Nikolaos Zisis
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| Nickname | Nikos |
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| Position | Point guard/Shooting guard |
| Height | 6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| League | Russian League/Euroleague |
| Team | CSKA Moscow |
| Number | 6 |
| Born | August 16, 1983  Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Pro career | 2000–present |
| Former teams | AEK Athens BC (2000–2005) Benetton Treviso (2005–2007) |
| Awards | FIBA Europe European Young Player of The Year Award 2005 |
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| Competitor for Greece |
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| Gold | 2005 Serbia & Montenegro | Greece | |
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| Silver | 2006 Japan | Greece | |
Nikolaos Zisis (Greek: Νικόλαος Ζήσης) (born August 16, 1983 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.95 m (6'4 3/4") tall and he plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is currently with CSKA Moscow.
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[edit] Club Career
Zisis started his playing career in the year 1996 at a local Saloniki youth basketball team, at the YMCA (in Greek: ΧΑΝΘ). At the age of 17, he moved to Athens and to the Greek League team AEK Athens BC, where he began his professional basketball career. With AEK he won the Greek Cup in 2001, and also the Greek Championship in 2002.
He then moved to Treviso, Italy and played on the Italian League team Benetton Treviso. With Benetton, he won the Italian Super Cup in the year 2005, the Italian Championship in the year 2006, and also the Italian Cup in the year 2007. He then left Italy and moved to Moscow, Russia.
On June 13, 2007, he signed a 3-year contract with the Russian League team CSKA Moscow. [1] With CSKA, Zisis won the Euroleague Championship during the Euroleague 2007-08 season.
[edit] Greek National Team
With Greece's junior national team, Zisis won the silver medal at the 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 European Championship and he also won the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 European Championship. Zisis also won the gold medal with the Greek junior national team at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 European Championship. His first game with Greece's senior national team took place in Tunis, at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, on September 3, 2001. At the Mediterranean Games, he helped Greece win the silver medal at the tournament.
As a member of the Greek National Basketball Team, Zisis won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship, which was held in Serbia and Montenegro. He was Greece's leading scorer during the tournament, averaging 10.6 points per game. After his great performance at the European Championship in 2005, Zisis was named the European Young Player of the Year (ages 22 and under) by FIBA Europe.
The next year, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Japan, Zisis was hit on the cheek by the elbow of the Brazilian National Team's star player Anderson Varejão. Zisis suffered a severe facial injury that forced him to sit out for the remaining entirety of the World Championship, as the injury required surgery. Even though Greece lost Zisis, who was their leading scorer the year before at the 2005 European Championship, they were still able to win the silver medal (including an improbable upset victory over Team USA in the semifinal game) during the World Championship tournament.
Zisis has also competed with Greece at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament, where Greece finished in 5th place in the world, and at the 2007 European Championship, where Greece finished in 4th place.
[edit] Personal
Zisis is a very close friend with fellow Greek national basketball team star Vassilis Spanoulis.
[edit] Awards and Accomplishments
[edit] Pro Career
- Won the Greek Cup with AEK Athens (2001)
- Won the Greek Championship with AEK Athens (2002)
- 2-time Greek League All Star (2004, 2005)
- Won the Italian Super Cup with Benetton Treviso (2005)
- Won the Italian Championship with Benetton Treviso (2006)
- Won the Italian Cup with Benetton Treviso (2007)
- Won the Euroleague 2007-08 Championship with CSKA Moscow
[edit] Greek National Team
- Won the silver medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 European Championship (1999)
- Won the bronze medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 European Championship (2000)
- Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-20 European Championship (2002)
- Won the silver medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games with Greece
- Won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship with Greece
- FIBA Europe European Young Player of the Year Award (ages 22 and under) (2005)
- Won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship with Greece
[edit] Notes
[edit] External Links
- Euroleague.net player profile
- CSKA Moscow player profile
- NBA.com NBA draft profile
- NBAdraft.net player profile
- Draftexpress.com player profile
- ΧΑΝΘ (Greek)
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