Georgios Diamantopoulos Explained

Georgios Diamantopoulos
Γιώργος Διαμαντόπουλος
Position:Shooting guard / small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:210
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:February 15, 1980
Birth Place:Cholargos, Attica, Greece
Career Start:1997
Career End:2017
Years1:1997–1999
Team1:Papagou
Years2:1999–2003
Team2:Panionios
Years3:2003–2004
Team3:Olympiacos
Years4:2004–2005
Team4:Panionios
Years5:2005–2006
Team5:Roseto Basket
Years6:2006
Team6:La Palma
Years7:2007
Team7:Samara
Years8:2007–2008
Team8:Kolossos
Years9:2008–2010
Team9:Maroussi
Years10:2010–2011
Team10:Achilleas Kaimakli
Years11:2012
Team11:Vacallo Basket
Years12:2012–2013
Team12:Keravnos
Years13:2013–2014
Team13:Doxa Lefkadas
Years14:2014–2015
Team14:Panionios
Years15:2015–2016
Team15:Papagou
Years16:2016–2017
Team16:Ermionis
Highlights:

Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos[1] [2] (; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.

Professional career

In the 2001–02 season, Diamantopoulos led the European-wide 2nd-tier level FIBA Saporta Cup in scoring, averaging 22.6 points per game.[3] In the 2002–03 season, he was the Greek League Top Scorer, while playing for Panionios. He was also a player of the Greek League clubs Papagou and Olympiacos Piraeus. He was also a member of the Italian League club Roseto Basket, and the Spanish Second Division club La Palma.

In the 2006–07 season, Diamantopoulos won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge championship, while playing with the Russian Super League club CSK VSS Samara. He then played with the NBA Summer League squad of the NBA club the Indiana Pacers. During the 2007–08 season, he was a member of Kolossos.

He joined Maroussi for the 2008–09 season.[4] He moved to the Cypriot League club Achilleas in 2010, and then to the Swiss League Vacallo Basket in 2012. He also played with the Cypriot club Keravnos in 2012. He joined Doxa Lefkadas in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Papagou, and to Ermionis in 2016. He retired from playing professional basketball in 2017.

National team career

Diamantopoulos was a member of both the Under-16 and Under-18 junior Greek national basketball teams. He won the bronze medal with Greece at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. With Greece's national junior teams, he also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

He was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

Clubs

(2002)

(2003)

(2003)

Greek junior national team

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Georgios%20DIAMANTOPOULOS/pid/27651/_//players.html FIBA.com Georgios DIAMANTOPOULOS (GRE) participated in 6 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  2. http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BZT&seasoncode=E2009 Euroleague.net DIAMANTOPOULOS, GEORGIOS.
  3. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_nDLeLSHSJi6vhXQGNBzUg2.compID_GSf9wrCdHBkDZZk9UQoqE3.season_2002.html FIBAEurope.com STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Points Per Game.
  4. http://www.superbasket.gr/?c=283&a=108652 Diamantopoulos in Maroussi.