Nationality Greek Name Ian Vougioukas Role Basketball player | Listed weight 280 lb (127 kg) Height 2.11 m Pro career 2007 NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted Weight 122 kg | |
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League Lithuanian Basketball LeagueEuroleague College Saint Louis (2003–2007) | ||
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||
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Ian Vougioukas (alternate spelling: Ian Vouyoukas) (Greek: Ίαν Βουγιούκας; born May 31, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he plays the center position. Born in London, England, he played college basketball in the United States for Saint Louis University.
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- Sport eagle tv basketball insiders ian vougioukas ratiopharm ulm
- Ian vougioukas highlights
- College career
- Professional career
- Greek national team
- Career statistics
- College
- Pro career
- References
Ian vougioukas highlights
College career
While playing for the Saint Louis Billikens, Vougioukas was named First-Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference and was ranked 14th in the A-10 in scoring at 13.9 points per game and sixth in rebounding at 7.4 rebounds per game. A highlight was a game-high 28 point performance in a 65–64 double-overtime loss to Dayton on March 3, 2007. He also added 11 rebounds.
Professional career
Vougioukas started playing basketball in his native country of Greece, with Aris Glyfadas, Kronos BC and Ilysiakos, before traveling to the United States, where he stayed until the end of the 2006–07 season. After college, he signed a three year contract with the EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus. He was loaned to Rethymno, and he played with the squad during the 2007–08 season. In 2008, he returned to Olympiacos.
Vougioukas was loaned again, this time to Panellinios, for the 2009–10 season. In 2010, he signed with Panathinaikos, to a 2-year €1,620,000 euros gross income (€900,000 euros net income) contract. With Panathinaikos, Vougioukas won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships in 2011. He also won the Greek Cup title with Panathinaikos, in 2012.
In July 2012, Vougioukas signed two-year deal with the Russian club UNICS Kazan, of the VTB United League. He signed a 2-year €2 million euros net income contract.
In September 2014, Vougioukas signed a one-year deal with the Turkish club Galatasaray. In December 2014, he left Galatasaray. On February 26, 2015, he signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the German Bundesliga, for the rest of the season.
On 8 September 2015, Vougioukas signed a one-year deal with the Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas. On 17 August 2016, Vougioukas signed a 1+1 deal with the Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban. On July 1, 2017, Lokomotiv officially opted out of their deal with Vougioukas.
On 4 July 2017, Vougioukas returned to his former team, Panathinaikos, signing a 1+1 deal with them.
Greek national team
Vougioukas was a member of the junior Greek national basketball teams. With Greece's junior national teams he played at the 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the bronze medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the silver medal at the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup.
Vougioukas also won the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games. As a member of the senior Greek national basketball team, he also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Career statistics
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.