Kostas Petropoulos
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| Born | January 7, 1956 Greece | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Panellinios | ||||||||||||||
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Konstantinos "Kostas" Petropoulos (
basketball coach, and a retired professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "Nureyev".[1][2][3] His number 7 jersey was retired by Apollon Patras, in 2016.[4] On 1 February 2020, the Kostas Petropoulos Indoor Hall basketball arena, was named after him, in his honor.[5][6]
Professional career
During his pro
Ionikos Nikaias
, Petropoulos scored 51 points.
After having six surgeries due to injuries, Petropoulos retired from playing pro club basketball in 1987, at the age of 31. Over his pro club career, Petropoulos scored a total of 4,255 points in Greece's top-tier level Basket League.
National team career
With Greece's junior national teams, Petropoulos played at the 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship,[8] and at the 1974 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[9]
Petropoulos was also a member of the senior men's
1981 FIBA EuroBasket.[11]
Coaching career
Clubs
After he finished his playing career, Petropoulos became a
basketball coach. He acted as the head coach of the Greek clubs Apollon Patras, Sporting, Maroussi, and Panellinios
.
Greek NT
Petropoulos was the head coach of the senior men's
2001 FIBA EuroBasket
.
References
- ^ Κώστας Πετρόπουλος – Ο Νουρέγιεφ του ελληνικού μπάσκετ (in Greek).
- ^ «Υποκλίνομαι Νουρέγιεφ»: Κώστας Πετρόπουλος…ο Μοναδικός! (in Greek).
- ^ Κώστας Πετρόπουλος: Μετονομάστηκε το ιστορικό κλειστό της Πάτρας, μεγάλη τιμή για τον Νουρέγιεφ (in Greek).
- ^ Οι θρυλικές φανέλες που έγιναν σημαίες και ανέβηκαν στον ιστό τους Οι σύλλογοι προέβησαν σε συμβολικές κινήσεις τιμώντας αθλητές που τους δόξασαν ή έφυγαν πρόωρα από τη ζωή.
- ^ Όλοι στάθηκαν στην προσωπικότητα του "Νουρέγιεφ".
- ^ "Κώστας Πετρόπουλος" μετονομάστηκε το κλειστό γυμναστήριο στο Κουκούλι
- ^ Ο "Νουρέγιεφ" της Πάτρας (in Greek).
- ^ 1973 European Championship for Cadets Greece 7 - Constantin Petropoulos.
- ^ 1974 European Championship for Junior Men 7 - Kostas Petropoulos.
- ^ ΠΕΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ 77 (in Greek).
- ^ 1981 European Championship for Men 7 - Kostos Petropoulos.