Nikos Papanikolopoulos
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
League | Greek Basket League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Kalamata, Greece | April 21, 1979||||||||||||||
Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1997–2014 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Near East | ||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Aris | ||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Near East | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Ionikos NF | ||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Gymnastikos | ||||||||||||||
2007 | Teramo Basket | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | AEL 1964 | ||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Kolossos | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Peristeri | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Iraklis | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Ilysiakos | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Panelefsiniakos | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Ikaros Chalkidas | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | Koroivos Amaliadas (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Peristeri (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Peristeri | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Larisa | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | Karditsa | ||||||||||||||
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Nikolaos "Nikos" Papanikolopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολόπουλος; born April 21, 1979) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall,[1] he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Professional career
[edit]During his professional playing career, Papanikolopoulos played with the following clubs: Near East, AEK Athens, Aris, Ionikos NF, Olympiacos, Gymnastikos S. Larissas, AEL, Teramo, Kolossos, Peristeri, Iraklis, Ilysiakos, Panelefsiniakos, and Ikaros Chalkidas.
During his playing career, he won the Greek 2nd Division championship in 1998, and the Greek Cup title and the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship in the 1999–2000 season.
National team career
[edit]Papanikolopoulos played with Greece's under-26 national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also played with the senior men's Greek national basketball team.
Coaching career
[edit]Papanikolopoulos served as an assistant coach at Koroivos Amaliadas, in the Greek Basket League, from 2014 until 2016, before he was appointed as the head coach of the team in May 2016. He became the head coach of Peristeri in 2019.
On January 3, 2023, he was appointed as the new head coach of Karditsa.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ PAPANIKOLOPOULOS, NIKOLAOS HEIGHT: 1.96.
- ^ "Καρδίτσα: Νέος προπονητής ο Νίκος Παπανικολόπουλος". eurohoops.net (in Greek). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Euroleague.net Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Draftexpress.com Profile
- Greek League Profile (in Greek)
- Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- AEK Athens Profile