Nationality Greek Name Vangelis Mantzaris Career start 2007 NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted Weight 95 kg | Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg) Height 1.95 m Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Role Basketball player Siblings Antonis Mantzaris | |
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Position Point guard / Shooting guard League Greek Basket League
Euroleague Born April 16, 1990 (age 34)
Athens, Greece ( 1990-04-16 ) Current team Olympiacos B.C. (#17 / Shooting guard) Similar People Kostas Sloukas, Georgios Printezis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Stratos Perperoglou, Matt Lojeski | ||
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Evangelos "Vangelis" Mantzaris (alternate spelling: Vaggelis) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Μάντζαρης; born April 16, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5"), he can play point guard or shooting guard. His brother, Antonis Mantzaris, is also a professional basketball player.
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- Focus on vangelis mantzaris olympiacos piraeus
- Final Four Flashback Vangelis Mantzaris
- Professional career
- Greek junior national team
- Greek senior national team
- Career statistics
- Pro career
- Greek national team
- References
Final Four Flashback: Vangelis Mantzaris
Professional career
Mantzaris began his professional career in the Greek A2 League with Peristeri. On September 5, 2011, Mantzaris signed a four-year deal with the 1st-tier level Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus. He won both the EuroLeague and Greek League championships, with Olympiacos in 2012.
In January 2013, Mantzaris suffered a season-ending knee injury, after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Despite suffering the knee injury, he remained on the team, and helped to support his teammates both in and out of the locker room, as they won the EuroLeague 2012–13 season championship. On 29 July 2014, Mantzaris extended his contract with Olympiacos through 2017.
On June 16, 2017, Mantzaris signed a three-year contract extension with Olympiacos.
Greek junior national team
As a member of the junior national basketball teams of Greece, Mantzaris won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. Mantzaris also won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, with Greece's junior national teams.
Greek senior national team
Mantzaris became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2011. He was a member of Greece's senior national teams that played at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, and the EuroBasket 2015. He also played at the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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.