Nationality Greek Pro career 1984–1996 1984–1987 Apollon Patras Role Basketball Player Positions Point guard, Coach | Listed height 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) Coaching career 1996–present Name Vangelis Angelou Height 1.9 m | |
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League Turkish Basketball League
Euroleague Born November 11, 1962 (age 61)
Chalkida, Greece ( 1962-11-11 ) | ||
Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αγγέλου; born November 11, 1962 in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach. At 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) in height, Angelou played at the point guard position.
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Professional playing career
Angelou began playing basketball with the youth teams of AGE Chalkida. In his pro playing career, Angelou played with Apollon Patras, Olympiacos, Panionios, and Iraklis. He scored 1,782 points in 254 games played in the Greek League.
Coaching career
Angelou began his coaching career with AGE Chalkida from 1996-2002, where he led the club from the lower categories of Greek basketball up to the Greek 2nd Division. He then worked as an assistant coach under Milan Minic at Aris in the 2002-03 season. He then moved to Maroussi, where he was an assistant coach under Panagiotis Giannakis, from 2003-2005. After that, he moved to Dynamo Moscow, where he was Dusan Ivkovic's assistant from 2005-2007.
He was named the head coach of AEK Athens on November 7, 2007, and remained the team's head coach for the 2007-08 season. He was then the head coach of Trikala 2000 in the 2008-09 season. After coaching Trikala, he once again worked as Ivkovic's assistant, this time at Olympiacos, from 2010-2012. He then became the head coach of Aris in 2012.
He then became the head coach of Efes in December 2013.