Giannis Kalampokis

Giannis Kalampokis
Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης

Kalampokis, pictured in the black sleeveless jersey, as a player of AEK Athens, in 2016.
Dafni Dafniou
Position	Head coach
League	Greek A2 League
Personal information
Born	(1978-08-15) August 15, 1978 Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2000: undrafted
Playing career	1999–2016
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2003	Palaio Faliro
2003–2005	Olympiacos
2005–2006	AEK Athens
2006–2007	PAOK
2007–2009	Panionios
2009	Benetton Treviso
2009–2010	Panionios
2010–2011	Ikaros
2011–2012	PAOK
2012	Alba Berlin
2012–2013	Kolossos
2013–2015	Rethymno Aegean
2015–2016	AEK Athens
As coach:
2016–2017	Panionios (Youth Academies)
2017–2018	Peristeri (Youth Academies)
2017–present	Greece (assistant)
2018–2019	Zhejiang Lions (assistant)
2019–2020	Peristeri (assistant)
2020–present	Dafni Dafniou
Career highlights and awards
As a player: 2× Greek League All-Star (2007, 2010)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Greece EuroBasket 2009 Poland

Kalampokis, celebrating Greece's win against Turkey (76–74) in EuroBasket 2009.

Giannis Kalampokis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis, Kalambokis, Kalabokis) (Greek: Γιάννης Καλαμπόκης; born on August 15, 1978, in Ilio, Peristeri, Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he mainly played as a swingman. He last played with AEK Athens of the Greek League.

Professional playing career

Club career

Kalampokis started his career with the Neoi Palatianis juniors team in Greece, and he then made his pro debut in 1999, while playing for Palaio Faliro in the Greek A2 League. In 2003, he made his debut in the top-tier Greek League and the EuroLeague with Olympiacos Piraeus. He then played with the Greek clubs AEK Athens and PAOK Thessaloniki.

In 2007, he signed with the Greek club Panionios. In 2009, he joined the Italian League club Treviso. After playing with Treviso, he moved back to Panionios.

In 2010, he joined the Greek club Ikaros. For the 2011–12 season, he moved back to PAOK, and he finished the season with the German League club Alba Berlin. He played with the Greek club Kolossos during the 2012–13 season, and then joined the Greek club Rethymno Aegean, for the 2013–14 season.

After spending the 2015–16 preseason with Olympiacos, Kalampokis signed with AEK Athens for the season, on October 2, 2015. He announced his retirement from playing basketball on 29 August 2016.

National team career

Kalampokis also played with the Greece men's national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2009, where they won the bronze medal.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Kalampokis became a sports commentator for basketball games on Greek TV. He then took a job coaching the youth academies of Panionios. He also worked as the President of the Greek basketball players' union. He then coached the youth academies of Peristeri.

He became an assistant coach of the Greece men's national basketball team, in November 2017.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

• 2× Greek League All-Star: (2007, 2010)

Greek senior national team

• EuroBasket 2009:  Bronze

External links

• Twitter
• EuroLeague.net Profile
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile 1 Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Draftexpress.com Profile 2 Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
• Italian League Profile (in Italian)
• Italian League Bio Archived 2009-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
• FCM Profile
• Hellenic Federation Profile (in Greek)