Panagiotis "Panos" Vasilopoulos (alternate spellings: Panayiotis, Vassilopoulos) (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Βασιλόπουλος; born February 8, 1984) is a Greek professional basketball player who plays for Koroivos of the Greek Basket League. He measures 205 cm (6'8¾") tall.[1] He is a cornerman.
Player profile
Vasilopoulos has been compared to the long-time Olympiacos player Georgios Sigalas. He is a player that can play either the small forward or power forward positions, in both offense and defense. He can play in the post on offense, and can also pass well, and has 3 point range on his jump shot. He is an excellent athlete, and is considered to be one of the best and most tenacious defensive players in Europe.
Professional career
PAOK
Vasilopoulos began his pro career in 2001, with PAOK of the Greek League. He played with PAOK for five seasons from, 2001 to 2005. In the 2005 off season, he left PAOK, and joined Olympiacos Piraeus.
Olympiacos
Vasilopoulos was brought to Olympiacos in 2005, by George Garbolas, on a 2-year contract. Garbolas believed in his abilities, and that he could help the team to win championships. On May 20, 2008, he extended his contract with Olympiacos for another 4 years, at a salary of €6 million euros net income.[2] With Olympiacos, he won the Euroleague and Greek League championships in 2012. On February 8, 2012, he suffered a season-ending leg injury, just after he had returned from a previous back surgery.[3]
Valladolid
Vasilopoulos signed with the Spanish League club Valladolid in September 2013.[4] He was released by Valladolid in December 2013, after suffering a knee injury.[5]
AENK
After being released by Valladolid in December 2013, Vasilopoulos then signed with the amateur Greek club Ermis Piraeus, in April 2014, before then returning to play professionally again in the top Greek basketball division with AENK.[6]
Greek national team
Vasilopoulos played with Greek national junior teams at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and also at the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship. With the Greek junior national teams, he also won the bronze medal at both the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
Vasilopoulos was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that won the gold medal at the FIBA EuroBasket 2005, and the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also competed with Greece at the FIBA EuroBasket 2007, and at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
Greek national team
References
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- Assistant coaches: Milan Tomić
- Manos Manouselis
- Christos Marmarinos
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