Georgios Kalafatakis (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (born November 9, 1958; el, Γιώργος Καλαφατάκης) is a Greek professional

basketball coach Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behavior of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as wel ...

and a retired 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.

Playing career

Kalafatakis played

club Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

basketball with the Greek clubs Ampelokipoi,

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 ...

, and Apollon Nea Smyrni. He became the first Greek player to ever make a 3 point shot in an official game, while he was a member of

. He became the first Greek player to make a 3 pointer in an official game, in a 74–77 loss against the

Israeli Super League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

club

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1 ...

, in a 1984–85 FIBA Korać Cup game.

Coaching career

Kalafatakis began his

coaching Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...

career in the 1984–85 season, in the Greek minors, with Ampelokipoi. He eventually led Ampelokipoi to be promoted to the top-tier level

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

, after five consecutive promotions. In 1995, he became the

head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in assoc ...

of the Greek club Irakleio Crete. In the 1998–99 season, he became Greek club

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 ...

' head coach, and with the club, he coached in the European-wide 2nd-tier level

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

. He also coached various other Greek clubs, some of which include:

Apollon Patras :''The first version of this article has been based in the text of :el:Α.Σ. Απόλλων of the Greek Wikipedia published under the GFDL.'' A.S. Apollon Patras (Greek:''A.Σ. Απόλλων Πατρών'') is a multi-sports club that is ba ...

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'') ...

, Panellinios, where he coached in the 2nd-tier level EuroCup's 2007–08 season, PAOK, and Iraklis. He also coached the Cypriot club Keravnos Strovolos.

Personal life

Kalafatakis is married to Renia Stavrakopoulou, who is the sister of the former Greek professional basketball player,

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos Tzanis Stavrakopoulos ( el, Τζαννής Σταυρακόπουλος) (born October 30, 1971) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7 "), he played at the small forward position. Professional career Stavrako ...

. The couple's daughter, Angeliki, is a volleyball player.sdna.gr Η κούκλα κόρη του Καλαφατάκη .
/ref>

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Coach ProfileThe top of the Greek Benches: Georgios Kalafatakis
1958 births Living people A.E.L. 1964 B.C. coaches AEK B.C. coaches Ampelokipoi B.C. coaches Ampelokipoi B.C. players Apollon Patras B.C. coaches Dafni B.C. coaches Ethnikos Piraeus B.C. coaches Greek basketball coaches Greek men's basketball players Ikaros B.C. coaches Ilysiakos B.C. coaches Ionikos N.F. B.C. coaches Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players Irakleio B.C. coaches Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. coaches KAOD B.C. coaches Keravnos B.C. coaches Makedonikos B.C. coaches Olympia Larissa B.C. coaches Panelefsiniakos B.C. coaches Panellinios B.C. coaches Panionios B.C. coaches P.A.O.K. BC coaches Rethymno B.C. coaches Basketball players from Chania {{Greece-basketball-bio-stub