC Copenhagen, where he won the Danish title in 2022.