Vassilis Charalampopoulos (basketball)

Vassilis Charalampopoulos
Βασίλης Χαραλαμπόπουλος
No. 5 – Panathinaikos Athens
Position Small forward / Power forward
League Greek League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1997-01-06) January 6, 1997
Maroussi, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–present Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Competitor for  Greece
Men's Basketball
TBF International Under-16 Tournament
2013 Sakarya National Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2013 Ukraine National Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2015 Greece National Team

Vassilis Charalampopoulos (alternate spellings: Vasileios, Vasilis, Basilis, Charalabopoulos) (Greek: Βασίλης Χαραλαμπόπουλος; born January 6th, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the Euroleague. He is a left-handed 2.05 m (6'8¾") tall[1][2] small forward-power forward.

Professional career

Charalampopoulos spent the 2011–12 season with the Greek club Egaleo, playing in the semi-pro Greek B Basketball League, which is the 3rd-tier division of Greek basketball. In 2012, he moved to the Greek 1st Division club Panathinaikos.[3] He made his debut in the 1st-tier Greek League, during the 2012–13 season, on 26 November, 2012, in a home game against Panelefsiniakos.[4]

Charalampopoulos made his Euroleague debut, during the 2013–14 season, in a road game against Lokomotiv Kuban, on 13 December, 2013.[5]

Greek national team

With the junior national teams of Greece, Charalampopoulos played at the 2011, 2012, and 2013 editions of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.[6] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Under-16 tournament. He also played with Greece at the 2013 TBF International Under-16 Tournament in Sakarya, Turkey, where he helped Greece win the gold medal.

In the summer of 2014, Charalampopoulos played at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and helped Greece reach the fourth place of the tournament. He finished the tournament being first in minutes per game, third in points per game and fifth in total rebounds, earning his place in the All-Tournament Team.[7][8]

In the summer of 2015, Charalampopoulos suffered a right ankle injury in a friendly game against the USA, and doctors initially said that it would be difficult for him to play at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[9] Despite the injury, Charalampopoulos was able to play at the tournament, and he scored 21 points against the USA in the tournament's semifinal.[10] Greece lost the semifinal game against the USA, and Charalampopoulos was then injured once again in the third-place game, against Turkey, which Greece also lost, as they finished in fourth place.[11]

Charalampopoulos also played at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. In a game against France, he had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists, making him the first player since Lithuania's Martynas Andriuškevičius to record a triple double at the same tournament.[12] Eventually, Greece beat Turkey in the tournament's final, by a score of 64-61, and won the gold medal.[13] Charalampopoulos was honoured as the MVP of the tournament.[14][15] During the tournament, Charalampopoulos averaged 16.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game.[16]

Career 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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Panathinaikos 1 1 2.8 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 0.0
2014–15 12 5 8.8 .571 .571 .750 1.2 0.7 .3 .2 2.2 2.9
Career 13 6 8.3 .500 .455 .727 1.4 0.7 .2 .2 1.8 2.7

Awards and accomplishments

Club career

Greek national team

References

  1. ↑ Vasileios Charalampopoulos Height 2.05m.
  2. ↑ Eurobasket.com Vasileios Charalampopoulos Height: 205cm / 6'9".
  3. ↑ Basketball.Eurobasket.com Vasileios Charalampopoulos basketball profile.
  4. ↑ 26 Νοεμβρίου 2012 07:00 | ΟΑΚΑ 07η Αγωνιστική | Κανονική Περίοδος | Basket League ΟΠΑΠ 2012-13 (Greek).
  5. ↑ 2013-14 Regular Season Round 9 DECEMBER 13, 2013 CET: 17:00 LOCAL TIME: 20:00 BASKET HALL.
  6. ↑ FIBA.com Vasileios CHARALAMPOPOULOS (GRE).
  7. ↑ FIBAEurope.com U-18 Men Vasileios Charalampopoulos (Greece).
  8. ↑ FIBAEurope.com MVP Güven Heads All-Tournament Team.
  9. ↑ Τραυματίστηκε ο Χαραλαμπόπουλος (Greek).
  10. ↑ ΗΠΑ - Ελλάδα 82 -76 (Greek).
  11. ↑ Ελλάδα - Τουρκία 71 - 8 (Greek).
  12. ↑ Έγραψε ιστορία ο Χαραλαμπόπουλος (Greek).
  13. ↑ Greece Emerge Champions After Nailbiter.
  14. ↑ MVP Charalampopoulos Headlines Alll-Star Five.
  15. ↑ Greece beat Turkey to win 2015 U18 European Championship.
  16. ↑ Vasileios Charalampopoulos Greece stats.

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