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Dimitrios Charitopoulos

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League
  
Greek Basket League

2001–2002
  
GS Siatistas

Height
  
2.07 m

Nationality
  
Greek

2002–2006
  
Aris

Weight
  
113 kg


Name
  
Dimitrios Charitopoulos

Position
  
Center

Listed weight
  
250 lb (113 kg)

Role
  
Basketball Player

Pro career
  
2001

Born
  
November 14, 1983 (age 40) Alexandria, Greece (
1983-11-14
)

Listed height
  
6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)

Dimitrios Charitopoulos (alternate spellings: Dimitris, Haritopoulos) (Greek: Δημήτρης Χαριτόπουλος; born November 14, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Iraklis in the Greek A2. He is 2.07 m (6 ft 9 ½ in) tall and he weighs 113 kg (250 lbs). He is a power forward-center.

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Professional career

Charitopoulos began his professional career with Aris during the 2002-03 season. He moved to PAOK in 2006. In February 2012, he joined ASVEL. In September 2013, he signed with Spanish club CB Valladolid.

For the 2014–15 season, he signed with La Bruixa d'Or Manresa of Spain's Liga ACB, where he averaged 4.2 points in 17 games. On January 30, 2015, he left the Spanish club. Three days later, he signed with his former team, PAOK.

On August 31, 2016, Charitopoulos signed a one year contract with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.

Greek national team

Charitopoulos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national team, he won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Charitopoulos also won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, while playing with the Greek national basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

  • 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:  Gold
  • FIBA Europe Champions Cup Champion: (2003)
  • Greek Cup Winner: (2004)
  • Greek Youth All-Star Game MVP: (2005)
  • 2005 Mediterranean Games:  Silver
  • Bulgarian League Champion: (2013)
  • References

    Dimitrios Charitopoulos Wikipedia