Mathaios "Manthos" Katsoulis ( el, Μάνθος Κατσούλης; born 20 July 1956) is a Greek former professional
basketball
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player.
College career
Katsoulis played
college basketball
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at
McGill University
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, with the
McGill Redmen
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(1982–1983).
Professional career
Katsoulis began his
club
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career with
AO Dramas. He then played with
PAOK from 1974 to 1988, having a leading role in the team. In 1984, he won the
Greek Cup
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with PAOK, while playing in one of the most historic Greek Cup finals against
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In 1988, he moved to Aris, and with them he won two
Greek League championships (1989, 1990) and 2 more Greek Cups (1989, 1990). With Aris, he also played in two
EuroLeague Final Four
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s (
1989 Munich and
1990 Zaragoza). In 1990, he moved to
Iraklis, and in 1993, he moved to
Makedonikos.
He finished his pro club career with a total of 5,356 points scored in the
top-tier level Greek League.
National team career
Katsoulis was a member of the senior men's
Greek national basketball team
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from 1976 to 1984. With Greece's senior men's national team, he had 165
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, and he scored 1,364 points (8.3 per game). He was also the
captain of the Greek senior national team.
He won the gold medal at the
1979 Mediterranean Games
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. He also played at the
1979 EuroBasket, the
1981 EuroBasket
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, and the
1983 EuroBasket.
Mathaios KATSOULIS (GRE) participated in 5 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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References
External links
Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile
1956 births
Living people
Aris B.C. players
Centers (basketball)
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Greek Basket League players
Greek men's basketball players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
K.A.O.D. B.C. players
Makedonikos B.C. players
McGill Redmen basketball players
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
P.A.O.K. BC players
Power forwards (basketball)
Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Basketball players from Kavala
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