Konstantinos "Dinos" Mitoglou (

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: Κωνσταντίνος "Ντίνος" Μήτογλου; born June 11, 1996) is a Greek professional

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player for Panathinaikos of the

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(GBL) and the

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. He played

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Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

. He is a tall

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, who can occasionally play as a center.

Early career

After playing with the youth teams of the Greek clubs Asteria Academy and Aris, Mitoglou played for the first time in Greece's top-tier level, the

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, with the senior men's team of

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, during the 2013–14 season. He made his debut in the Greek Basket League, on 30 November 2013, in a game against

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. With Aris, he played in a total of 3 games, during the Greek Basket League 2013–14 season. Despite playing in Greece's top-tier level

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basketball league, Mitoglou was able to retain his

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status, thus making him eligible to play

College career

Mitoglou played 3 years of

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at Wake Forest from 2014 to 2017. In 3 years at Wake Forest, he appeared in 96 games, of which 75 were starts, and averaged 9.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Aris Thessaloniki (2013–2014)

Mitoglou played with the

club

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, during the 2013–14 season.

Wake Forest (2014–2017)

He then moved to

, but Aris retained his club rights, through the year 2017. Mitoglou spent the next 3 seasons playing D1

. He left Wake Forest after his junior season, to turn

Panathinaikos (2017–2021)

After leaving Wake Forest, Mitoglou signed a 4-year contract with the Greek club Panathinaikos. The contract was worth $2 million in

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Olimpia Milano (2021–2022)

On June 25, 2021, Mitoglou signed a two-year deal with Italian powerhouse

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worth 1.8 million Euros. From March 2022 until July 2023, Mitoglou was involved in a major doping scandal involving unlicensed pharmaceuticals. On March 9, 2023, Dinos Mitoglou officially received a 32-month suspension from

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. On July 5, 2023, the

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convened in Switzerland and reduced his sentence to 16 months, i.e. Mitoglou would be available to participate in

sporting events from July 28, 2023, and henceforth.

Panathinaikos (2023–present)

On July 6, 2023, Mitoglou made his return to Panathinaikos, penning a three-year contract.

National team career

Greek junior national team

Mitoglou played with the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the

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, the

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, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

Greek senior national team

Mitoglou became a member of the senior Greek national basketball team in 2017. He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification,Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.
/ref> and at the 2020 Victoria FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4", Panathinaikos , 4 , , 0 , , 3.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , .8 , , .5 , , .3 , , , , .8 , , .5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 27 , , 10 , , 13.8 , , .510 , , .200 , , .550 , , 3.0 , , .3 , , .3 , , .1 , , 4.2 , , 4.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="background:#CFECEC;", 28* , , 5 , , 13.9 , , .508 , , .296 , , .761 , , 3.7 , , .5 , , .9 , , .3 , , 5.8 , , 7.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 , 34 , , 23 , , 20.3 , , .504 , , .295 , , .713 , , 5.4 , , .9 , , .7 , , .3 , , 9.3 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 13 , , 1 , , 17.5 , , .471 , , .296 , , .818 , , 4.2 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .4 , , 7.6 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2023–24† , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 38 , , 35 , , 28.2 , , .483 , , .345 , , .745 , , 6.2 , , .9 , , .8 , , .4 , , 11.3 , , 13.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 144 , , 74 , , 19.4 , , .492 , , .306 , , .720 , , 4.6 , , .7 , , .7 , , .3 , , 7.8 , , 9.2

Domestic leagues

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;" ! Year ! Team ! League ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 3 , , 3.1 , , .250 , , , , 1.000 , , 1.0 , , , , .3 , , , , 1.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 32 , , 12.8 , , .569 , , .464 , , .607 , , 3.8 , , .5 , , .3 , , .3 , , 5.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 27 , , 14.3 , , .535 , , .353 , , .593 , , 4.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , .4 , , 6.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 20 , , 19.9 , , .541 , , .441 , , .753 , , 7.4 , , .9 , , .9 , , 1.0 , , 11.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2020–21 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 29 , , 20.0 , , .568 , , .440 , , .788 , , 6.4 , , 1.2 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:center;", LBA , , 11 , , 20.5 , , .575 , , .353 , , .792 , , 6.3 , , 1.2 , , .8 , , .3 , , 11.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 32 , , 22.1 , , .502 , , .354 , , .775 , , 6.1 , , 1.1 , , .8 , , .5 , , 10.2

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 32 , , 13 , , 22.3 , , .442 , , .385 , , .718 , , 4.6 , , .4 , , .5 , , .6 , , 9.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 31 , , 30 , , 23.8 , , .427 , , .318 , , .767 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , .8 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 33 , , 32 , , 24.6 , , .421 , , .333 , , .792 , , 6.1 , , .9 , , .6 , , .7 , , 8.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 96 , , 75 , , 23.6 , , .430 , , .347 , , .763 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , .7 , , 9.3

Personal life

Mitoglou's father, Dimitrios Mitoglou, was a professional

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player, that played with

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and Doxa Drama. His brother, Gerasimos Mitoglou is also a professional football player.

References

External links

Twitter

EuroLeague profileEurobasket.com profileGreek Basket League profile

Hellenic Federation Profile

Greek Basket League profile

Draftexpress.com profile
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