Charis Giannopoulos Explained

Charis Giannopoulos
Χάρης Γιαννόπουλος
Height Cm:200
Weight Lbs:210
League:Greek Basket League
Team:Maroussi
Number:31
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:13 July 1989
Birth Place:Alexandreia Imathias, Greece
Career Start:2006
Years1:2006–2008
Team1:PAOK Thessaloniki
Years2:2008–2009
Team2:Olympiacos
Years3:2009–2011
Team3:Panionios
Years4:2011–2012
Team4:Peristeri
Years5:2012–2013
Team5:Panathinaikos
Years6:2013–2014
Team6:Manresa
Years7:2014–2015
Team7:Obradoiro
Years8:2015–2018
Team8:Rethymno Cretan Kings
Years9:2018–2020
Team9:AEK Athens
Years10:2020–2022
Team10:Promitheas Patras
Years11:2022
Team11:Peristeri
Years12:2022–2023
Team12:Kolossos Rodou
Years13:2023–present
Team13:Maroussi
Highlights:

Charalampos "Charis" Giannopoulos (Greek: Χαράλαμπος "Χάρης" Γιαννόπουλος; born July 13, 1989) is a Greek professional basketball player for Maroussi of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1] tall small forward.

Professional career

Giannopoulos began his pro career with the Greek League club PAOK Thessaloniki, during the 2005–06 season.[2] He joined the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus in 2008. He moved to Panionios for 2 seasons, from 2009 to 2011. He joined Peristeri for the 2011–12 season. He then moved to Panathinaikos for the 2012–13 season.

In 2013, he signed with the Spanish League club Bàsquet Manresa.[3] In 2015, Giannopoulos returned to Greece, signing with Rethymno Cretan Kings.[4] On July 10, 2017, Giannopoulos renewed his contract with the Cretan team through 2020, and also became the club's team captain.

In 2018, Giannopoulos signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.[5] He parted ways with the team on June 21, 2020.[6] During his stint with AEK, Giannopoulos won the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup as well as the 2020 Greek Cup.

On July 28, 2020, Giannopoulos moved to Promitheas Patras. In 27 games during his first season, he averaged 8.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1 assist per contest. On March 23, 2022, he parted ways with the club, after an injury-plagued second season, where he appeared in only 9 games and averaged 7.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest.

On April 8, 2022, despite an initial agreement with AEK Athens, Giannopoulos returned to another former club of his, Peristeri, for the rest of the season. In 2 regular season games, he received limited playing time, while never appearing on court in the team's two playoff matches against Olympiacos.

On August 17, 2022, Giannopoulos moved to Kolossos Rodou and was named team captain due to his experience. In 20 games, he averaged 10.5 points and 4.7 rebounds, playing around 28 minutes per contest.

On August 9, 2023, Giannopoulos signed with the newly promoted Maroussi.

National team career

Greek junior national team

With Greece's junior national teams, Giannopoulos played at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also played at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and won the gold medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Giannopoulos became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.[7] He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.[8]

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

|-| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Rethymno Cretan Kings| align=center | GBL| 25 || 27.2 || .464 || .398 || .889 || 3.9 || 1.5 || .6 || .1 || 10.4|-| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Rethymno Cretan Kings| align=center | GBL| 26 || 26.0 || .366 || .378 || .938 || 3.0 || 1.4 || .7 || .2 || 10.9|-| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.| align=center | GBL| 21 || 12.4 || .398 || .375 || .692 || 1.4 || .4 || .5 || .1 || 4.6|}

FIBA Champions League

[9] |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19| style="text-align:left;" | A.E.K.| 16 || 8.0 || .333 || .227 || .778 || 1.5 || .1 || .1 || .1 || 2.3|}

Honours

(2020)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=78168 Eurobasket.com Haralampos Giannopoulos Height: 201 cm/6'7".
  2. http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=48&pcode=LRH&seasoncode=u2006 Euroleague.net Career Notes.
  3. Web site: Charis Giannopoulos signs with Bàsquet Manresa.
  4. Web site: Rethymno Cretan Kings signed Charis Giannopoulos.
  5. News: EUROBASKET NEWS. www.eurobasket.com. 2018-06-11.
  6. News: Charis Giannopoulos, AEK Athens part ways . Sportando . June 21, 2020 . June 21, 2020.
  7. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/h-prwth-ths-ethnikhs-se-fwtografies.4947574.html Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες .
  8. http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/news/greece-announce-preliminary-player-list-for-games-against-great-britain-and-israel Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.
  9. Web site: AEK at the Basketball Champions League 2018-19 2019 - FIBA.basketball.