Georgios Karagkoutis

Greek basketball player

Georgios Karagkoutis
Γιώργος Καράγκουτης

Personal information

Born

(1976-02-15) February 15, 1976 (age 48)
Athens, Greece

Nationality

Greek

Listed height

6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)

Listed weight

240 lb (109 kg)

Career information

Playing career

1994–2007

Position

Small forward / power forward

Number

Career history

1994–1999

Panionios

1999–2000

Panathinaikos

2000–2002

Iraklis

2002–2003

Near East

2003–2007

Maroussi

Career highlights and awards

EuroLeague champion (2000)
Greek League champion (2000)
Greek League All-Star (1996 I)

Medals

Men's Basketball

Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
	1993 Turkey	Under-16
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
	1995 Greece	Under-19

Georgios Karagkoutis (alternate spellings: Giorgos, Karagoutis) (Greek: Γιώργος Καράγκουτης) (born February 15, 1976, in Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.08 m (6 ft. 10 in.) tall, he could play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Professional career

Karagkoutis started his career with the Greek club Panionios, at the age of 16. He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1995, and in 1998, he was a FIBA Korać Cup semifinalist with Panionios.

In 1999, Karagkoutis moved to Panathinaikos, and he won the EuroLeague championship with the club in 2000. In the subsequent years, he played with Iraklis (2000–01), Near East (2001–02), and Maroussi. With Maroussi, he finished in second place in the regular season of the Greek League, and he was also a Greek Cup finalist with Maroussi in 2006.

National team career

With the Greek Under-16 junior national team, Karagkoutis won the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. With the Greek Under-19 junior national team, Karagkoutis also won the gold medal at the 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

Karagkoutis also played with the senior men's Greek national team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, where Greece finished in 4th place, and at the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket, where Greece also finished in 4th place. He represented Greece 25 times at the senior level, and scored a total of 100 points.^[1]

Coaching career

After concluding his playing career, Karagkoutis moved with his wife and two children to Dafnoudi, his wife's hometown, where he became a youth coach for the amateur club Ethnikos Neou Skopou.^[2]

References

^ "Giorgos Karagoutis player profile" (in Greek). Hellenic Basketball Federation. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ "Ο Γιώργος Καράγκουτης βάζει καλάθια στις μπασκέτες...των Σερρών!" (in Greek). Serres sport. March 5, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2015.