Evangelos "Vangelis" Karampoulas (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Karaboulas) (
Greek
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: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Καράμπουλας; born November 18, 1981) is a Greek professional
basketball
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player. He is a 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) tall
shooting guard
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–
small forward
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. His nickname is Mr. Promotion, due to the fact that the clubs he plays with almost always get
promoted to the next higher league level.
Professional career
During his professional career, Karampoulas has played with some of the following clubs in Greece:
Sporting,
Makedonikos,
MENT
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* Eva Ment (1606–1652), Dutch governor's wife
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* Master of Enterprise
* MENT BC, a Greek basketball club
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,
Panellinios
Panellinios G.S. (Greek (language), Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ.), full name, Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek (language), Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος), is a Greece, Greek sports club, mult ...
(
EuroCup),
Iraklis,
Ikaros Kallitheas,
AENK,
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 ...
,
Kavala
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It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...
, and
Faros Keratsiniou.
He was voted the
Greek 2nd Division's
MVP
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in 2010, 2013, and 2017. His teams managed to earn a league
promotion
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from the Greek 2nd Division to
the top-tier level
Greek 1st Division in five consecutive seasons, achieving this eight times overall (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020), while also winning the Greek 2nd Division championship a total of five times (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019).
In 2017, he joined the
Greek 3rd Division club
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 ...
. During the
Greek 2nd Division 2018–19 season, while playing with Ionikos, he scored 61 points in a game against
Ethnikos Piraeus
Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...
. During the game, he made 10
three-point field goal
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s.
IONIKOS SCORE A RECORD BREAKING 197 POINTS AGAINST ETHNIKOS.
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References
External links
EuroCup Profile
Eurobasket.com Profile
Greek League Profile
Draftexpress.com Profile
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1981 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
Aigaleo B.C. players
Diagoras Dryopideon B.C. players
Faros Keratsiniou B.C. players
Greek men's basketball players
Ikaros B.C. players
Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Makedonikos B.C. players
MENT B.C. players
Nea Kifissia B.C. players
Panellinios B.C. players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Sporting basketball players