Stratos Perperoglou

Stratos Perperoglou
Στράτος Περπέρογλου

Perperoglou warming up with Olympiacos.
No. 7 Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Position Small forward
League Turkish Basketball League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born August 7, 1984
Drama, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2006 / Undrafted
Pro career 2002–present
Career history
2002–2004 Ilysiakos (Greece)
2004–2007 Panionios (Greece)
2007–2012 Panathinaikos (Greece)
2012–2014 Olympiacos (Greece)
2014–present Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Career highlights and awards

Efstratios "Stratos" Perperoglou (Greek: Στράτος Περπέρογλου; born August 7, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League. He is 2.03m (6'8") tall. He plays mainly at the small forward position, but he can also play at the shooting guard and power forward positions.

Professional career

Perperoglou began his playing career with the youth clubs of AO Kavalas and Iviskos. He started his professional career with Ilysiakos in 2002, and then he moved to Panionios in 2004. In 2007, he transferred from Panionios to the big Greek Euroleague club Panathinaikos.

With Panathinaikos, Perperoglou won 4 Greek League championships (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) and 3 Greek Cups (2008, 2009, 2012). He also won 2 Euroleague titles (2009, 2011), and the Triple Crown with Panathinaikos, in 2009.

In 2012, he signed a two year contract with Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, he won the 2012-13 season championship of the Euroleague. He also won the 2013 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

On June 18, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Anadolu Efes.[1]

Greek national team

Perperoglou won bronze medals with Greece's junior national teams at both the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. He also played at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He has also played with the senior men's Greek national basketball team, and he won the bronze medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 2009.

He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and the FIBA EuroBasket 2013.

Personal

Stratos is married to former WNBA player Erin Buescher Perperoglou and they live together in Istanbul.[2]

Euroleague statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Denotes seasons in which Perperoglou won the Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Panathinaikos 9 4 9.9 .485 .250 .333 1.4 .7 .3 .1 3.9 3.1
2008–09 Panathinaikos 21 19 18.2 .457 .325 .783 2.4 1.0 1.0 .3 5.5 5.8
2009–10 Panathinaikos 15 14 20.7 .516 .500 .846 1.9 1.2 1.8 .3 6.1 7.1
2010–11 Panathinaikos 22 11 18.3 .424 .404 .685 2.3 0.7 .5 .3 7.1 5.8
2011–12 Panathinaikos 11 5 15.5 .395 .333 .500 1.5 0.7 .4 .2 3.7 1.6
2012–13 Olympiacos 31 1 16.6 .398 .299 .760 2.4 1.0 .5 .1 5.8 4.8
2013–14 Olympiacos 22 10 20.2 .458 .462 .850 2.8 1.2 .7 .0 9.9 9.2
2014–15 Anadolu Efes 27 20 23.9 .387 .344 .868 3.7 1.3 .9 .2 9.8 9.2
Career 158 84 18.8 .427 .373 .784 2.5 1.0 .8 .2 7.0 6.3

Awards and accomplishments

Pro clubs

Greek national team

References

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