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Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)

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Greek professional basketball player
Panagiotis Karatzas
Personal information
Born (1965-06-29) June 29, 1965 (age 59)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 8.75 in (2.05 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
Playing career1979–1996
PositionPower forward / center
Number9
Career history
1979–1990Pagrati
1990–1994Olympiacos
1994–1995Panionios
1995–1996Pagrati
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1987 Greece

Panagiotis Karatzas (Greek: Παναγιώτης Καρατζάς; born June 29, 1965, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player.

Professional career

During his pro club career, Karatzas was an important member of the Greek club Pagrati Athens, where he played from 1979 to 1990. After that, he played with the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus, from 1990 to 1994. With Olympiacos, he won the Greek League championship in 1993 and 1994, and the Greek Cup title in 1994. He played with the Greek club Panionios Athens, during the 1994–95 season. In 1995, he returned to Pagrati.

National team career

Karatzas was a member of the senio Greek national team. He played with Greece at the 1986 FIBA World Championship. He was also a member of the Greek team that won the gold medal at the 1987 FIBA EuroBasket.

References

  1. Panagiotis KARATZAS (GRE).

External links

Greece squad1987 EuroBasket – Gold medal
Greece
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