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Thanasis Skourtopoulos

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Thanasis Skourtopoulos
Θανάσης Σκουρτόπουλος
Astoria Bydgoszcz
PositionHead coach
LeaguePLK
Personal information
Born (1965-05-23) May 23, 1965 (age 59)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Coaching career1996–present
Career history
As player:
0Dafni Dafniou
0Pagrati
1982–1991AEK Athens
As coach:
1996–1998Aigaleo
1998–1999Dafni Dafniou
1999–2000OFI Crete
2000–2005AEK Athens (Assistant)
2005–2006Panellinios (Assistant)
2006–2008Aigaleo
2009–2010Peristeri
2010–2011Panellinios
2011–2012Ikaros Kallitheas
2012Panionios
2013–2014Keravnos
2014–2016Rethymno
2014–2017Greece (Assistant)
2016–2017Apollon Patras
2017–2018Faros Larissas
2017–2021Greece
2021Iraklis Thessaloniki
2023–presentAstoria Bydgoszcz
2023–presentQatar
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:

Athanasios "Thanasis" Skourtopoulos (alternate spelling: Thanassis) (Greek: Αθανάσιος "Θανάσης" Σκουρτόπουλος; born May 23, 1965) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and Qatar national team.

Club playing career

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Skourtopoulos played professional basketball with the Greek clubs Dafni Dafniou, Pagrati, and AEK Athens. He was a member of the AEK Athens team that made it to the Greek Cup Finals, in 1988.

Club coaching career

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Some of the clubs Skourtopoulos has been the head coach of include: Aigaleo, Peristeri, Panellinios,[1] Ikaros Kallitheas, Panionios, and Keravnos.[2] In 2014, he became the head coach of Rethymno.[3] In 2016, he became the head coach of Apollon Patras. In 2017, he became the head coach of GSL Faros.

On July 1, 2018, Skourtopoulits returned to Panionios.[4] He later quit without coaching the team in any games.

On February 4, 2023, he signed with Astoria Bydgoszcz of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[5]

National team coaching career

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Skourtopoulos worked as an assistant coach of the senior men's Greek national basketball team at the following tournaments: the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the EuroBasket 2017.

He became the head coach of Greece's senior men's national team in October 2017. He first coached Greece at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. He also coached Greece at the actual 2019 FIBA World Cup. After the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the Hellenic Basketball Federation announced that Rick Pitino would be Greece's head coach at the 2020 FIBA Victoria Olympic Qualifying Tournament and the 2020 Summer Olympics, should Greece qualify, while Skourtopoulos would remain as Greece's head coach for the 2021 EuroBasket qualification tournament.

In August 2023, he became the head coach of the Qatar national team.[6]

Personal life

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Skourtopoulos failed to lead the senior Greek national basketball team to the results at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, in China, that many analysts, and sports media had predicted. Some major US sports media criticized his use of the MVP of the 2018–19 NBA season, Giannis Antetokounmpo at the tournament.[7]

Awards and accomplishments

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Assistant coach

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References

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  1. ^ Sport.gr Panellinios Announces Skourtopoulos (in Greek) Archived September 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Eurocupbasketball.com SKOURTOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS.
  3. ^ A1Basket.gr Thanasis Skourtopoulos is Rethymno Aegean's new coach.
  4. ^ Thanasis Skourtopoulos is the new head coach of Panionios.
  5. ^ "Nowy trener Enea Abramczyk Astorii". plk.pl (in Polish). February 4, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Qatar sign new coach as busy schedule beckons Al Annabi". Gulf Times. 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ Greece’s coach, Skourtopoulos responds to US media criticism.
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