Giannis Kalampokis Explained

Giannis Kalampokis
Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης
Position:Head coach
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lbs:210
League:Greek A2 League
Team:Dafni Dafniou
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:15 August 1978
Birth Place:Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece
Draft Year:2000
Career Start:1999
Career End:2016
Career Position:Shooting guard / small forward
Coach Start:2016
Years1:1999–2003
Team1:Palaio Faliro
Years2:2003–2005
Team2:Olympiacos
Years3:2005–2006
Team3:AEK Athens
Years4:2006–2007
Team4:PAOK
Years5:2007–2009
Team5:Panionios
Years6:2009
Team6:Benetton Treviso
Years7:2009–2010
Team7:Panionios
Years8:2010–2011
Team8:Ikaros
Years9:2011–2012
Team9:PAOK
Years10:2012
Team10:Alba Berlin
Years11:2012–2013
Team11:Kolossos
Years12:2013–2015
Team12:Rethymno Aegean
Years13:2015–2016
Team13:AEK Athens
Cyears1:2016–2017
Cteam1:Panionios (Youth Academies)
Cyears2:2017–2018
Cteam2:Peristeri (Youth Academies)
Cyears3:2017–present
Cteam3:Greece (assistant)
Cyears4:2018–2019
Cteam4:Zhejiang Lions (assistant)
Cyears5:2019–2020
Cteam5:Peristeri (assistant)
Cyears6:2020–present
Cteam6:Dafni Dafniou
Highlights:As a player:

Giannis Kalampokis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kalambokis, Kalabokis) (Greek: Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης; born on August 15, 1978, in Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he mainly played as a swingman. He last played with AEK Athens of the Greek League.

Professional playing career

Club career

Kalampokis started his career with the Neoi Palatianis juniors team in Greece, and he then made his pro debut in 1999, while playing for Palaio Faliro in the Greek A2 League. In 2003, he made his debut in the top-tier Greek League and the EuroLeague with Olympiacos Piraeus. He then played with the Greek clubs AEK Athens and PAOK Thessaloniki.

In 2007, he signed with the Greek club Panionios.[1] In 2009, he joined the Italian League club Treviso.[2] After playing with Treviso, he moved back to Panionios.

In 2010, he joined the Greek club Ikaros.[3] For the 2011–12 season, he moved back to PAOK,[4] and he finished the season with the German League club Alba Berlin. He played with the Greek club Kolossos during the 2012–13 season, and then joined the Greek club Rethymno Aegean, for the 2013–14 season.[5]

After spending the 2015–16 preseason with Olympiacos, Kalampokis signed with AEK Athens for the season, on October 2, 2015.[6] [7] He announced his retirement from playing basketball on 29 August 2016.[8]

National team career

Kalampokis also played with the Greece men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2009, where they won the bronze medal.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Kalampokis became a sports commentator for basketball games on Greek TV. He then took a job coaching the youth academies of Panionios. He also worked as the President of the Greek basketball players' union. He then coached the youth academies of Peristeri.

He became an assistant coach of the Greece men's national basketball team, in November 2017.[9]

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek senior national team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panionios inks Kalambokis, Georgalis and Katiakos. 2020-08-27. Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup. en.
  2. http://www.sportando.net/eng/italia/seriea/1954/kalampokis_confirmed_for_benetton_.html Sportando.net Kalampokis confirmed for Benetton.
  3. http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/greece/12015/ioannis_kalampokis_inks_with_ikaros.html Sportando.net - Ioannis Kalampokis inks with Ikaros.
  4. http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/greece/30362/giannis_kalabokis_moves_to_paok.html Giannis Kalabokis moves to PAOK.
  5. http://www.a1basket.gr/2013/08/kalampokis-leaves-kollosos-for-rethymno.html Kalampokis leaves Kollosos for Rethymno.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018000403/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/6e4o7w9tn3tx63iq/aek-adds-experienced-guard-kalampokis AEK adds experienced guard Kalampokis.
  7. http://www.eurohoops.net/2015/10/transfers/131523 GIANNIS KALAMPOKIS RETURNED TO AEK.
  8. http://www.eurohoops.net/featured/306028/kuqo-and-kalampokis-announced-their-retirement Kuqo and Kalampokis announced their retirement.
  9. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/sto-proponhtiko-tim-ths-ethnikhs-o-kalampokhs.4935819.html Στο προπονητικό τιμ της Εθνικής ο Καλαμπόκης .