Ioannis Chatzinikolas (alternate spelling: Giannis) (born 7 October 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He can play at both the

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and small forward positions.

Professional career

After playing youth basketball with the junior teams of Nea Kifissia, Chatzinikolas began his professional career in 2011, with the

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club Nea Kifissia's senior men's team. In 2014, he was loaned to Pagrati. He left Nea Kifissia, when the club was relegated down from the first-tier level Greek Basket League, to the third-tier level Greek B League, due to financial problems. On August 3, 2016, he joined Koroivos Amaliadas. On September 10, 2019, Chatzinikolas returned to the first division, signing with

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

. On July 27, 2020, he transferred to the newly

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team of Charilaos Trikoupis. Chatzinikolas spent the next two seasons abroad with the Austrian club Oberwart Gunners and the German club Panthers Schwenningen, before returning to Greece in early 2023 for Kolossos Rodou. In 7 games with Kolossos, he averaged 1.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists, playing around 11 minutes per contest. On July 13, 2023, he renewed his contract with Kolossos.

National team career

With the junior national teams of Greece, Chatzinikolas played at the

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, and the

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.Ioannis CHATZINIKOLAS (GRE).
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References

External links

at fiba.com (archive)

at fibaeurope.com
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at eurobasket.com
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at esake.gr {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatzinikolas, Ioannis 1995 births Living people Aries Trikala B.C. players Charilaos Trikoupis B.C. players Greek Basket League players Greek expatriate basketball people in Germany Koroivos B.C. players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players Nea Kifissia B.C. players Pagrati B.C. players P.A.O.K. BC players Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Athens