Apollon Tsochlas

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Apollon Tsochlas
Απόλλων Τσόχλας
Tritonas
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueGreek A2 Basket League
Personal information
Born (1983-08-20) August 20, 1983 (age 38)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2008Doukas
2008–2009Kefallonia
2009–2013Rethymno
2013–2020PAOK
2020–2021Olympiacos B
2021–present

Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.[1]

Early career[]

Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas. He then played with Kefallonia, in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005.

Professional career[]

Tsochlas made his pro debut in the Greek 2nd Division, with Doukas, in 2005. With Doukas, he played in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, and in the Greek 3rd Division, in the 2007–08 season. He then joined Kefallonias, to play in the Greek 4th Division, for the 2008–09 season.

Tsochlas then played with the Greek club Rethymno, from 2009 to 2013. With Rethymno, he played in the Greek 2nd Division, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, before playing in the Greek top-tier level 1st Division, for the first time in his career, in the 2011–12 season. He joined the Greek club PAOK, in 2013.[2]

With PAOK, Tsochlas played in one of the two European-wide 2nd-tier level club competitions, the EuroCup, for the first time, in the 2013–14 season. He also played in the other European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the FIBA Champions League, for the first time with PAOK, during the 2016–17 season. In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years.[3] On September 6, 2019, Tsochlas again re-signed with PAOK, and he then played his seventh season with the club.

Tsochlas joined the development team of Olympiacos in 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ Apollon Tsochlas CV :
  2. ^ "Eurocupbasketball.com PAOK THESSALONIKI inks Tsochlas". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. ^ Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK.

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