Dimitris Verginis

Infobox Euroleague Player


name = Dimitrios Verginis

caption = Verginis with PAOK.
nickname =
position = Point guard
Shooting guard
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3
weight_lbs = 180
league = Greek League
Euroleague
team = Panathinaikos BC
number =
nationality = Greek
birth_date = birth date and age|1987|5|15
birth_place =
career_start = 2004
former_teams = PAOK BC (2005-2008)
awards =

Dimitrios Verginis (born May 15, 1987 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [ [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=pan&pcode=LRE Euroleague player profile 1.91m.] ] tall. He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Pro career

Verginis started his career playing with the Astoria Panor junior teams in Greece and he played with the senior team of Anatolia in the 2004-05 season. He debuted in the both Greek League and the EuroChallenge in the 2005-06 season with PAOK. In the 2006-07 season he played in the ULEB Eurocup for the first time.

He was selected to the EuroChallenge All-Star Game in the 2007-08 season. Verginis is the youngest player to ever be named the team captain in the history of PAOK.

In 2008, he left PAOK and joined the big Greek Euroleague club Panathinaikos [ [http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/34902/180 Panathinaikos signs Verginis.] ] .

Greek national team

Verginis played with several of the Greek junior national teams. He played at 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, both the 2004 and 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships, and at both the 2006 and 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.

Awards and accomplishments

*EuroChallenge All-Star (2008)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=pan&pcode=LRE Euroleague.net player profile]
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=57044 Eurobasket.com player profile]
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_1003.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2008.roundID_5872.playerID_43674.html FIBA.com player profile]
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dimitris-Verginis-5090/ Draftexpress.com player profile]