Georgios Diamantopoulos

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Georgios Diamantopoulos
Γιώργος Διαμαντόπουλος
Shooting guard / Small forward
Personal information
Born (1980-02-15) February 15, 1980
Cholargos, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career 1997–present
Career history
1997-1999 Papagou (Greece)
1999-2003 Panionios (Greece)
2003-2004 Olympiacos (Greece)
2004-2005 Panionios (Greece)
2005-2006 Roseto Basket (Italy)
2006 La Palma (Spain 2nd)
2007 Samara (Russia BSL)
2007-2008 Kolossos (Greece)
2008-2010 Maroussi (Greece)
2010-2011 Achilleas (Cyprus)
2012 Vacallo Basket (Switzerland)
2012 Keravnos (Cyprus)
2013-present Doxa Lefkadas (Greece 3rd)
Career highlights and awards
  • Saporta Cup Top Scorer (2002)
  • Greek All-Star Game MVP (2003)
  • Greek League Top Scorer (2003)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Bronze 1998 Bulgaria National Team

Georgios Diamantopoulos[1][2] (alternate spelling: Giorgos) (Greek: Γιώργος Διαμαντόπουλος; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6'5" (1.96 m) tall shooting guard-small forward, and he possesses great scoring ability.

Pro career

In the 2001-02 season, Diamantopoulos led the Saporta Cup in scoring.[3] In the 2002-03 season, he was the Greek League Top Scorer, while playing for Panionios. He has also been a player of the Greek League clubs Papagou and Olympiacos Piraeus. He has also been a member of the Italian League club Roseto Basket, and the Spanish Second Division club La Palma.

In 2007, Diamantopoulos won the EuroCup Challenge championship while playing with the Russian Super League club CSK VSS Samara. He then played with the NBA Summer League squad of the NBA club the Indiana Pacers. During the 2007-08 season, he was a member of Kolossos.

He joined Maroussi for the 2008-09 season.[4] He moved to the Cypriot League club Achilleas in 2010, and then to the Swiss League Vacallo Basket in 2012. He also played with the Cypriot club Keravnos in 2012.

Greek national team

Diamantopoulos was a member of both the Under-16 and Under-18 junior Greek national basketball teams. He won the bronze medal with Greece at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. With Greece's junior team he also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

He has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ FIBA.com Georgios DIAMANTOPOULOS (GRE) participated in 6 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  2. ↑ Euroleague.net DIAMANTOPOULOS, GEORGIOS.
  3. ↑ FIBAEurope.com STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Points Per Game.
  4. ↑ Diamantopoulos in Maroussi.

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