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Angelo Constantin Tsagarakis (alternate spellings: Angelos, Aggelos, Tsagkarakis) (
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: Άγγελος Τσαγκαράκης; born June 3, 1984) is a retired French-Greek professional
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. Tsagarakis played
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, with the Oregon Beavers, and at
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While representing France in international competitions between 2017 and 2018, Tsagarakis brought back two long distance shooting gold medals at the 2017 World Cup in
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and the 2018 Europe Cup in
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ranked French 3x3 player for the year 2015.


French youth levels

Tsagarakis was named in 2004, by the French magazine Maxi-Basket, as one of the top 3 French players of his generation (players born in 1984). He competed at the French Nike Camp several times, and was the MVP in 1999, and an all-star in 1998, 1999, and 2000. He won the under-18 division II French national championship in 2000, with his club team Poissy, while averaging 13 points per game during the tournament's Final Four: He had an 18-point effort in the semifinal against Mulhouse (all in the second-half), to help Poissy overcome a 21-point half-time deficit. Tsagarakis had one of the most memorable moments in the youth tournament's final four history, when he hit 4 three-point field goals in a span of a minute and thirty seconds, to cut his team's deficit to one point, with 3 minutes left in the game. He carried Poissy to the French National Under-18 Sweet 16 in 2001 and 2002, while averaging above 25 points per game in both seasons. He also helped Poissy to a 12-9 record at the 5th-tier level French National 3 in 2002, while averaging 18 points and 9 assists per game at the age of 17 (he led the team in both scoring and assists). Finally, he took Poissy to the French National Under-15 Elite 8 (Poissy finished 5th in the country) in 1999, while averaging just above 23 points per game.


High school in the United States

Tsagarakis attended his senior year of high school at
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, in Petaluma, California, in 2002–03, after coming to the United States, from France. He led Casa Grande to a 24–5 record, the best mark in school history. He also led Casa to championship victory in both the
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League (11–1 record), and Conference tournament. He was named team
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by coach Jeremy Russotti, and he averaged 23 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists a game as a senior. He made 100 three-point field goals, shooting 42 percent from beyond the arc, becoming one of only six players in Sonoma county to ever hit the century mark on three-pointers made in a season. He was a member of the
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600 points scored in a single season list, and was named Sonoma County League MVP. He shared the
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's Player of the Year honors with his
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college teammate, Kyle Jeffers. The website NorCalPreps.com ranked him among the top five players overall, and the best shooter in Northern California. He was named to the
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's All-Metro third team. He was the MVP of the Northern California Super 100, and Ygnacio Valley tournaments, and was a McDonald's All-American nominee. He made a school-record nine three-point field goals, in a 41-point performance against Windsor High School, in only 28 minutes played. He was an honor roll student at Casa Grande, after graduating school with a 3.40 GPA.


College career


Oregon State (2003–2007)


2003–04 season

Tsagarakis hit an
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freshman record of 45 three-point field goals made, on 143 attempts, as a true freshman. He averaged 6.4 points per game off the bench, in 15.7 minutes played per game. He buried six threes (one shy of the school record), en route to 18 points scored versus
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. He also had 18 points scored versus the
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, going 5-for-10 on three-pointers, and playing a career-high 26 minutes. He scored 13 points, including eight in a 1:31 stretch in the second half, in an upset win versus the number 14 ranked
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. He scored in double-figures eight times during the season, and had 13 games where he made at least two threes. He also played 20-plus minutes five times during the season. He attempted just 27 two-point field goals, connecting on 13.http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=42311 Eurobasket Player Profile - Eurobasket, World Leading Scouting Website He was named the 2004 French Hoops College Freshman of the Year.


2004–05 season

After a promising freshman season, Tsagarakis was forced to remain sidelined the next season, as he red-shirted, due to a shoulder surgery. He suffered a
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, when he dislocated his right shoulder prior to the start of practice in a preseason workout. He had surgery on September 16, 2004, to repair the problem. Tsagarakis had hoped to return to game action by the start of Pac-10 Conference play, but it was decided that a red-shirt year would be the best for him.


2005–06 season

Tsagarakis averaged 2.0 points, in 7.8 minutes per game, as a sophomore. He played in 26 games, starting one. He scored a season-high seven points in the opener at
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. He also scored seven points in an away game against the
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, which included a steal, and a made 30-foot three-pointer at the halftime buzzer. He scored five important points in Oregon State's Pac-10 Tournament first-round comeback win versus
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. He was a Pac-10 All Academic Honorable Mention. He made first career start against the
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2006–07 season

Tsagarakis averaged 2.8 points, in 9.8 minutes played per game, as a junior. He played in 28 games, starting one. He was named to the Pac-10 All Academic Second Team. He had a 2 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season, the best on Oregon State's team. He scored 11 points (all in the second half), in 16 minutes played against the number 20 ranked
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, and he finished the game as Oregon State's leading scorer for that night. He scored 8 points in 13 minutes played against
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. He also scored 10 points in 20 minutes played against the future Sweet 16 bid team of
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, and finished the game as Oregon State's leading game scorer for the second time on the season. He made at least two three-pointers in a single game five times during the season, with all of them occurring in a seven-game span. He made a three-pointer at the buzzer in an away game against Cal Berkeley, to send the game into
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Cal Poly Pomona 2007–08

Tsagarakis was a 2008 All CCAA Conference Second Team selection, a 2008 All CCAA tournament Team selection, and a 2008 CCAA tournament finalist. He averaged 16 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game during the CCAA tournament. He ranked 10th in all of
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in free throw percentage, at 87.5% (84 made on 96 attempts). He tied the school record for 3-point field goals made in a single season, with 75. He was also named the team's
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by coach Greg Kamansky. He played in all 28 games, starting 26, and averaged 15.1 points per game, along with 2.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. He led the team in total assists, with 70 for the season, free throw percentage at 87.5% (84 made on 96 attempts), and 3-point field goal percentage, at 37.5% (75 made on 201 attempts). He shot 42.5% overall from the field for the season (132 made on 311 attempts). He had the game-winning buzzer-beater 3 point made field goal versus
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(1/11/2008, final score 64–61) in the CCAA conference game.


Professional career


JL Bourg-en-Bresse (

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) 2008

Tsagarakis signed in early May 2008 his first professional contract with the French second-tier division
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league regular season runner-up,
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. He played a total of 7 games as a medical replacement of Raphaël Desroses, the team’s leading scorer on the season. Angelo helped Bourg-en-Bresse to the Pro B semi-finals as he averaged 10 points and 2 assists in 6 playoff games, while shooting 50% from the field, 44% from three-point land & 100% from the free-throw line (11/11) in only 19 minutes per game on average.


Paris Levallois (

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) 2008–09

For his first full season as a professional athlete, Tsagarakis helped Paris Levallois to win the 2009 French Pro B regular season championship (28–6 win–loss record), which provided the ball club with the automatic bid for
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to the
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league the next season. In his 4 playoff games, as Paris Levallois reached the Pro B semifinals, Angelo averaged 8.5 points and 1.5 assists, in 17 minutes played per contest. He had a key performance in game 2 of the opening round.: 14 points (4 of 8 shooting), 4 assists, 3 steals, 3 rebounds, and 4 turnovers, in 25 minutes played against Saint-Étienne. He also had some notable performances during the regular season, while helping Paris Levallois to rejoin the French elite professional division: 04/17/2009 @
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: 12 points in 11 minutes -/- 03/17/2009 vs. Lyon-Villeurbanne (ASVEL) - ProA/French Cup's third round: 10 points in 13 minutes -/- 12/19/2008 @ Saint-Quentin: 6 points in 6 minutes -/- 11/25/2008 vs. Boulazac: 11 points in 12 minutes -/- 10/21/2008 @
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: 12 points in 11 minutes. During the regular season, he saw the floor in 28 games, for an average of 3.1 points in 7 minutes. Dime &
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Basketball's “Ballers Network” specialized website selected him as the October 2008 player profile of the month. Shortly after the start of the regular season, he was a special guest on the second episode of the “Ballin” radio show, on October 27, 2008 (103.5 FM –
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Saint Vallier Basket Drôme (

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) 2009–10

Looking for more responsibilities, for his second full season as a professional, Tsagarakis decided to sign for another Pro B, team, Saint Vallier Basket Drôme. He played in all 34 games of the regular season, starting 19. He averaged 8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game, in 21 minutes spent on the court on average, while shooting 34% from 3 point range (58 made on 169 attempts), and 84% from the free-throw line (50 made on 59 attempts). He helped Saint Vallier Basket Drôme to an all-time best 17–17 win–loss record, as they finished one spot shy of earning a playoff seed. In the early stages of the Pro B regular season, Tsagarakis was invited onto Frédéric Schweickert's "Carrément Basket" radio show on RTL - L'équipe (10/14/2009). He was also named the team's co-
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Laurent Pluvy.


JL Bourg-en-Bresse (

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) 2010–11

After a solid season with Saint-Vallier, Tsagarakis decided to sign back with
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, his first pro team following his return to France after college. The 2010–11 season, was a season during which he showed consistency within his performance level, particularly in the second half of the season. He started 8 of the last 11 games, averaging over 15 points per game, while shooting 47% from the field and 50% from behind the arc, along with averaging 2.2 rebounds and 2 assists (with an efficiency of 12), in 26 minutes per game. Between the 24th and 30th league games, he posted statistics that provided him with instant recognition as being one of the premier guards in the league; as during that stretch, he averaged 20 points per game, while shooting 50% from the field, with an impressive 54% from 3 point range, on 8 attempts per game, along with 2.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists (efficiency of 16.7) in 30 minutes per game on average. For the season overall, Tsagarakis played in all 34 games of the regular season, starting 11. He averaged 11.5 points, 2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game. He also finished second in the league in free-throw percentage, at 88%.


JL Bourg-en-Bresse (

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) 2011–12

For the second straight season in
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, Tsagarakis distinguished himself as one of the best French players in the French 2nd-tier level
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league. Considered a potential MVP candidate throughout the season, by specialized websites such as "catch-and-shoot.fr" and "basketactu.com", he unfortunately suffered 2 broken ribs after a blind hit from
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's
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Juwann James. in late November 2011. Before that injury kept him off from the court for 8 weeks, Tsagarakis was averaging 15.3 points per game, making him the second leading scorer among all French players in the league. In the meantime, he was selected by the basketball media as a LNB Pro B All-Star at the season's mid-season.http://www.catch-and-shoot.com/et-s-il-y-avait-un-all-star-game-en-pro-b-9916.html Pro B All Star selection 2011-2012 - Catch & Shoot, Premium French Basketball Website He finished the year averaging 13.6 points per game, while shooting 45% from the field and 40% from 3 point land, with 2.4 assists, and 1.7 turnovers per game (with an 11 efficiency) in 26 minutes spent on the court per game, which secured his spot on the All-Pro B Team that was selected by "catch-and-shoot.fr" at the end of the season.http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-B/300006/Joueurs/A41759/Angelo-Tsagarakis LNB Player Profile - Official French League Website


Champagne Châlons Reims Basket (

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) 2012–13

Following up the previous two seasons in the
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county, Tsagarakis signed with
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, a proven candidate to win a league
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to the French top-tier level Pro A. He helped the CCRB team make it all the way to the Pro B finals. (Live broadcast of the finals was on the French cable TV channel
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of the
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group). CCRB eventually lost the finals 2-0 against Olympique d'Antibes, but Tsagarakis put up averages of 13 points and 11.5 PIR per game in the series, while shooting at 48.5% from 3 point range. He finished the regular season as the 9th best French nationality scorer in the league, with an average of 12.2 points per game, which earned him his second straight Pro B All-Star selection by the media. He was later selected at the end of the season to the All-Pro B First Team by the specialized site "Catch & Shoot". He also led the league in free-throw shooting percentage, at 91.5% on the season (65 of 71).


Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais (

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) 2013–14

It was during the 2013–14 season with
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(SOMB) that Tsagarakis played some of the best basketball of his professional career. As the
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of a Boulogne team equipped with only the 9th biggest budget of the league, he finished as the second best French nationality scorer of the competition, with an average of 13.1 points per game, and he led SOMB to a historical 2nd-tier level French
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national title. He was named by a consensus of specialized media such as Basket Hebdo, "Catch & Shoot" (now "BeBasket"), "Inside Basket Europe", and
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, as the league's best
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. He was also nominated for the LNB Pro B Best French Player of the Year award, and finished as the runner-up to Michel Morandais. He played in 44 games, with 36 in the starting lineup, and he averaged 13.1 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists, with an 11.1
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in 30 minutes played per game, while shooting 38.4% from 3 point range (124 out of 324), and 89.3% from the foul line (134 out of 150). Between the 6th and 10th games of the season, Tsagarakis averaged 21 points on 50% shooting, with a 19.8 rating. He received several accolades: *He finished in second place in the "Catch & Shoot Trophy" for the best French nationality player of the season. *He was named to the Best Five JFL (French nationality players) of the league by the specialized site "Inside Basket Europe". *He was selected to the All- Pro B league team of the season, by the specialized site "Catch & Shoot". *He was named an
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All-Star by "Catch & Shoot", in December 2013. *He was selected to the Best Five French nationality players of the league by the European specialized site
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. *He also participated in the LNB All Star Game's 3-Point Contest on December 29, 2013.


Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais (

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) 2014–15

After being the best French nationality scorer and player of his club team's each season since 2010–11, Tsagarakis finally played in the French top-tier level
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with
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, in the 2014–15 season. His first season in the French national elite level was poorly negotiated by his club, which was
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back down to the 2nd-tier level
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for the next season. In a difficult team playing context, Tsagarakis made the most of his opportunity, finishing with a season average of 8 points per game, in just 18 minutes per game spent on the floor. He also finished in the top 10 in the league with a 43.5% shooting percentage from 3 point distance, on more than 4 3 point shot attempts per game. He played in 31 games, starting 5. During the last 4 games of the season, Tsagarakis averaged 12.3 points on 46% field goal shooting, with 50% shooting from 3 point range, on more than 6 long range shot attempts per game. He also shot 88% on free throws, and averaged 1.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 22 minutes per game during the same stretch, helping SOMB finish the season with 4 straight wins.


J.A Vichy-Clermont Métropole (

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) 2015–16

Tsagarakis entered the following 2015–16 season with the
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club
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, a new club with big ambitions, resulting from the merger between the clubs of Jeanne d'Arc Vichy and Stade Clermontois. Being the key element of
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Fabien Romeyer's system, Tsagarakis achieved an individual season in line with his previous standards of play in the Pro B, as he averaged more than 11 points per game. The team failed to clinch a playoffs spot, yet finished with an honorable .500 record, with 17 wins and 17 losses. He played in 33 games, with 22 starts, and averaged 11.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.9 assists, in 26 minutes played per game, while shooting 37.5% from 3 point range (87 of 232), and 88.7% from the free throw line (47 of 53). In 6 Pro B Leaders Cup games played (4 of which he was in the starting 5), his averages rose to 13.3 points, 1 rebound, and 2.5 assists, in 25 minutes per game, while he shot 41.5% from 3 distance and 92.6% from the free throw line (25 of 27).


Aries Trikala (

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) 2016–2017

In September 2016, Tsagarakis decided to leave France and joined Aries Trikala of the high-profile
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, Greece's top-tier level, after having previously gained a Greek passport and Greek citizenship, due to his Greek heritage. With
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and Tsagarakis as top performers, Trikala, although the smallest budgeted team of the league, exceeded expectations, and flirted with making the league's playoffs throughout the second part of the season, surpassing for the first time in the club's history a total of 10 wins in a single season in the Greek's professional elite level.http://www.esake.gr E.S.A.K.E official website Tsagarakis made his mark by finishing as the fifth best Greek nationality scorer in the league, with 10 an average of points per game, and also finishing second in the Greek League in 3 point shots made and attempted on the season.http://www.esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=00000014&idplayer=D224A5DB&mode=1 E.S.A.K.E player profile - Tsagarakis


Kymis (

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) 2017–2018

In August 2017, Tsagarakis followed his
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from Trikala Aries,
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, and signed a one-year contract with Lymishttps://www.basketeurope.com/livenews-fr/403335/grece-angelo-tsagarakis-passe-de-trikala-a-kymis/ Tsagarakis passe de Trikala à Kymis He helped the ambitious Kymis club to the best record in its young history in the
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, as they finished the regular season tied for 6th place, alongside
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, with a 14 win and 12 loss record. The team henceforth reached the Greek League’s playoffs for the first time, and matched up with Greece’s powerhouse
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in the first round. They lost game 1 on the road by 3 points, and ended up losing the series 2–0. He finished the season averaging 7 points per game in 20 minutes.


Ionikos Nikaias (

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) 2018–2019

After helping two of the more recent top-tier level Greek teams to their best historical seasons, Tsagarakis was offered a new challenge by
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, a previous team of the Greek League, that was looking to find its way back to the Greek top-tier level, for the first time since 1987. Known as a winner, Tsagarakis signed a two-year deal with the freshly crowned Greek Third Division national champions, with the dual goal of him helping the club to also win the Greek 2nd Division championship in the club’s attempt to earn a long-awaited for league promotion back to Greece's top-tier league. He decided to leave the club before the season ended because of unpaid salaries.


National team career


French junior national team

Tsagarakis was a member of the Under-18 French National Team in 2001, and he played with the Under-20 French National Team in 2003, averaging 14.3 points per game in the
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's qualifier tournament.Angelo Constantin TSAGARAKIS (FRA) participated in 1 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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French 3x3 national team

Tsagarakis has been a member and leader of the 3x3 senior French National 3x3 Team since 2012. He competed at the
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for the first time in the summer of 2015, and he quickly established himself as one of the premier 3x3 players on the international scene. He first won the 3x3 French Open in
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(July 25, 2015), then led his Paris team to a third-place finish in the European Prague Masters (8-9 August 2015), where he was named one of the 3 most spectacular players of the tournament.http://www.fiba.com/3x3WT/2015/prague/Paris 3x3 Prague Masters - Team Paris He finished the year as the number one ranked French national player in the
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3x3 world individual rankings for the year 2015.http://www.ffbb.com/tsagarakis-ndeg1-francais Tsagarakis numéro un français Tsagarakis also won the FIBA 3x3 Open de France (held in
Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and
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, which confirmed once again his top position in the French 3x3 basketball landscape.http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Vienne/Sport/Basket/Regionaux/n/Contenus/Articles/2016/06/28/Tsagarakis-le-specialiste-2766225 Tsagarakis, le spécialiste He led France to an undefeated campaign in the 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Qualifier, which was held in
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,
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(July 1–2, 2016), with victories against
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. He led all scorers with 43 points, which was also the best mark among all players throughout the qualification phase (3 qualifiers total held in
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,
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, and
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), as he finished ahead of the number one ranked 3x3 player in the world, Dušan Bulut, and
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player Álex Llorca.France wins European Championship Qualifier.
/ref> His greatest accomplishment representing his home country came in the summer of 2017. Tsagarakis finished in the top 3 scorers of the 4th FIBA 3x3 World Cup, in
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(France - June, 17th to 21st), with 46 points in 7 games (1 point behind the world's number one ranked Bulut), and led team France to the bronze medal, which was the second world medal in the history of French 3x3 basketball in the senior category. He also distinguished himself by winning the 3 point shootout contest over of Dutch national team player Joey Schelvis and Czech national team Michaela Uhrová, who was MVP of the 2016 World Cup.http://www.fiba.com/3x3worldcup/2017/news/tsagarakis-wins-shoot-out-contest-at-3x3-world-cup-2017 Tsagarakis wins shoot-out contest In the week preceding the World Cup in Nantes, Tsagarakis was named the MVP of the Big 12 International Tournament that was held in
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(France), that was won by the French team.http://www.ffbb.com/la-france-brille-voiron La France brille à Voiron In early July, he also competed with the French team at the
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in
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, finishing 5th, after losing in the quarterfinals against the surprising champion,
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). He once again led the team in scoring, with 19 points in 3 games.http://www.fiba.com/3x3europecup/2017/news/france-shine-on-day-1-at-fiba-3x3-europe-cup-2017 France shine in day 1http://www.fiba.com/3x3europecup/2017 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup official website Tsagarakis also participated in the long distance shootout contest and finished second behind the Russian national team player Alexander Zakharov.http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3europecup/2017/news/zakharov-wins-shoot-out-contest-at-fiba-3x3-europe-cup-2017 Zakharov wins Shoot-out Contest at FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup From September 14–16th, 2018, Tsagarakis competed once more in the
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, while representing France. France finished 7th, after losing in the quarterfinals against Russia. The competition was held in
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. Although France failed again to win a medal at the competition, Tsagarakis dominated the 3 point shoot-out competition, and earned himself another gold medal in the competition, after the one he had earlier obtained at the World Cup in Nantes, in 2017. It was the third individual international medal for Tsagarakis in as many events in the contest.http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3europecup/2018/news/tsagarakis-wins-gold-for-france-at-fiba-3x3-europe-cup-2018-shoot-out-contest Tsagarakis wins gold for France at FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2018


Streetball career/FIBA 3x3

Over the summer of 2014, Tsagarakis and his
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team, Hood Mix 2.0, claimed the Quai 54 crown, which is considered to be one of the best international street ball tournaments in the world.http://www.parlons-basket.com/2014/07/16/streetball-quai-54-retour-en-images-sur-levenement-basket-de-lete/# Retour en images sur le Quai 54 2014http://www.timeforafrica-mag.com/quai-54-le-plus-grand-tournoi-de-street-basket-au-monde/ Le plus grand tournoi street ball au monde
He started competing on the professional FIBA 3x3 stage in 2015 and met immediate success as he finished the year the number 1 french player in the FIBA rankings.http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Vienne/Sport/Basket/Regionaux/n/Contenus/Articles/2016/06/28/Tsagarakis-le-specialiste-2766225 Tsagarakis, le spécialistehttp://www.ffbb.com/tsagarakis-ndeg1-francais Tsagarakis numéro un français
After leading Team Paris to a third place finish in their first ever FIBA 3x3 Masters in
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(August, 8-9th 2015), Tsagarakis was named one of the 3 most spectacular players of the tournament.
Tsagarakis also won back to back 3x3 Open de France (French National Championship) in 2015 and 2016 http://www.ffbb.com/sites/default/files/presse/dossier_de_presse_-_open_de_france_3x3.pdf Dossier de presse Open de France 3x3https://www.ffbb.com/game-ball-et-team-paris-remportent-lopen-de-france Game of Ball et Team Paris remportent l'Open de France and came back in 2020 to win a third title in three participations while clinching tournament MVP honors in the process.https://www.bebasket.fr/championnat-interviews/angelo-tsagarakis--le-retour-triomphant-du-tsar-a-l-open-de-france-3x3.html Le retour triomphant du Tsar à l'Open de Francehttp://www.fiba.basketball/news/team-paris-and-las-campeonas-shine-at-3x3’s-open-de-france Team Paris and Las Campeonas shine at 3x3's Open de France


Personal

Angelo Tsagarakis is the son of Antonis and Maryse Tsagarakis. He speaks four languages fluently: French (which is his native tongue),
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, and
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. He graduated from
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in 2007, with a Bachelor of Science in International Business, along with a minor in Spanish. He also studied E-Commerce at
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in 2008. He was an NCAA Student-Athlete academic achievement recipient in 2005, 2006, and 2007. His sister, Catherine Tsagarakis-Ostrowski, is a
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graduate. Tsagarakis is a former high school teammate, and close friend of, former
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standout and Olympian with the Nigerian national basketball team,
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. His last name is pronounced Tsah-gah-rah-kiss, the initial "T" is not silent.


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