Konstantinos Genidounias Explained

Konstantinos "Psaraki" Genidounias
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:3 May 1993
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Height:183 cm
Weight:87 kg
Currentclub:Olympiacos
Currentnumber:4
Position:Driver
L/R:Right
Years1:2010–2011
Clubs1:Palaio Faliro
Years2:2011–2015
Clubs2:USC
Years3:2015–present
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Konstantinos Genidounias (born 3 May 1993) is a Greek water polo player.[1] He was part of the Greek team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. Genidounias is considered one of the top scorers in the world. His top personal distinction is when he became the top scorer of the Champions League 2018–19 season as he scored 42 goals while in the same year he emerged ninth top player in the world.

He was a member of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They finished in 6th place.[2]

Graduated with a degree of communications from the University of Southern California where he attended from 2011 to 2014 and was a member of the Men's Water Polo Team winning three consecutive NCAA championships with the USC Trojans under head coach Jovan Vavic.

He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.[3] [4]

Honours

National team

Club

Olympiacos

2017–18 ;runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19

2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

2018, 2019, 2020

Trojans

2012, 2013, 2014

Awards

2020–21

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fina.org/athletes/konstantinos-genidounias Konstantinos Genidounias
  2. http://rio2016.rtve.es/athletes/athlete/GENIDOUNIAS-Konstantinos-1173467/index.html?intcmp=ev-match Konstantinos Genidounias
  3. http://www2.len.eu/?p=11913 Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years
  4. http://www.ert.gr/eidiseis/ellada/protathlitis-eyropis-o-olympiakos-sto-polo/ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο
  5. Web site: Λιακόπουλος . Παναγιώτης . Ο Γεννηδουνιάς πρώτος σκόρερ του Champions League . 2022-03-03 . Fosonline.gr . el.