Nationality Greek 1999–2003 Panionios (Greece) Height 1.96 m Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 2003–2004 Olympiacos (Greece) Weight 95 kg | Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Name Georgios Diamantopoulos Pro career 1997 1997–1999 Papagou (Greece) Role Basketball Player | |
Born February 15, 1980 (age 44)
Cholargos, Greece ( 1980-02-15 ) Position Small forward, Shooting guard | ||
Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Διαμαντόπουλος; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6'5" (1.96 m) tall shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.
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Professional career
In the 2001–02 season, Diamantopoulos led the FIBA Saporta Cup in scoring. In the 2002–03 season, he was the Greek League Top Scorer, while playing for Panionios. He has also been a player of the Greek League clubs Papagou and Olympiacos Piraeus. He has also been a member of the Italian League club Roseto Basket, and the Spanish Second Division club La Palma.
In the 2006–07 season, Diamantopoulos won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge championship, while playing with the Russian Super League club CSK VSS Samara. He then played with the NBA Summer League squad of the NBA club the Indiana Pacers. During the 2007–08 season, he was a member of Kolossos.
He joined Maroussi for the 2008–09 season. He moved to the Cypriot League club Achilleas in 2010, and then to the Swiss League Vacallo Basket in 2012. He also played with the Cypriot club Keravnos in 2012. He joined Doxa Lefkadas in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Papagou.
Greek national team
Diamantopoulos was a member of both the Under-16 and Under-18 junior Greek national basketball teams. He won the bronze medal with Greece at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. With Greece's national junior teams, he also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
He was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.