Lazaros Papadopoulos

Infobox Euroleague Player

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caption = Papadopoulos
name = Lazaros Papadopoulos
Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος
nickname = Lazos
position = Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 10.75
weight_lbs = 280
league = Spanish League
Euroleague
team = Real Madrid
jersey =| number = 14
nationality = Greek
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|6|3
birth_place =flagicon|USSR Krasnodar, USSR
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draft = Undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 1997
career_end =
former_teams = AO Stauroupolis (1992–1996)
Iraklis BC (1996–2001)
Panathinaikos BC (2001–2003)
Iraklis BC (2003–2004)
MBC Dynamo Moscow (2004-2007)
awards =

Lazaros Papadopoulos (in Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born June 3rd, 1980 in Krasnodar, U.S.S.R), is a Greek professional basketball player. He is currently with Real Madrid in the Spanish League. He is 6 ft 10 ¾ in (2.10 m) 280 lbs. and he plays the center position.

Professional career

Papadopoulos began his professional career playing for the Greek club Iraklis BC in 1997. After five years with Iraklis BC, he signed to play for the Greek League powerhouse Panathinaikos BC in 2001, and he stayed there until 2003. He then returned to Iraklis BC the following season, and stayed there for only one year, before next signing with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League in the year 2004. In 2007, he joined the Spanish League club Real Madrid.

He has won the Euroleague Championship during the Euroleague 2001-02 season while he was with Panathinaikos and also the ULEB Cup Championship while he was with Dynamo Moscow in the year 2006. In 2007, his performances with Dynamo Moscow during the Euroleague 2006-07 season, earned him a selection into the All-Euroleague Second team.

Greek National Team

As a member of the junior Greek national team, Papadopoulos won the bronze medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also competed with the Greek junior team at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. With the senior Greek National Basketball Team Papadopoulos won the gold medal at the Eurobasket 2005 and he was voted the best center of the tournament.

With Greece he also won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Papadopulos was also a member of the Greek teams that competed at the Eurobasket 2001 and the Eurobasket 2007. He was also part of Greece's 2004 Olympic Basketball team.

Awards and Accomplishments

Pro career

*4-time Greek League All Star (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
*Won the Euroleague 2001-02 Championship with Panathinaikos
*Won the Greek Championship with Panathinaikos (2003)
*Won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos (2003)
*Won the ULEB Cup Championship with Dynamo Moscow (2006)

Greek National Team

*Won 5 Acropolis Tournaments 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 with Greece
*Won the bronze medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (1998)
*Won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship with Greece
*Voted the Best Center of the 2005 European Championship
*Won the silver medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship with Greece

External links

* [http://www.lazarospapadopoulos.gr Lazaros Papadopulos' official website]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?gamecode=214&pcode=APP Euroleague.net player profile]
* [http://www.nba.com/draft2002/profiles/lazos_papadopoulos.html NBA.com NBA draft player profile]
* [http://www.nbadraft.net/profiles/lazarospapadopoulos.htm NBAdraft.net player profile]
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/stats.php?sid=21261 Euroleague stats]