Dimitris Papadopoulos (basketball player)

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Dimitris Papadopoulos
Personal information
Born (1966-08-15) August 15, 1966 (age 57)
AEK Athens
Career highlights and awards
  • Greek League All-Star
    (1991)
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1989 Yugoslavia

Dimitris Papadopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαδόπουλος; born August 15, 1966, in Greece), also commonly known by his nickname, "The Doctor", is a former Greek professional basketball player.

Professional career

Papadopoulos began his pro

Iraklis Thessaloniki. Papadopoulos and Lefteris Kakiousis were the key players of the team in those days. With Iraklis, he was a Greek Cup finalist in 1994. Papadopoulos is the second leading scorer, the first rebounder, the first in three-point field goals made, and the third player in the number of games played, in Iraklis' club history.[1]

Papadopoulos finished his playing career with the Greek club

AEK Athens
.

National team career

Papadopoulos was also a member of the senior men's

1989 EuroBasket
.

Papadopoulos was also a member of the Greek national teams that finished in sixth place at the

1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament
.

Personal life

After, his retirement from playing professional club basketball, Papadopoulos became an

Anesthesiologist
.

References

  1. ^ "HOME" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2008-03-28.

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