Evangelos "Vangelis" Ziagkos (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Ziagos) (born March 14, 1976; el, Βαγγέλης Ζιάγκος) is a Greek professional

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, currently managing Iraklis of the

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Playing career

Ziagkos played youth

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basketball with Attalos Nea Filadelfeia, and also played in the Greek minor leagues with the same club's men's team.

Coaching career

Ziagkos became the

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the Greek basketball club

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 ...

, prior to the 2012–13 season. He led AEK to gain a league

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that season, from the Greek 3rd Division, to the Greek 2nd Division. In the following 2013–14 season, he led AEK to the Greek 2nd Division championship. He was also named the Greek 2nd Division's Coach of the Year that season. He then worked as the head coach of the Greek clubs Doxa Lefkadas and

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'') ...

. On November 20, 2018, he was appointed head coach of the Rethymno Cretan Kings. On July 19, 2020, he has signed with Iraklis of the

References

External links

Euroleague.net Coach ProfileAsiaBasket.com Coach Profile
1976 births Living people AEK B.C. coaches APOEL B.C. coaches Doxa Lefkadas B.C. coaches Greek basketball coaches Panionios B.C. coaches Rethymno B.C. coaches Sportspeople from Ioannina {{Greece-basketball-bio-stub