Georgios Kotsilianos

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Georgios Kotsilianos
portrait
birthday December 13, 1982
place of birth Patras, Greece
size 1.96 m
Indoor volleyball
position External attack
societies
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005– 		EA Patras
Olympiakos Piraeus
Rethymno
Panathinaikos Athens
successes
2005 winner of the Top Teams Cup
beach volleyball
partner 2009 Nikos Zoupanis
2009 Sotiris Vlachostathis
2010 Emmanouil Xenakis
since 2011 Nikos Zoupanis
World ranking Position 46
As of September 2, 2015

Georgios Kotsilianos ( Greek Γιώργος Κοτσιλιάνος , born December 13, 1982 in Patras ) is a Greek volleyball and beach volleyball player .

Career

Kotsilianos began his indoor career in 2003 with his hometown club EA Patras . In the following season, the outside attacker played for Olympiacos and won the Top Teams Cup with the club . Then he moved to Rethymno . He is currently in the squad of Panathinaikos Athens .

Kotsilianos played his first international tournaments in the sand in 2009 with Nikos Zoupanis . At the end of the year he was still performing with Sotiris Vlachostathis before forming a new duo with Emmanouil Xenakis in 2010. Kotsilianos / Xenakis won the satellite tournament in Cyprus . They achieved their best placement in the Open series with 13th place in The Hague . In 2011, Kotsilianos got back together with his first partner Zoupanis. The reunited duo has now also competed in some Grand Slams. At the European Championships 2012, the two Greeks were eliminated without winning a set after the preliminary round.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIVB world rankings
  2. ↑ Η ανδρική ομάδα του Παναθηναϊκού. greekvolley.com, November 16, 2011, accessed June 7, 2012 (Greek).
  3. ^ Profile at Panathinaikos
personal data
SURNAME Kotsilianos, Georgios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Κοτσιλιάνος, Γιώργος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek volleyball and beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Patras