Kostas Patavoukas Explained

Kostas Patavoukas
Height M:1.91
Weight Kg:92
Birth Date:3 February 1966
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Career Start:1985
Career End:1999
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Years1:1985–1993
Years2:1993–1996
Years3:1996–1997
Years4:1997–1999
Team4:Panathinaikos
Highlights:

Konstantinos "Kostas" Patavoukas (alternate spelling: Constantinos "Costas") (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κώστας Παταβούκας) (born February 3, 1966) is a Greek retired professional basketball player.

Professional career

Patavoukas started his playing career as a youth with Asteras Exarhion, and he later played professionally for the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens. With AEK Athens, Patavoukas was a 2 time Greek Cup finalist, in 1988 and 1992. He moved to the Greek club Panathinaikos, and with them he won the EuroLeague in 1996, in Paris, and 2 Greek League championships, in 1998 and 1999. After playing with Panathinaikos, he played with the Italian League club Virtus Bologna.

National team career

Patavoukas was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. With Greece's senior national team, he played at the following tournaments: the 1989 EuroBasket, the 1990 FIBA World Championship, the 1991 EuroBasket, the 1992 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1993 EuroBasket, the 1994 FIBA World Championship, the 1995 EuroBasket, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1997 EuroBasket. In 1989, he was a silver medalist at the EuroBasket 1989, in Yugoslavia.[1]

Post-playing career

In July 2007, Patavoukas was appointed the technical director of Ionikos Lamias.

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Patavoukas/players.html Constantinos PATAVOUKAS (GRE) participated in 12 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.