Vassilis Xanthopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasilios, Vasilis, Vasileios;

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: Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος; born 29 April 1984) is a Greek professional

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player for

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 ...

of the

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and the

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. He is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall and he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos Piraeus junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997. After playing with

Peiraikos Syndesmos Peiraikos Syndesmos (Greek: Πειραϊκός Σύνδεσμος) or simply Peiraikos, also written Piraikos Syndesmos, is one of the oldest sports clubs in Greece, based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1894. Today Peiraikos has departments in baske ...

in the amateur level Greek B League ( Greek 3rd Division) in the 2001–02 season, he began his professional career in 2002, with Near East, in the

. Xanthopoulos transferred from Near East to

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

in 2004. In 2005, he loaned to PAOK Thessaloniki. In 2006, he returned to Panathinaikos and with them he won the

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championship in 2007. His team accomplished this by winning the Greek League championship,

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

, and the EuroLeague all in the same season. With Panathinaikos, Xanthopoulos won 2 Greek League championships and 2 Greek Cups. In 2007, he transferred to

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'') ...

. In 2009, he moved to Panellinios. In 2012, he returned to

. He moved to the Spanish League club Obradoiro in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

. On July 5, 2017, Xanthopoulos moved to

of the Greek League, where he signed a one-year contract with a prospect of renewal for another year. With AEK, he won the

title, in 2018 and also the Champions League title the same year. On July 1, 2019, Xanthopoulos and AEK officially parted ways. Three days later, Xanthopoulos joined

Peristeri Peristeri (Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece by ...

. He averaged 2.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game with Peristeri. On August 13, 2020, Xanthopoulos parted ways with the team. On August 21, 2020, Xanthopoulos moved to Kolossos Rodou. On June 30, 2021, he renewed his contract with the island team and was named team captain. In 17 games, he averaged 4.2 points (shooting with 36% from the 3-point line), 2.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1 steal, playing around 20 minutes per contest. He was ruled out just before the end of the season due to an unspecified injury. On August 29, 2022, Xanthopoulos returned to AEK for a second stint, following his Kolossos coach Ilias Kantzouris.

National team career

Xanthopoulos was also a member of the Greek junior national teams. He won the bronze medal at the

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, the bronze medal at the

2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup The 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: 2003 Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19) was the 7th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. The men's U19 youth international basketball championship organized by FIBA. I ...

, and the silver medal at the 2005

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. He also played at the

2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads ...

. He has also been a member of the senior men's

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. With Greece's senior national team, he played at

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Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

, - , 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;",

, align=center , GBL , 24 , , 25.5 , , .413 , , .370 , , .412 , , 1.7 , , 4.0 , , 1.4 , , 0 , , 6.6 , - ,

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, style="text-align:left;",

, align=center , GBL , 24 , , 14.1 , , .457 , , .483 , , .692 , , 1.7 , , 3.0 , , 1.0 , , 0 , , 3.6 , - , 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Obradoiro , align=center , ACB , 34 , , 17.3 , , .296 , , .278 , , .618 , , 1.8 , , 3.1 , , 1.0 , , 0 , , 2.8 , - , 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Panionios , align=center , GBL , 24 , , 27.0 , , .398 , , .339 , , .813 , , 2.5 , , 5.4 , , 1.6 , , .1 , , 6.8 , - , 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;",

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, align=center , GBL , 25 , , 16.4 , , .361 , , .265 , , .500 , , 1.6 , , 3.2 , , 1.6 , , .1 , , 2.7 , - , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Aris , align=center , GBL , 26 , , 21.2 , , .347 , , .328 , , .710 , , 2.6 , , 2.7 , , 1.7 , , 0 , , 4.2 , - , 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", A.E.K. , align=center , GBL , 26 , , 17.4 , , .300 , , .229 , , .750 , , 1.5 , , 2.8 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , 2.5 , - , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", A.E.K. , align=center , GBL , 13 , , 16.2 , , .361 , , .350 , , .500 , , 1.9 , , 2.6 , , .5 , , .1 , , 2.6

FIBA Champions League

, - , style="text-align:left;" , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 18 , , 19.6 , , .571 , , .429 , , .714 , , 2.2 , , 3.5 , , 1.4 , , .0 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" , 2017–18† , style="text-align:left;" , A.E.K. , 20 , , 17.3 , , .529 , , .400 , , .917 , , 1.4 , , 2.8 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 2.7 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;" , A.E.K. , 8 , , 16.3 , , .375 , , .200 , , - , , 1.0 , , 3.0 , , 1.1 , , 0 , , .9

References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Greek Basket League Profile

Spanish League Profile
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