Paraskevas "Paraschos" Tsantalis (alternate spellings: Chandalis, Chantalis) () is a Greek former professional
basketball
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player and
coach
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. He played with
Panellinios
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and
Olympiacos
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in the
Greek Basket League
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, and also represented the
Greek national team at the senior level. He played at the
small forward
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position.
Professional career
Tsantalis played
club basketball in the
Greek Basketball League
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with
Panellinios Athens, from 1963 to 1975. He was the Greek Basketball League's
top scorer in the 1970–71 season. On 28 March 1971,
he scored 73 points in a single Greek League game, between Panellinios and
Panionios Athens. That is the second most points ever scored in a single game of the
top-tier level Greek League. In 1976, while playing with
Olympiacos Piraeus, Tsantalis won both the Greek League championship and the
Greek Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...
title.
National team career
Tsantalis played in five
games
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with the senior
Greek national basketball team
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.
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Coaching career
After he retired from playing club basketball, Tsantalis became a basketball coach
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.
See also
* Players with the most points scored in a single game in the Amateur Greek Basketball Championship (1963–1992)
References
External links
Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Greek basketball coaches
Greek Basket League players
Greek men's basketball players
Olympiacos B.C. players
Panellinios B.C. players
Small forwards