Evangelos "Vangelis" Karampoulas (alternate spellings: Vaggelis, Karaboulas) (

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: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Καράμπουλας; born November 18, 1981) is a Greek professional

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player. He is a 2.00 m (6 ft 6 in) tall

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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,

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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 ...

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, and Faros Keratsiniou. He was voted the Greek 2nd Division's

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in 2010, 2013, and 2017. His teams managed to earn a league

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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

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s.IONIKOS SCORE A RECORD BREAKING 197 POINTS AGAINST ETHNIKOS.
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References

External links

EuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek League Profile

Draftexpress.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karampoulas, Vangelis 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