Antonios Fotsis

Antonios Fotsis
Player information
Nickname	Batman
birthday	April 1, 1981
place of birth	Marousi , Greece
size	209 cm
position	Power forward
NBA draft	2001 , 48th Pick, Memphis Grizzlies ,
Club information
society	Ilisiakos Athens
Clubs as active
1996–1997 Ilisiakos Athens 1997–2001 Panathinaikos Athens 2001–2002 Memphis Grizzlies 2002–2003 Panathinaikos Athens 2003–2005 Real Madrid 2005–2008 Dynamo Moscow 2008–2011 Panathinaikos Athens 2011–2013 Armani Jeans Milano 2013–2017 Panathinaikos Athens 2017– Ilisiakos Athens 0000
National team 1
1999–2013 1999–2000 1997–1999 1996–1997	Greece Greece U 20 Greece U 18 Greece U 16	189 018 051 040
1 As of July 24, 2015

Antonios Fotsis ( Greek Αντώνης Φώτσης , born April 1, 1981 in Marousi near Athens ) is a Greek basketball player .

Career

Fotsis began his career with Ilisiakos Athens youth team before moving to Greek record champions Panathinaikos Athens in 1997 . At Panathinaikos, Fotsis was able to win his first professional title in the following years and made it into the national team . In 2001 he was selected 48th in the NBA drafts by the Memphis Grizzlies and moved to the NBA . Fotsis became the first Greek in the NBA who was also born in Greece. After only one season, the power forward finally moved back to Panathinaikos Athens in 2002, where he won the double. After a season in Spain and winning the championship with Real Madrid , Fotsis moved to Dynamo Moscow in 2004 , where he won the ULEB Cup . In the summer of 2008 Fotsis signed a three-year contract with Panathinaikos and switched to the Greek record champions for the third time in his career.

National team

With the Greek national team, Fotsis won the European basketball championship in 2005 . Opponents in the final, which took place in Belgrade , were the German team. At the Basketball World Cup 2006 Fotsis reached the final with Greece and won the silver medal there. Fotsis was the Greek team captain between 2009 and 2014.

successes

• Greek champion : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017
• Greek Cup Winner: 2003, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Spanish champion: 2005
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 2000
• ULEB Cup : 2006
• ULEB Euroleague : 2009 , 2011
• European Championship : 2005
• Bronze medal at the European Championship: 2009
• Stanković Cup : 2006
• Vice World Champion: 2006
• Bronze medal at the U18 European Championship: 1998

Awards

• MVP of the Acropolis tournament : 2002, 2008, 2011
• MVP of the Greek All Star Game: 2011
• Participation in the Nike Hoop Summit in the world selection: 1998, 1999
• Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
• Participation in European championships: 2001 , 2003 , 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013
• Participation in world championships : 2006, 2010
• Participation in the Olympic Games: 2004, 2008
• Participation in the U-18 European Championship: 1998