Fotios Lampropoulos

Fotios Lampropoulos (alternatively spelled: Fotis, Lambropoulos or Labropoulos; Greek: Φώτης Λαμπρόπουλος), born 11 September 1983, is a Greek professional basketball player for Þór Þorlákshöfn of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center.

Fotios Lampropoulos
Fotis Lampropoulos playing with Apollon Patras against Trikala Aries.
Þór Þorlákshöfn
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1983-09-11) September 11, 1983
Patras, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003Apolloniada Patras
2004Romauto Mataró
2004–2005Anua Gran Canaria
2004–2005→Fadesa Gran Canaria
2005Tarragona
2005–2007L'Hospitalet
2007–2008Tenerife Rural
2008–2009AEL Larissa
2009–2011Iraklis
2011–2015Iberostar Tenerife
2015Vanoli Cremona
2015–2016Arkadikos
2016Apollon Patras
2016Ferro Carril Oeste
2016–2018Boca Juniors
2018Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2018–2019Club Malvín
2019Estudiantes
2019–2020Panionios
2020–2021Al Sadd
2021–2022Njarðvík
2022–presentÞór Þorlákshöfn
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Lampropoulos started his playing career with his home town side, Apolloniada Patras, moving up from the club's youth ranks - where he won a Greek junior league MVP title - to the first team in 2003, to play in the Greek C1 League (amateur Greek fourth division). He then transferred to the Spanish fourth division Liga EBA side, Romauto Mataró, in January 2004.

His performances with Mataró caught the eye of the Spanish first division club CB Gran Canaria, who invited him to a summer league, before signing him.[1] The 2004–05 season would see Lampropoulos split his time between Gran Canaria's second team in the Liga EBA and the first team in the Liga ACB (seven games) and ULEB Cup (EuroCup) (eight games, for an average of 6.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game),[2] before moving in April 2005 to CB Tarragona of the LEB (Spanish second division). He stayed in the LEB the next three seasons, playing the first two with CB L'Hospitalet, and the last one with Tenerife CB.[3]

Lampropoulos with Iberostar Tenerife.

Lampropoulos returned home to Greece in 2008, joining Greek Basket League outfit AEL Larissa. He moved to the Greek second division the next season, joining Iraklis, with whom he obtained a league promotion. In the 2011–12 season, he started the season with Iraklis, in the Greek first division, before returning to Tenerife CB in, February 2011.[1]

The Greek stayed with Tenerife until 2015, as the Canarians were promoted to the Spanish first division, Liga ACB in 2012. He would miss nearly the whole 2013–14 season, after suffering an ACL injury to his left ankle, during a preseason game. He returned in May 2014, with a double-double (11 points and 10 rebounds in less than 20 minutes) in an ACB game.[4]

When Tenerife did not keep him following the 2014–15 season, Lampropoulos started training in Italy, with the Italian League side Vanoli Cremona, in August, with the club planning to keep him until September.[5]

In 2015, Lampropoulos signed an open contract with an opt-out option with Arkadikos of the Greek Basket League.[6] He left the club on January 8, 2016, and signed with the Greek club Apollon Patras.[7]

Lampropoulos moved to the Argentine League club Ferro Carril Oeste in 2016, where he finished the 2015–16 season. For the 2016–17 season, he joined the Argentine League club Boca Juniors.

In August 2021, Lampropoulos signed with Njarðvík of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[8] On 18 September he scored 20 points in Njarðvík's 97–93 win against Stjarnan in the Icelandic Cup final, ending the clubs 16 year major title draught.[9] On 2 October 2021, he had 26 points and 11 rebounds in Njarðvík's 100–113 loss against Þór Þorlákshöfn in the Icelandic Super Cup.[10][11] For the season in the Úrvalsdeild, he averaged 16.2 points and team leading 9.6 rebounds per game, helping Njarðvík to the best record in the league.[12]

Lampropoulos remained in the Úrvalsdeild the following season, signing with Þór Þorlákshöfn in June 2022.[12]

References
  1. "El Isla de Tenerife Socas Canarias ficha al griego Fotios Lampropoulos" [Isla de Tenerife Socas Canarias signs Greek Fotios Lampropoulos]. LEBoro.es (in Spanish). 25 February 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "Lampropoulos, Fotis - 2004-2005 statistics". EuroCupBasketball.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "Fotios Lampropoulos, nuevo jugador del Tenerife Rural" [Fotios Lampropoulos, Tenerife Rural's new player]. LEBoro.es (in Spanish). 21 June 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "Fotios Lampropoulos, un año después" [Fotios Lampropoulos, one year later]. ACB.com (in Spanish). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. "La Vanoli Basket aggrega Fotis Lampropoulos" [Fotis Lampropoulos joins Vanoli Basket]. VanoliBasket.com (in Italian). 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. "Fotis Lampropoulos signs an open contract with Arcadikos BC". Sportando.com. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. "Fotis Lampropoulos leaves Arcadikos to sign with Apollon Patras". Sportando.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. Davíð Eldur (21 August 2021). "Fotios Lampropoulos til Njarðvíkur – Enn einn fyrrum ACB leikmaðurinn í Njarðtaksgryfjuna". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. Andri Már Eggertsson (18 September 2021). "Leik lokið: Stjarnan - Njarðvík 93-97 - Sextán ára bikarbið Njarðvíkur lokið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (2 October 2021). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Þór Þ. - Njarðvík 113-110 - Þór Þorlákshöfn er meistari meistaranna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  11. "FIBA LiveStats - Þór Þ. v Njarðvík". FIBA. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  12. Atli Arason (6 June 2022). "Fotios semur við Þór Þorlákshöfn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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