Apollon Tsochlas Explained

Apollon Tsochlas
Απόλλων Τσόχλας
Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:2.5
Weight Lbs:180
League:Greek A2 Basket League
Team:Neaniki Estia Megaridas
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:20 August 1983
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Career Start:2005
Years1:2005–2008
Team1:Doukas
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Kefallonia
Years3:2009–2013
Team3:Rethymno
Years4:2013–2020
Team4:PAOK
Years5:2020–2021
Team5:Olympiacos B
Years6:2021–2022
Team6:Tritonas
Years7:2022–2023
Team7:Psychiko
Years8:2023–present
Team8:Neaniki Estia Megaridas

Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Neaniki Estia Megaridas of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.[1]

Early career

Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas. He then played with Kefallonia, in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005.

Professional career

Tsochlas made his pro debut in the Greek 2nd Division, with Doukas, in 2005. With Doukas, he played in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, and in the Greek 3rd Division, in the 2007–08 season. He then joined Kefallonias, to play in the Greek 4th Division, for the 2008–09 season.

Tsochlas then played with the Greek club Rethymno, from 2009 to 2013. With Rethymno, he played in the Greek 2nd Division, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, before playing in the Greek top-tier level 1st Division, for the first time in his career, in the 2011–12 season. He joined the Greek club PAOK, in 2013.[2]

With PAOK, Tsochlas played in one of the two European-wide 2nd-tier level club competitions, the EuroCup, for the first time, in the 2013–14 season. He also played in the other European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the FIBA Champions League, for the first time with PAOK, during the 2016–17 season. In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years.[3] On September 6, 2019, Tsochlas again re-signed with PAOK, and he then played his seventh season with the club.

Tsochlas joined the development team of Olympiacos in 2020.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paokbc.gr/en/player/87 Apollon Tsochlas CV :
  2. Web site: Eurocupbasketball.com PAOK THESSALONIKI inks Tsochlas. . 2013-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002035934/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2013-14/i/114836/8174/paok-thessaloniki-inks-tsochlas . 2013-10-02 . dead .
  3. http://www.a1basket.gr/2017/06/apollon-tsochlas-renews-with-paok.html Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK.