Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Παπανικολάου; born June 1, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Psychiko of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 10 1⁄4 in (2.09 m) tall power forward-center.
| No. 7 – Psychiko | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
| League | Greek A2 Basket League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | June 1, 1985 Rhodes, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2007: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Ilysiakos | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Rethymno Aegean | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Panelefsiniakos | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Psychiko | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Holargos | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Psychiko | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career edit
Some of the clubs that Papanikolaou has played with during his pro career include: AEK Athens, Ilysiakos, Rethymno Aegean, Panelefsiniakos, and Psychiko.[1]
National team career edit
Papanikolaou was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Papanikolaou won the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, with the Greek under-26 national team.