Stavros Toutziarakis ( el, Σταύρος Τουτζιαράκης; born November 5, 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player for Eleftheroupoli Kavalas OF THE Greek 2nd Division. He is 2.10 m (6'10 ") tall, and he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Toutziarakis started his

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level career with Aristotelis Florinas, where he stayed from 1999 to 2002. He then played with Mantoulidis until 2006, when he signed his first

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level contract with

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. In 2007, he signed with the EuroCup side Maroussi, where he stayed for two seasons. In 2009, Totziarakis moved to AEK Athens where he played for one season, being a choice of AEK's head coach at the time,

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. In the following two seasons, Toutziarakis played with Ikaros Kallitheas-Esperos and OFI Crete. After that, joined the

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in 2012. In 2014, he signed with MAFC of the Hungarian League. On May 30, 2015, he returned to Greece, and joined

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of the Greek 2nd Division. He was voted the Greek 2nd Division's MVP in 2016. In his comeback to the Greek Basket League with Kymis, Toutziarakis had a good season, and in 24 games played, he averaged 10.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. After two years with Kymi, in April 2017, he moved to Al Sadd Doha of the Qatari Basketball League, until the end of the season, being coached there by Manos Manouselis. On June 21, 2017, Toutziarakis joined Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. With Promitheas, he finished in the 3rd place in the regular season of the Greek Basket League. After one year with Promitheas, Toutziarakis returned to

on June 19, 2018. With Kymi, he eventually became the team captain. On August 15, 2019, Toutziarakis signed with Kolossos Rodou. On October 25, 2020, Toutziarakis signed with Ionikos Nikaias.

National team career

Toutziarakis was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the

2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won ...

, the

2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Spain in 2004. Final ranking 1. Spain 2. Turkey 3. France 4. Italy 5. 6. Russia 7. Greece 8. Israel 9. Lithuania 10. Bulgaria 11. ...

, the

2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Serbia and Montenegro in 2005. Final ranking 1. 2. Turkey 3. Italy 4. Spain 5. Russia 6. France 7. Israel 8. Latvia 9. Lithuania 10. ...

, the

2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won th ...

, and the

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name

. With Greece's under-26 national team, he won the silver medal at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...

Professional career

National team career

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