Georgios Tsalmpouris (alternate spelling: Giorgos Tsalbouris) (

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: Γιώργος Τσαλμπούρης; born 22 June 1996) is a Greek professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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. Tsalmpouris is 7'2" (2.18 m) tall, weighs 240 pounds (109 kg), and plays at the

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and

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positions.

Early career

Tsalmpouris played

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basketball with Archelaos Pierikos in the

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, the 3rd level of Greek the basketball system, at the

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level, in the 2013–14 season.

College career

In the 2014–15 season, Tsalmpouris played

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in the Division I, for the

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team. He was the seventh 7-footer in the school's history. He played in 8 games, and averaged 1.4 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists, and 0.1 steals per game, in 4.4 minutes per game. In August 2015, after playing one season with Iowa State, Tsalmpouris left the school, and returned to Greece to play professionally.

Professional career

In August 2015, Tsalmpouris signed a five-year contract with the

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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 Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

. Tsalmpouris then became automatically

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eligible 2 years early, due to having played a year of

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basketball, right after a year of

in the

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, as well as previously playing under a start-up national basketball league, before participating in college basketball. So he was thus automatically entered into the 2016 NBA draft, but was not drafted after two rounds. In 2017, he was loaned by AEK to the Greek club Kolossos Rodou. He returned to AEK for the 2018–19 season, and with them he won the

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, before going back to Kolossos, on a free transfer in the summer of 2019. On September 12, 2020, Tsalmpouris signed with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki. On December 3, 2020, he recorded a then career high of 22 points against

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. On August 22, 2021, Tsalmpouris moved to the Greek club

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, where he enjoyed a very successful 2021–22 season campaign. In a total of 24 Greek Basaket League games played, he averaged 14.9 points, and 5.6 rebounds per game, while playing an average of around 32 minutes per contest. On September 23, 2022, he signed with

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of the Spanish

. On February 17, 2023, he parted ways with the club. In 16 games played with Real Betis, he averaged 8.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest. On February 26, 2023, he signed with

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of the Spanish

National team career

Greek junior national team

Tsalmpouris was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the

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, the 2015 FIBA under-19 World Cup, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.

Greek senior national team

Tsalmpouris became a member of the senior men's

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in 2017.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

, - , 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

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, align=center , GBL , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , - , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", A.E.K. , align=center , GBL , 14 , , 7.0 , , .487 , , .364 , , .750 , , 1.1 , , .2 , , .1 , , .3 , , 3.2 , - , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", A.E.K. , align=center , GBL , 3 , , 6.2 , , .300 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , 0 , , .5 , , 0 , , 2.3 , - , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Kolossos , align=center , GBL , 16 , , 10.5 , , .386 , , .313 , , .375 , , 1.9 , , .4 , , .1 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;",

, align=center , GBL , 21 , , 10.0 , , .571 , , .350 , , .723 , , 1.8 , , .2 , , .3 , , .2 , , 3.7

Playoffs

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, align=center , GBL , 1 , , 2.4 , , .000 , , .000 , , - , , 1.0 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1.0 , , 0 , - , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", A.E.K. , align=center , GBL , 0 , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , , - , - , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Kolossos , align=center , GBL , 2 , , 15.4 , , .462 , , .333 , , .667 , , 1.5 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 8.0

FIBA Champions League

, - , style="text-align:left;" , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 7 , , 9.4 , , .391 , , .111 , , .857 , , 1.1 , , .6 , , .3 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 12 , , 7.5 , , .400 , , .273 , , .714 , , .7 , , .4 , , .2 , , .5 , , 2.0

References

External links

EuroCup ProfileFIBA Champions League Profile
(archive)
Eurobasket.com ProfileHellenic Federation Profile

Greek League Profile

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsalmpouris, Georgios 1996 births Living people AEK B.C. players Apollon Patras B.C. players Centers (basketball) Greek Basket League players Greek expatriate basketball people in Spain Greek expatriate basketball people in the United States Greek men's basketball players Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players P.A.O.K. BC players Power forwards (basketball) Real Betis Baloncesto players Sportspeople from Veria