Christos Tapoutos

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Christos Tapoutos
Χρήστος Ταπούτος

No. 7 – Olin Edirne

Position

Small forward / Power forward

League

Turkish Basketball League

Personal information

Born

September 21, 1982
Thessaloniki, Greece

Nationality

Greek

Listed height

6 ft 10 in (208 cm)

Listed weight

230 lb (104 kg)

Career information

Pro playing career

1999–present

Career history

1999–2001

Near East

2001–2004

AEK Athens

2004–2005

Iraklis

2005–2006

Panionios

2006–2009

AEK Athens

2009–2010

PAOK Thessaloniki

2010–2012

Aris Thessaloniki

2012

ČEZ Nymburk

2012–present

Olin Edirne

Medals

Men's Basketball
Competitor for Greece
Mediterranean Games
Silver	2001 Tunis	National Team
Silver	2005 Almería	National Team

Christos Tapoutos (Greek: Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.08 m (6'10") in height. He plays small forward and power forward positions. During his early professional years, Tapoutos was considered to be one of the greatest European talents and scorers in his age group.

Pro career

Tapoutos started his career with Achilleas Triandrias in 1998 in the Greek minors. In 1999, he joined Near East playing for two seasons before transferring to AEK Athens, where he played until 2004. He then moved to Iraklis for the 2004-05 season and then to Panionios for the 2005-06 season, before returning to AEK Athens for another three seasons. Tapoutos then played with PAOK, before joining Aris.In June 2012 he left Aris and joined ČEZ Basketball Nymburk at first and then Olin Edirne.

Greek national team

With the Greek junior national teams, Tapoutos won the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, as well as the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Basketball Tournament while playing with the senior Greek national basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

He won the Bronze Medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
3x Greek All Star Game 2001, 2004, 2011.
He was voted the "most spectacular" Greek player in his age group in 2001.
He debuted with the senior men's Greek national basketball team on August 8, 2001 vs the Israeli national basketball team.
He was the 1st scorer of the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round in July 2001, averaging 27 points per game.
He won the Silver Medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games.
He won the Greek Championship with AEK Athens in 2002.
He won the Gold Medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
He won the Silver Medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

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Persondata
Name	Tapoutos, Christos
Alternative names
Short description	Professional basketball player
Date of birth	September 21, 1982
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
Date of death
Place of death

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