Eleftherios "Lefteris" Mantzoukas (alternate spelling: Madzoukas) (; born July 8, 2003) is a Greek professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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(GBL), on loan from Panathinaikos.

Professional career

On 14 February 2018, at the age of 14, Mantzoukas began his pro career with Promitheas Patras, in the

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, during the 2017–18 season. He made his Greek League debut in a game versus

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

, in which he scored 2 points, in 1 minute of playing time. Mantzoukas thus became the second youngest player to ever debut in the top-tier level Greek League, since it became fully

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in 1992. Georgios Papagiannis is the only other player to have previously debuted in the same competition, at a younger age. Three months later, on 24 May 2017, while still at the age of 13, Mantzoukas became the youngest player to ever start a game in the top-tier level Greek League, since it became fully professional in 1992. He accomplished that when he started a Greek League game against

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, in which he scored 12 points, in 31 minutes of playing time. During the 2017–18 Greek League season, he averaged 2.9 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game, in 7 games played. On 10 October 2018, at the age of 15, Mantzoukas debuted in one of the two European-wide secondary level competitions, the

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, during the 2018–19 season. He made his FIBA Champions League debut in a game versus the

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club Oostende, in which he went scoreless, in 1 minute of playing time. During the 2018–19 FIBA Champions League season, he averaged 3.5 points and 0.5 rebounds per game, in 2 games played. He also averaged 1.5 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game, in 4 games played, during the 2018–19 Greek League season. On 2 October 2019, at the age of 16, Mantzoukas debuted in the other European-wide secondary level competition, the EuroCup, during the 2019–20 season. He made his EuroCup debut in a game versus the Israeli Super League club Maccabi Rishon LeZion, in which he scored 2 points. On 18 December 2020, Promitheas announced that Mantzoukas would be moving to

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mainstays Panathinaikos on a five-year contract. During the 2022–2023 campaign, in 29 domestic league matches, Mantzoukas averaged 5.5 points and 2.4 rebounds (shooting with 41% from the 3-point line) in 18 minutes per contest. On June 28, 2024, Mantzoukas was loaned to

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for the 2024–2025 campaign. On October 14 of the same year, his loan agreement was terminated by request of his

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head coach Ioannis Kastritis. On October 17, Mantzoukas was loaned to

by Panathinaikos.

National team career

Mantzoukas has been a member of the junior national teams of Greece. He played at the

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, where he averaged 9.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. He also played at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 European Championship, where he averaged 15.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.Lefteris MANTZOUKAS 2019 FIBA U-16 European Championship.
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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3", Panathinaikos , 18 , , 1 , , 9.3 , , .481 , , .368 , , .333 , , 1.0 , , .2 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.9 , , 0.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 21 , , 0 , , 12.6 , , .480 , , .419 , , .800 , , 1.7 , , .4 , , .1 , , .1 , , 3.1 , , 1.6 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2023–24† , 14 , , 0 , , 7.3 , , .563 , , .667 , , .333 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , .1 , , , , 1.9 , , 1.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 53 , , 1 , , 10.1 , , .495 , , .452 , , .545 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .1 , , .1 , , 2.4 , , 1.2

EuroCup

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", Promitheas Patras , 6 , , 1 , , 10.7 , , .412 , , .200 , , .333 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , .5 , , , , 2.8 , , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

, 7 , , 1 , , 15.3 , , .633 , , .600 , , , , 2.0 , , .6 , , .3 , , .1 , , 6.7 , , 7.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 13 , , 2 , , 13.2 , , .553 , , .440 , , .333 , , 1.6 , , .5 , , .4 , , .1 , , 4.9 , , 4.7

Basketball Champions League

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , 2 , , 1 , , 14.4 , , .600 , , .500 , , , , .5 , , , , , , , , 3.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 2 , , 1 , , 14.4 , , .600 , , .500 , , , , .5 , , , , , , , , 3.5

Domestic leagues

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;" ! Year ! Team ! League ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 7 , , 11.6 , , .500 , , .444 , , 1.000 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , .1 , , , , 2.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 4 , , 10.8 , , .200 , , .333 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .7 , , , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 14 , , 12.4 , , .436 , , .353 , , .667 , , 1.5 , , .4 , , .2 , , , , 3.1 , - , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2",

, , style="text-align:left;", Promitheas Patras , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 2 , , 9.7 , , .250 , , .250 , , , , 1.5 , , .5 , , .5 , , , , 1.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 3 , , 8.9 , , .250 , , .167 , , , , .7 , , 1.7 , , .3 , , .3 , , 1.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 22 , , 8.8 , , .460 , , .276 , , .571 , , 1.3 , , .7 , , .1 , , .0 , , 2.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 29 , , 17.8 , , .487 , , .410 , , .647 , , 2.4 , , .6 , , .5 , , .1 , , 5.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2023–24 , , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , , style="text-align:center;", GBL , , 20 , , 11.5 , , .453 , , .414 , , .625 , , 1.9 , , .5 , , .3 , , .1 , , 3.7

References

External links

EuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

Greek Basket League Profile
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