Lazaros Papadopoulos

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Basketball player
Lazaros Papadopoulos
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Player information
birthday 3rd June 1980
place of birth Krasnodar , Soviet Union
size 210 cm
position center
Clubs as active
1996–2001 Iraklis Thessaloniki 2001–2003 Panathinaikos Athens 2003–2004 Iraklis Thessaloniki 2004–2007 Dynamo Moscow 2007–2008 Real Madrid 2008–2009 Fortitudo Bologna 2009–2011 PAOK Thessaloniki 2011 BK Chimki 2011–2012 Olympiacos Piraeus 2012–2013 PAOK Thessaloniki 2014 Iberostar TenerifeGreeceGreece
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Lazaros Papadopoulos ( Greek Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος , born June 3, 1980 in Krasnodar , Soviet Union ) is a former Greek basketball player.

Career

Lazaros Papadopoulos was born Lasar Popandopulo in 1980 in Krasnodar, Russia. His mother is Russian , his father comes from a Pontos-Greek family from Russia . The family moved to Thessaloniki after the collapse of the Soviet Union .

The 2.10 m tall center began his professional career in 1996 with Iraklis Thessaloniki , where he was under contract for a total of five years. In 2001 he moved to Panathinaikos Athens for two years , where he was able to win his first club-level title. In addition to the 2003 Greek Championship, Papadopoulos won the 2003 Cup and the ULEB Euroleague in 2002. After three seasons in the Russian basketball league at Dynamo Moscow , Papadopoulos moved to Real Madrid in 2007 . His greatest sporting successes were winning the European basketball championship in 2005 with Greece and winning the Euroleague in 2002 with Panathinaikos Athens. At the Basketball World Cup in 2006 Papadopoulos reached the final with Greece and won the silver medal there.

successes

  • Greek champion: 2003, 2012
  • Greek Cup: 2003
  • ULEB Cup : 2006
  • ULEB Euroleague : 2002, 2012
  • VTB United League Champion: 2011
  • European Champion : 2005
  • Stanković Cup : 2006
  • Vice World Champion: 2006
  • Bronze medal at the U18 European Championship: 1998
  • Bronze medal at the U16 European Championship: 1995

Awards

  • Eurobasket All-Europe 2nd Team: 2005, 2006
  • All Euroleague Second Team: 2007
  • Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2013
  • Participation in European Championships: 2001, 2005, 2007
  • Participation in world championships : 2006
  • Participation in the U18 European Championship: 1998
  • Participation in the U16 European Championship: 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sports.ru/basketball/2883312.html
personal data
SURNAME Papadopoulos, Lazaros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Παπαδόπουλος, Λάζαρος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnodar , Soviet Union