Georgios Diamantopoulos

Georgios Diamantopoulos
Γιώργος Διαμαντόπουλος
Personal information
Born	February 15, 1980 (age 44); Cholargos, Attica, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1997–2017
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Career history
1997–1999	Papagou
1999–2003	Panionios
2003–2004	Olympiacos
2004–2005	Panionios
2005–2006	Roseto Basket
2006	La Palma
2007	Samara
2007–2008	Kolossos
2008–2010	Maroussi
2010–2011	Achilleas Kaimakli
2012	Vacallo Basket
2012–2013	Keravnos
2013–2014	Doxa Lefkadas
2014–2015	Panionios
2015–2016	Papagou
2016–2017	Ermionis
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Saporta Cup Top Scorer (2002); Greek League Top Scorer (2003); GBL All-Star Game MVP (2003);
Men's Basketball
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos^[1]^[2] (Greek: Γεώργιος (Γιώργος) Διαμαντόπουλος; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scoring ability.

Professional career

In the 2001–02 season, Diamantopoulos led the European-wide 2nd-tier level FIBA Saporta Cup in scoring, averaging 22.6 points per game.^[3] In the 2002–03 season, he was the Greek League Top Scorer, while playing for Panionios. He was also a player of the Greek League clubs Papagou and Olympiacos Piraeus. He was also a member of the Italian League club Roseto Basket, and the Spanish Second Division club La Palma.

In the 2006–07 season, Diamantopoulos won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge championship, while playing with the Russian Super League club CSK VSS Samara. He then played with the NBA Summer League squad of the NBA club the Indiana Pacers. During the 2007–08 season, he was a member of Kolossos.

He joined Maroussi for the 2008–09 season.^[4] He moved to the Cypriot League club Achilleas in 2010, and then to the Swiss League Vacallo Basket in 2012. He also played with the Cypriot club Keravnos in 2012. He joined Doxa Lefkadas in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Papagou, and to Ermionis in 2016. He retired from playing professional basketball in 2017.

National team career

Diamantopoulos was a member of both the Under-16 and Under-18 junior Greek national basketball teams. He won the bronze medal with Greece at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. With Greece's national junior teams, he also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

He was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.