Georgios Diamantopoulos
| Papagou | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
February 15, 1980 Cholargos, Greece | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Keravnos (Cyprus) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Doxa Lefkadas (Greece 3rd) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Panionios (Greece) | ||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Papagou (Greece 3rd) | ||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
|
Medals
| |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
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. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.
Professional 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. He joined Doxa Lefkadas in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Papagou.
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
- 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
Bronze - 3x Greek League All-Star: (2001, 2002, 2003)
- Saporta Cup Top Scorer: (2002)
- Greek All-Star Game MVP: (2003)
- Greek League Top Scorer: (2003)
- EuroCup Challenge Champion: (2007)
References
External links
- NBA.com Profile
- Euroleague.net Profile
- FIBA Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Greek League Profile (Greek)
- Italian League Profile (Italian)
- Draftexpress.com Profile
- The Draft Review Profile
| ||||||