Nikolaos Agapitos "Nikos" Rogkavopoulos (alternate spelling: Rogavopoulos; el, Νικόλαος Αγαπητός "Νίκος" Ρογκαβόπουλος; born June 27, 2001) is a Greek professional

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player for Merkezefendi Bld. Denizli Basket of the

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(BSL). He is a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall swingman.

Youth career

Rogkavopoulos played from a young age with the youth teams of

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, before he started his pro career. In 2016, the Spanish

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Real Madrid offered Rogkavopoulos an amateur contract, but he decided to stay in Greece, rather than move to Spain. He played at the

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's International Game in 2017.

Professional career

Rogkavopoulos made his

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debut with the Greek 2nd Division club

, in a game against

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, in the

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. On July 13, 2017, Rogkavopoulos moved to

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 ...

, after he signed a six-year contract with the club, through the 2022–23 season. He spent the 2017–18 season playing with AEK's junior teams, and on the senior team's practice squad. For the following season, Rogkavopoulos moved up to AEK's senior team, and he made his debut in Greece's top-tier level

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(GBL), during the GBL 2018–19 season. He also made his debut in one of the two European-wide secondary level competitions,

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(BCL), in the BCL 2018–19 season. With AEK, he won the 2019 edition of the

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, and the

title, in 2020. During the 2020–2021 season, Rogkavopoulos had a falling-out with the club due to playing time concerns as well as withheld contract payments, which ended in his suspension from the team for the rest of the season. In the 2021 offseason, all players under contract with AEK were released in order to be renegotiated under new terms, resulting in Rogkavopoulos's free agency. In April 2020, Rogkavopoulos declared for the

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. On July 28, 2021, Rogkavopoulos signed a three-year deal with Promitheas Patras of the

and the EuroCup. In 16 league games, he averaged 6.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists, playing around 20 minutes per contest. He was quietly suspended for disciplinary reasons in the latter stretch of the season.

National team career

Rogkavopoulos has been a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B, where he won a gold medal, and was named the MVP of the tournament. During the tournament, he averaged 18.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game. He also played at the

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, where he averaged 19.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game, and at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he averaged 13.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game. At the

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, he made the All-Tournament Team, after averaging 11.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game, during the tournament. In June 2021, Rogkavopoulos was picked by the senior national team boss

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in the final 12-man squad for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament taking place in

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against China, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Uruguay, and the hosting Canada.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

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FIBA Champions League

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Honors and awards

Youth club level

International Game: (2017)

Pro career

Champion: (

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Winner: (

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Greek junior national team

* 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B: * 2017 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B: All-Tournament Team & MVP *

: All-Tournament Team

References

External links

FIBA Profile
(archive)
Eurobasket.com ProfileNBAdraft.net ProfileDraftexpress.com ProfileRealgm.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

Greek Basket League Profile

Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile

TBLStat.net Profile
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