Christos Zoupas

Christos Zoupas (Greek: Χρήστος Ζούπας, born 26 November 1944) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.80 m (5 ft. 11 in.), he played at the point guard position.

Christos Zoupas
Personal information
Born (1944-11-26) November 26, 1944
Kingdom of Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
Playing career1960–1974
PositionPoint guard
Number8
Career history
1960–1962Amyntas
1962–1974AEK Athens
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Greece
Men's basketball
Balkan Championship
Silver medal – second place 1963 Greece
Silver medal – second place 1969 Greece
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bulgaria
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Yugoslavia

Club career

Zoupas started playing club basketball with Amyntas in 1960. He then moved to the Greek club AEK Athens in 1962. With AEK, he won 5 Greek League championships (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970).

He also played in the final four of the FIBA European Champions Cup of the 1965–66 season, which was the first time that the EuroLeague ever used a final four system, thus he was a part of the first Greek team to play in a final four in the EuroLeague. He was also a member of the FIBA European Selection team in the year 1966.

Zoupas also helped AEK win the championship of the 2nd-tier level FIBA Cup Winners' Cup of the 1967–68 season, which was the first European championship won by any Greek team, in any sport. He scored 12 points in the tournament's final game.

National team career

Zoupas was also a member of the senior men's Greek national team. With Greece, he played at several Balkan Championships, the 1967 Mediterranean Games, the 1967 EuroBasket, and the 1969 EuroBasket[1] In total, he had 52 caps (games played) with Greece's senior men's team, in which he scored a total of 352 points, for a scoring average of 6.8 points per game.

Personal life

Zoupas' family originated from Northern Epirus. Zoupas studied medicine, and graduated from the Athens University Medical School, in 1969. He later worked as a medical doctor, specializing in Endocrinology.

Zoupas was the President of the sports club Vouliagmeni, from 1996 to 1998. During his presidency, the club won the water polo LEN Cup Winners' Cup title, in 1997. Zoupas was elected the mayor of Ymittos, in October 2006.[2]

His daughter Maria, is married to the Greek former water polo player Georgios Afroudakis.

References

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