Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (
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: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional
basketball
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player for
Tritonas of the
Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) tall
point guard-
shooting guard.
Early career
Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas. He then played with Kefallonia, in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005.
Professional career
Tsochlas made his
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debut in the
Greek 2nd Division, with
Doukas
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, in 2005. With Doukas, he played in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, and in the
Greek 3rd Division, in the 2007–08 season. He then joined Kefallonias, to play in the
Greek 4th Division, for the 2008–09 season.
Tsochlas then played with the Greek club
Rethymno
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, from 2009 to 2013. With Rethymno, he played in the Greek 2nd Division, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, before playing in the
Greek top-tier level
1st Division, for the first time in his career, in the 2011–12 season. He joined the Greek club
PAOK, in 2013.
With PAOK, Tsochlas played in one of the two
European-wide 2nd-tier level club competitions, the
EuroCup, for the first time, in the
2013–14 season. He also played in the other European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the
FIBA Champions League
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, for the first time with PAOK, during the
2016–17 season. In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years.
Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK.
/ref> On September 6, 2019, Tsochlas again re-signed with PAOK, and he then played his seventh season with the club.
Tsochlas joined the development team of Olympiacos in 2020.
References
External links
EuroCup ProfileFIBA Champions League ProfileProBallers.com ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile
Greek Basket League Profile
Draftexpress.com Profile
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1983 births
Living people
Doukas B.C. players
Greek men's basketball players
Olympiacos B.C. B players
P.A.O.K. BC players
Rethymno B.C. players
Point guards
Shooting guards
Basketball players from Athens