Nationality Greek 1997–1998 Near East Weight 95 kg Pro career 1997–2014 Height 1.93 m | Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Role Basketball Player Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Name Nikos Papanikolopoulos | |
Born April 21, 1979 (age 45)
Kalamata, Greece ( 1979-04-21 ) Position Point guard / Shooting guard | ||
Nikolaos "Nikos" Papanikolopoulos (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολόπουλος; born April 21, 1979) is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a basketball coach. At a height of 1.93m (6 ft 4 in) tall, he was a point guard-shooting guard.
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Professional career
In his professional career, Papanikolopoulos played with the following clubs: Near East, AEK Athens, Aris, Ionikos NF, Olympiacos, Gymnastikos S. Larissas, AEL, Teramo, Kolossos, Peristeri, Iraklis, Ilysiakos, Panelefsiniakos, and Ikaros Chalkidas.
Greek national team
Papanikolopoulos played with Greece at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also played with the senior men's Greek national basketball team.
Coaching career
Papanikolopoulos served as an assistant coach at Koroivos Amaliadas, in the Greek Basket League, from 2014 until 2016, before he was appointed as the head coach of the team in May 2016.