Charilaos "Charis" Papageorgiou (alternate spellings: Harilaos, Haris) (

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: Χαρίλαος "Χάρης" Παπαγεωργίου; born March 26, 1953, in

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) is a Greek retired professional

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player and current basketball executive. At a height of 1.95m (6 ft. 4 in.), he played at the

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position.

Professional career

After playing with the

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clubs of Anagennisi, from 1965 to 1971, Papageorgiou began his senior club career with the Greek League club

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in 1971. Papageorgiou was the Greek League Top Scorer, in the 1975–76 and 1978–79 seasons. During the 1978–79 Greek League season, he scored 60 points in a single game. Unfortunately, at the age of 26, and at the peak of his career, Papageorgiou suffered a partial rupture of his

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, at the end of the 1978–79 season. As a result, he was sidelined from playing basketball for three years. After that injury, he was never the same player, and he was unable to regain his place as one of the best players in Greece. In 1983, Papageorgiou moved to Faiakes Corfu. He then returned to Aris in 1985, before joining Ilysiakos in 1987.

National team career

Papageorgiou was a member of the senior men's Greek national team. With Greece's senior national team, he had a total of 82

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, and scored a total of 886 points, for a scoring average of 10.8 points per game. With Greece, he played at the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1979 FIBA EuroBasket, and the 1981 FIBA EuroBasket.

Post-playing career

After his playing career, Papageorgiou worked as the

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club.

Awards and accomplishments

Playing career

*2× Greek League Top Scorer: (1976, 1979) *4× Greek League Champion: (1979, 1983, 1986, 1987) *

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Winner: (1987)

References

External links

FIBA ProfileHellenic Basketball Federation Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Papageorgiou, Charis 1953 births Living people Aris B.C. players Greek basketball executives and administrators Greek men's basketball players Ilysiakos B.C. players Small forwards Basketball players from Thessaloniki 20th-century Greek sportsmen