Nikos Papanikolopoulos

Nikos Papanikolopoulos
Νίκος Παπανικολόπουλος
Peristeri
Position	Head coach
League	Greek Basket League ; FIBA Champions League
Personal information
Born	April 21, 1979 (age 45); Kalamata, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1997–2014
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	2014–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998	Near East
1998–2000	AEK Athens
2000–2001	Aris
2001–2003	Near East
2003–2004	Ionikos NF
2004–2005	Olympiacos
2005–2006	Gymnastikos
2007	Teramo Basket
2007–2008	AEL 1964
2008–2009	Kolossos
2009–2010	Peristeri
2010–2011	Iraklis
2011–2012	Ilysiakos
2012–2013	Panelefsiniakos
2013–2014	Ikaros Chalkidas
As coach:
2014–2018	Koroivos Amaliadas (assistant)
2018–2019	Peristeri (assistant)
2019–present	Peristeri
Career highlights and awards
	As player:; FIBA Saporta Cup champion (2000); Greek Cup winner (2000); Greek 2nd Division champion (1998);
Men's Basketball
Representing Greece
Mediterranean Games

Nikolaos "Nikos" Papanikolopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολόπουλος; born April 21, 1979) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a basketball coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall,^[1] he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

During his professional playing career, Papanikolopoulos played with the following clubs: Near East, AEK Athens, Aris, Ionikos NF, Olympiacos, Gymnastikos S. Larissas, AEL, Teramo, Kolossos, Peristeri, Iraklis, Ilysiakos, Panelefsiniakos, and Ikaros Chalkidas.

National team career

Papanikolopoulos played with Greece's under-26 national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also played with the senior men's Greek national basketball team.

Coaching career

Papanikolopoulos served as an assistant coach at Koroivos Amaliadas, in the Greek Basket League, from 2014 until 2016, before he was appointed as the head coach of the team in May 2016. He became the head coach of Peristeri in 2019.

External links

^ PAPANIKOLOPOULOS, NIKOLAOS HEIGHT: 1.96.

[1] PAPANIKOLOPOULOS, NIKOLAOS HEIGHT: 1.96.

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