Vassilis Xanthopoulos


Vassilis Xanthopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He is 6 ft 2 in tall and he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos Piraeus junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997. After playing with Peiraikos Syndesmos in the amateur level Greek B League in the 2001–02 season, he began his professional career in 2002, with Near East, in the Greek Basket League. Xanthopoulos transferred from Near East to Panathinaikos in 2004.
In 2005, he loaned to PAOK Thessaloniki. In 2006, he returned to Panathinaikos and with them he won the Triple Crown championship in 2007. His team accomplished this by winning the Greek League championship, Greek Cup, and the EuroLeague all in the same season. With Panathinaikos, Xanthopoulos won 2 Greek League championships and 2 Greek Cups.
In 2007, he transferred to Panionios. In 2009, he moved to Panellinios. In 2012, he returned to Panathinaikos. He moved to the Spanish League club Obradoiro in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014.
In 2015, he moved to Aris Thessaloniki.
On 5 July 2017, Xanthopoulos moved to AEK Athens of the Greek League, where he signed a one-year contract with a prospect of renewal for another year. With AEK, he won the Greek Cup title, in 2018 and also the Champions League title the same year. On July 1, 2019, Xanthopoulos and AEK officially parted ways. Three days later, Xanthopoulos joined Peristeri.

National team career

Xanthopoulos was also a member of the Greek junior national teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the bronze medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the silver medal at the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup. He also played at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
He has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team. With Greece's senior national team, he played at EuroBasket 2011.

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

FIBA Champions League

†Denotes seasons in which Vasilis Xanthopoulos won the FIBA Champions League