- Vasilis Xanthopoulos
Infobox Euroleague Player
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league = Greek LeagueEuroleague
position =Point guard
name = Vassilis Xanthopoulos
Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος
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height_ft = 6
height_in = 1.25
weight_lb = 205
team =Panionios BC
number = 4
nationality = Greek
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|4|29
birth_place = flagicon|GreeceAthens ,Greece
career_start = 2002
former_teams =Near East BC (2002-2004)Panathinaikos BC (2004-2007)
awards =Vassilis Xanthopoulos AKA Vasilios Xanthopoulos (in Greek: Βασίλης Ξανθόπουλος), born on
April 29th ,1984 inAthens ,Greece is a Greek professionalbasketball player. He is 6 ft 1 ¼ in (1.86 m) tall and he plays thepoint guard position.Pro career
Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997. He began his professional career in 2002, with
Near East BC , in the Greek A2 League. Xanthopoulos transferred from Near East BC toPanathinaikos BC of the Greek A1 league in 2004 and with them he won theTriple Crown in Basketball Championship in 2007. His team accomplished this by winning the Greek Championship, Greek Cup, and the Euroleague all in the same season. With Panathinaikos, Xanthopoulos won 3 Greek Championships and 3 Greek Cups in a row.In 2007, he transferred to
Panionios BC and he currently plays for them.Greek national team
He has also been a member of the under age 16 and under age 18 Greek junior national teams.
Awards and accomplishments
*Won 3 Greek League Championships (2005, 2006, 2007)
*Won 3 Greek Cups (2005, 2006, 2007)
*Won theEuroleague Championship (2007)
*Won theTriple Crown in Basketball Championship (2007)External links
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=nio&pcode=JLA Euroleague.net player profile]
* [http://www.paobc.gr/player.php?category_id=100&period_id=29&player_id=723 Official Panathinaikos profile]
* [http://www.panioniosbc.gr/index.asp?a_id=53&u_id=52 Official Panionios profile]
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