Christos Tapoutos ( el, Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek former professional

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player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at both the

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and

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positions, with power forward being his main position. During his early professional years, Tapoutos was considered to be one of the greatest scorers and talents in his age group in all of Europe.

Professional career

Tapoutos started his career with Achilleas Triandrias in 1998 in the Greek minors. In 1999, he joined Near East, where he played for two seasons, before transferring to

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

, where he played until 2004. He then moved to Iraklis for the 2004–05 season, and then to

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...

for the 2005–06 season, before returning to

for another three seasons. Tapoutos then played with PAOK, before joining

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. In June 2012, he left

and joined

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for the 2012–13 season, but during the season he left ČEZ Basketball and moved to

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. On 20 January 2015, he returned to Panionios. He spent the 2015–16 season with

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. He joined Doxa Lefkadas in 2016. He retired from playing professional basketball in 2017.

National team career

With the Greek junior national teams, Tapoutos won a bronze medal at the

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. He was the second leading scorer of the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round in July 2001, averaging 27.0 points per game. He also played at the

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, where he won a gold medal. He also won silver medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2005 Mediterranean Games, while playing with Greece's under-26 national selection. Tapoutos was also a member of the senior men's

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. He debuted with the senior men's Greek national team on June 14, 2002, against

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. With Greece's senior men's team, he had 13

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and scored 80 points, for a scoring average of 6.2 points per game.

Awards and accomplishments

Greek junior national team

: *2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament: *2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament: All-Tournament Team * 2001 Mediterranean Games: *

: * 2005 Mediterranean Games:

Pro career

*3× Greek League All-Star: (2001, 2004, 2011) *Named the "Most Spectacular Player in Greece" and "Most Spectacular Player in Europe" runner-up, out of all players in his age group, by Basket News: (2001) * Greek League Champion: (2002)

References

External links

FIBA.com ProfileEuroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

TBLStat.net ProfileHellenic Basketball Federation Profile

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