Vangelis Angelou Explained

Vangelis Angelou
Βαγγέλης Αγγέλου
Position:Head coach
Height Ft:6
Height In:2.75
Birth Date:1962 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Chalkida, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Career Start:1984
Career End:1996
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:1996
Years1:1984–1988
Team1:Apollon Patras
Years2:1988–1992
Team2:Olympiacos
Years3:1992–1995
Team3:Panionios
Years4:1995–1996
Cyears1:1996–2002
Cyears2:2002–2003
Cteam2:Aris (assistant)
Cyears3:2003–2005
Cteam3:Maroussi (assistant)
Cyears4:2005–2007
Cteam4:Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
Cyears5:2007–2008
Cyears6:2008–2009
Cyears7:2010–2012
Cteam7:Olympiacos (assistant)
Cyears8:2012–2013
Cteam8:Aris
Cyears9:2013–2014
Cyears10:2014–2016
Cteam10:Efes (assistant)
Cyears11:2016–2017
Cteam11:Promitheas Patras
Cyears12:2018
Cteam12:Aris Thessaloniki
Cyears13:2019–2020
Cyears14:2020–2021
Cteam14:Ionikos Nikaias
Cyears15:2021
Cteam15:AEK Athens
Cyears16:2021–2022
Cteam16:Zamalek
Cyears17:2022–2023
Cteam17:Karditsa
Highlights:

Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αγγέλου; born November 11, 1962, in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach. At in height, Angelou played at the point guard position.

Professional career

Angelou began playing basketball with the youth teams of AGE Chalkida. In his pro playing career, Angelou played with Apollon Patras, Olympiacos, Panionios, and Iraklis. He scored 1,782 points in 254 games played in the Greek League. He also played in the FIBA Korać Cup with Olympiacos and Panionios,[1] and in the FIBA EuroLeague with Iraklis.[2]

Coaching career

Angelou began his coaching career with AGE Chalkida from 1996 to 2002, where he led the club from the lower categories of Greek basketball up to the Greek 2nd Division. He then worked as an assistant coach under Milan Minić at Aris in the 2002–03 season. He then moved to Maroussi, where he was an assistant coach under Panagiotis Giannakis, from 2003 to 2005. After that, he moved to Dynamo Moscow, where he was Dušan Ivković's assistant from 2005 to 2007.

He was named the head coach of AEK Athens on November 7, 2007, and remained the team's head coach for the 2007–08 season. He was then the head coach of Trikala 2000 in the 2008–09 season.[3] After coaching Trikala, he once again worked as Ivković's assistant, this time at Olympiacos, from 2010 to 2012. He then became the head coach of Aris in 2012.

He then became the head coach of Efes in December 2013,[4] and then worked as an assistant with Efes. He became the head coach of the Greek club Promitheas Patras in December 2016.[5] He became Aris' head coach again, in 2018.

Personal life

Angelou's son, Georgios, is a professional basketball player, and played under Angelou, while he was the head coach of Aris.His brother Argyris is a famous Greek actor.

Awards and accomplishments

Assistant coach

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_MsfTeemRHYovSUdkYV76x0.season_1995.roundID_2550.playerID_13320.teamID_1002.html EVANGELOS ANGELOU PANIONIOS BC ATHENS.
  2. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_,Uz02qBnJiADOq5VntEf53.season_1996.roundID_2567.playerID_13320.teamID_1341.html EVANGELOS ANGELOU IRAKLIS BC SA THESSALONIKI.
  3. Web site: Aggelou to renew with Trikalla 2000.. 19 May 2009. Sportando. 29 January 2011.
  4. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/126980 Euroleague.net Efes releases Mahmuti, hires Angelou.
  5. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/promitheas-patrwn/epishmo-ston-promhthea-patrwn-o-aggeloy.4437973.html Επίσημο: Στον Προμηθέα Πατρών ο Αγγέλου .