Dinos Kalampakos (alternate spelling: Kalabakos) ( el, Ντίνος Καλαμπάκος; born November 14, 1964) is a Greek former professional

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player and current

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for

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of the

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. Kalampakos spent the bulk of his club playing career with the Greek team

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Early years

Kalampakos was born in

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, on 14 November 1964. At a young age, he began playing youth

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basketball with the junior teams of Pagrati.

Professional career

Kalampakos first played with the senior men's team of

in 1979, at the age of 14. He stayed with Pagrati until 1990, and with the club he managed to gain a league promotion up to the top-tier level

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. During that season, he was the team's second best scorer, behind Earl Harrison, with a scoring average of 20.4 points per game. In 1990, Kalampakos transferred to the Greek club

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 ...

, where he played until 1992. Over the next two seasons, Kalampakos played with the Greek club Sporting. In 1994, he returned to Pagrati, where he stayed until 1996. Kalampakos spent the 1996–97 season with Ampelokipoi, before finishing his club playing career with Pagrati, in the 1997–98 season.

Coaching career

Kalampakos began his

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career with the Greek club

, in the 1999–00 season, working as the assistant coach of Giorgos Nikolopoulos. From 2000 to 2006, he worked as the head coach of Platonas Schools, where he trained players like

Nikos Gkikas Nikolaos "Nikos" Gkikas (alternate spelling: Gikas) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Γκίκας; born November 22, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and th ...

Ioannis Dimakos Ioannis "Giannis" Dimakos (Greek: Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Δημάκος; born September 14, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Eleftheroupoli of the Greek 2nd Division. He is a 6 ft 4 in (1.94 m) tall shooting gua ...

Spyros Motsenigos Spyridon "Spyros" Motsenigos (alternate spelling: Spiridon, Spiros) ( el, Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Μοτσενίγος; born January 1, 1992) is a Greek professional basketball player for Milon of the Greek C Basketball League. He is 1.9 ...

, and

Dimitris Cheilaris Dimitris Cheilaris ( el, Δημήτρης Χείλαρης, ; born August 18, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Charilaos Trikoupis of the Greek A2 Basket League. Born in Leonidio, he started his professional car ...

. In 2008, he became the head coach of ICBS. He continued in this role after the club merged with Peramatos Ermis. During the 2012–13 season, Kalampakos wad the head coach of Polis Kallitheas and

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, before returning to Pagrati's head coaching position. He stayed with Pagrati until 2016. In 2016, Kalampakos was hired to be the

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of Koroivos Amaliadas, of the

. After that, he worked as the

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Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / el, Α.Ο. Ιωνικός Νικαίας) is a Greek multi-sports club that is based in Nikaia, Piraeus. It was founded in 1965, and it has teams in football, b ...

,Τεχνικός Διευθυντής στον Ιωνικό Νικαίας ο Καλαμπάκος .
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Charilaos Trikoupis Charilaos Trikoupis ( el, Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of c ...

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Coach Profile
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