Achilleas Mamatziolas ( el, Αχιλλέας Μαματζιόλας; born November 12, 1971 in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

), is a retired Greek professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player.

Professional career

Mamatziolas started his career from the amateur team Propontida Thessaloniki. In 1989 he signed with PAOK. He played eight years with PAOK and he won the

1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup The 1990–91 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fifth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, contested between national domestic cup champions, running from 25 September 1990, to 26 Ma ...

, 1 Greek League (1992), the

1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup The 1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup season occurred between September 8, 1993, and March 16, 1994. The final was played between PAOK B.C., PAOK Bravo and Pallacanestro Trieste, Stefanel Trieste. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how ...

, and 1

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

(1995). His best game in his career was a play-off game against

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

in 1997. PAOK won the game with 90-85, and Mamatziolas end the game with 29 points and 100% hit. He has 2/2 free throws, 6/6 two-points, and 5/5 three-points. Mamatziolas moved to Iraklis the same year, as an exchange for

Lefteris Kakiousis Eleftherios "Lefteris" Kakiousis ( el, Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Κακιούσης; born 7 June 1968 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He played at the p ...

transfer. He also, played with Iraklio B.C., Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. and G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.

National team career

Mamatziolas played with

Greek national basketball team The Greece men's national basketball team ( el, Eθνική Oμάδα Καλαθοσφαίρισης Ελλάδος) represents Greece in international basketball. They are controlled by the Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body for ...

in 1993 Mediterranean Games, and won the fourth place. He also played at

FIBA Under-21 World Championship The FIBA Under-21 World Championship was a men's under-21-only basketball competition organized by the International Basketball Federation The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organization ...

1993.

References

External links

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