Theodoros Papaloukas

Theodoros " Thodoris " Papaloukas (Greek Θεόδωρος " Θοδωρής " Παπαλουκάς, born May 8, 1977 in Athens ) is a retired Greek professional basketball player.

Career

Papaloukas started his footballing career in 1993 at the Athens amateur club Ethinkos Ellinoroson. Two years later he moved to Ampelokipi, where he rose to become a regular player and topscorer, and ascended into the first Greek basketball league. About the Erstligateam AO Dafni moved Papaloukas 1999 top club Panionios Athens. The local coach Slobodan Subotic recognized the extraordinary talent of Papaloukas and built it specifically for the top players on. In the 2000 /01 season, he made ​​the jump to the Greek national basketball team. 2001 Papaloukas was elected in his home country Player of the Year. His contract with Panionios ran out in 2001 and Papaloukas joined Olympiakos Piraeus, where he signed a four -year contract. In the very first season he won the Greek Cup with Olympiakos and lost the final narrowly to the Greek Cup AEK Athens. In summer 2002, the paths of Papaloukas and Olympiakos parted prematurely. In summer 2002, Papaloukas joined the Russian first division club CSKA Moscow. With his team, he was from 2003 to 2007 each Russian champion and also won the 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Russian Cup. With Moscow also managed Papaloukas several times to qualify for the Final Four of the ULEB Euro League, which he finally was able to win in 2006. 2008 Papaloukas was named one of the 50 greatest players in the history of the European League.

The end of 2012 he returned once more to Moscow, where he played until the end of the season. After he finished his career as a professional basketball player.

National

Between 2000 and 2008, Papaloukas was a regular in the Greek national team. With the team he took part in the 2001 European Basketball Championship in Turkey and reached the ninth. Two years later, the team arrived at the European Championships in Sweden ranked 5th disappointing 2004 on home soil, the Olympic basketball tournament in which Greece was eliminated in the quarter- finals and finished fifth at the end. The greatest success with the national team managed Papaloukas at the 2005 European Championship in Serbia and Montenegro, as the team, took the title with a 78:62 against Germany. In the basketball world championship in 2006 Papaloukas reached with Greece the final and thus won the silver medal.

Achievements

  • Champion of Russia: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013
  • Israeli champion: 2012
  • Greek Cup winner: 2002, 2010, 2011
  • Russian Cup winner: 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Israel State Cup winner: 2012
  • ULEB Euro League: 2006, 2008
  • Adriatic League: 2012
  • VTB United League: 2013
  • European Championship: 2005
  • Stanković Cup: 2006
  • Vice World Champion: 2006

Awards

  • Player of the Year (Greece ): 2001
  • European Championship All- Tournament Team: 2005
  • European Championship 1st Team: 2005
  • World Cup All- Tournament Team: 2006
  • All Euro League First Team: 2006
  • All Euro League Second Team: 2008, 2009
  • MVP of the Euro League Final Four: 2006
  • MVP of the Euro League season 2006-2007
  • MVP of the Russian Championship: 2007
  • Best foreign player of the Russian League: 2005, 2006
  • FIBA Europe Player of the Year: 2006
  • Participations in the Greek All Star Game: 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
  • Participation in European championships: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
  • Participation in World Championships: 2006
  • Participation in the Olympic Games: 2004, 2008
Panionios B.C. PBC CSKA Moscow Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. Greece national basketball team A.E.K. Athens F.C. Euroleague Basketball 2006 FIBA World Championship Most Valuable Player FIBA Europe Player Of The Year Award FIBA Basketball World Cup Dirk Nowitzki Andrei Kirilenko Pau Gasol Anthony Parker Trajan Langdon Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) Arvydas Macijauskas Marcus Brown
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