Nikolaos "Nikos" Angelopoulos (

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: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αγγελόπουλος; born June 27, 1984) is a Greek professional

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player for

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 ...

of the Greek Elite League. He is a 2.05 m (6 ft 8 in) tall

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Professional career

Angelopoulos played with the junior teams of Galatsi from 1995 to 2001, before joining moving to Ilysiakos, where he made his pro debut in 2002 in the Greek 2nd Division. During his professional career, Angelopoulos has played with the following clubs: Ilysiakos,

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'') ...

Aigaleo Aigaleo or Egaleo ( el, Αιγάλεω ) is a suburban municipality in the western part of Athens, belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit. It takes its name from Mount Aigaleo. Its population was 69,946 at the 2011 census. G ...

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and the capital of Kavala (regional unit), Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across ...

Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ...

, Koroivos Amaliadas, and Faros Keratsiniou. During the 2022-2023

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 ...

season with Ionikos, in 5 games, he averaged 1.6 points in 11 minutes per contest.

National team career

Angelopoulos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the

2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ...

, where he won a bronze medal, and at the

2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup The 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship was an international basketball competition, held from 5 to 14 August 2005, in Córdoba and Mar de Plata, Argentina. It was the last edition of the FIBA Under-21 World Championship The FIBA Under-21 Wo ...

, where he won a silver medal.

External links

FIBA Archive ProfileEuroCup ProfileRealGM.com ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileDraftexpress.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

Faros Profile
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