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.
![]() Kalampokis, pictured in the black sleeveless jersey, as a player of AEK Athens, in 2016. | |||||||||||||||
Dafni Dafniou | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
League | Greek A2 League | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece | August 15, 1978||||||||||||||
Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2000: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1999–2016 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Palaio Faliro | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | PAOK | ||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Panionios | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Panionios | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Ikaros | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | PAOK | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Kolossos | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Rethymno Aegean | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Panionios (Youth Academies) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Peristeri (Youth Academies) | ||||||||||||||
2017–present | Greece (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Zhejiang Lions (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Peristeri (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2020–present | Dafni Dafniou | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
As a player:
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Medals
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Professional playing career
editClub career
editKalampokis 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
editKalampokis also played with the Greece men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2009, where they won the bronze medal.
Coaching career
editAfter 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
editAs a player
editPro career
edit- 2× Greek League All-Star: (2007, 2010)
Greek senior national team
edit- EuroBasket 2009: Bronze
References and notes
edit- ^ "Panionios inks Kalambokis, Georgalis and Katiakos". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup. Retrieved 2020-08-27.[dead link]
- ^ Sportando.net Kalampokis confirmed for Benetton.
- ^ Sportando.net - Ioannis Kalampokis inks with Ikaros.
- ^ Giannis Kalabokis moves to PAOK.
- ^ Kalampokis leaves Kollosos for Rethymno.
- ^ AEK adds experienced guard Kalampokis.
- ^ GIANNIS KALAMPOKIS RETURNED TO AEK.
- ^ Kuqo and Kalampokis announced their retirement.
- ^ Στο προπονητικό τιμ της Εθνικής ο Καλαμπόκης (in Greek).
External links
edit- EuroLeague.net Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Draftexpress.com Profile 1 Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Draftexpress.com Profile 2 Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Italian League Bio Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- FCM Profile
- Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)