Stavros Toutziarakis (; born November 5, 1987) is a Greek professional

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player for Ermis Schimatari of the Greek A2 Elite League. He is 2.10 m (6'10 ") tall, and he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Toutziarakis started his

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level career with Aristotelis Florinas, where he stayed from 1999 to 2002. He then played with Mantoulidis until 2006, when he signed his first

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level contract with Makedonikos. In 2007, he signed with the EuroCup side

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, where he stayed for two seasons. In 2009, Totziarakis moved to

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where he played for one season, being a choice of AEK's head coach at the time, Kostas Flevarakis. In the following two seasons, Toutziarakis played with Ikaros Kallitheas-Esperos and

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. After that, joined the

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in 2012. In 2014, he signed with MAFC of the

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. On May 30, 2015, he returned to Greece, and joined Kymi of the Greek 2nd Division. He was voted the Greek 2nd Division's

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in 2016. In his comeback to the

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with Kymis, Toutziarakis had a good season, and in 24 games played, he averaged 10.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. After two years with Kymi, in April 2017, he moved to Al Sadd Doha of the Qatari Basketball League, until the end of the season, being coached there by Manos Manouselis. On June 21, 2017, Toutziarakis joined Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League. With Promitheas, he finished in the 3rd place in the regular season of the Greek Basket League. After one year with Promitheas, Toutziarakis returned to Kymi on June 19, 2018. With Kymi, he eventually became the

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. On August 15, 2019, Toutziarakis signed with Kolossos Rodou. On October 25, 2020, Toutziarakis signed with

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. On June 15, 2024, he joined Ermis Schimatari of the Greek A2 Elite League.

National team career

Toutziarakis was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the

2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won t ...

, and the

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name

. With Greece's under-26 national team, he won the silver medal at the

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Professional career

National team career

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