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 Spanoulis helped Panathinaikos win the Greek basketball double, as the club won both the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek Championship]] and the [[Greek basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] in 2008. In the Greek Cup final against Panathinaikos' arch-rival [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiacos]], Spanoulis led his team to the championship cup victory by scoring 20 points and dishing out 7 assists.
-====Olympiacos Piraeus====
+====Olympiakos Piraeus====
-In July 2010, Spanoulis signed a three-year contract with [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos Piraeus]], with a gross income of €13,200,000<ref>[http://www.ethnos.gr/ethnosport/article.asp?catid=8377&subid=2&pubid=31752656 Ethnos.gr Υψηλές αποδοχές .]</ref> (2,400,000 net income).<ref name="redplanet"/>
+In July 2010, Spanoulis signed a three-year contract with [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]], with a gross income of €13,200,000<ref>[http://www.ethnos.gr/ethnosport/article.asp?catid=8377&subid=2&pubid=31752656 Ethnos.gr Υψηλές αποδοχές .]</ref> (2,400,000 net income).<ref name="redplanet"/>. After more than a decade at the club Spanoulis announced his retirement on [[June 26]], 2021.
 == Greek national team ==

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-'''Vasilis Spanoulis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Βασίλης Σπανούλης) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] professional [[basketball]] player.
+'''Vasilis Spanoulis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Βασίλης Σπανούλης) is a retired [[Greeks|Greek]] professional [[basketball]] player.
 Spanoulis was born in [[Larisa]], [[Thessaly]] on [[August 7]], [[1982]].
 == Pro career ==
 ====Gymnastikos S. Larisa====

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-|[[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament]]
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-|[[2006 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup|2006 Stanković Continental Cup]]
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+|2006 FIBA World Championship
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 ===FIBA World Championship===
-Spanoulis was a member of the Greek team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/team/p/cp//eventid//langid//playernumber//roundid/3507/teamnumber/291/zone//fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece roster.]</ref>  and he helped to lead the Greek team to the silver medal as they finished in second place in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp FIBA.com 2006 World Championship final standings list.]</ref> In the final four semi-final game against Team USA he was the game's second leading scorer with 22 points and along with his teammate [[Theo Papaloukas]] led Greece to victory over the [[USA]] by a score of 101-95.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid/3507/gamename/A/groupname/75/langlc/en/roundid/5152/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece - USA box score.]</ref>
+Spanoulis was a member of the Greek team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/team/p/cp//eventid//langid//playernumber//roundid/3507/teamnumber/291/zone//fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece roster.]</ref>  and he helped to lead the Greek team to the silver medal as they finished in second place in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp FIBA.com 2006 World Championship final standings list.]</ref> In the final four semi-final game against Team USA he was the game's second leading scorer with 22 points and along with his teammate [[Theo Papaloukas]] led Greece to victory over the USA by a score of 101-95.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid/3507/gamename/A/groupname/75/langlc/en/roundid/5152/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece - USA box score.]</ref>
 Spanoulis led the Greek national team in scoring during the world championship with an average of 11.7 points per game and he also led the Greek team in free throw shooting percentage at 87.8%.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/play/p/eventid/3971/langlc/en/openNodeIDs/699/playernumber/35533/roundid/3507/season/0/selNodeID/699/teamnumber/291/fe_teamPlay_playStat.html Vasileios SPANOULIS - PLAYER STATS.]</ref>

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 * He is the first and only Greek born player to play for the Houston Rockets and only the 4th Greek born player to play in the NBA.<ref>[http://www.basketball-reference.com/bio/born_GR_iso.html Players Born in Greece - Basketball-Reference.com.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 * His basketball idol and favorite player as a kid was Michael Jordan.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/berlin-2009/main-page/i/48829/2772/item Euroleague.net Spanoulis interview.]</ref>
-* He is best friends with [[Nikos Zisis]], and good friends with Roderick Blakney, [[Jake Tsakalidis]], Shane Battier, John Lucas III, Tracy McGrady,<ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5204852.html ROCKETS NOTES: Spanoulis just a memory | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and [[Steve Novak]].<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/blog/index.aspx?id=308&month=2&year=2007 JS Online:Todd Rosiak: Marquette Basketball.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
+* He is best friends with [[Nikos Zisis]], and good friends with Roderick Blakney, [[Jake Tsakalidis]], Shane Battier, John Lucas III, Tracy McGrady,<ref>[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5204852.html ROCKETS NOTES: Spanoulis just a memory | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Steve Novak.<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/blog/index.aspx?id=308&month=2&year=2007 JS Online:Todd Rosiak: Marquette Basketball.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 *He is married to [[Miss Star Hellas|Miss Star Hellas 2006]], [[Olympia Chopsonidou]].<ref>[http://www.talkbasket.net/news/spanoulis-interview-2459.html Talkbasket.net Spanoulis interview.]</ref>

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 During the 2002-03 season Spanoulis led Maroussi to the Final Four of the European Champions League Cup (now known as the FIBA Europe EuroCup). Spanoulis averaged 10.8 points per game and 6.4 assists per game off the bench for Maroussi. He also shot 40% from three-point range. He was named both the league 6th man of the year and rookie of the year.
-In the 2003-04 season Vassilis led Maroussi to the championship final of the Greek League [[A1 Ethniki]] playoffs and also to the FIBA Europe EuroCup League title championship game.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/14979/180/item Panathinaikos brings back Spanoulis - On-Court - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  He was named [[A1 Ethniki]] Most Improved Player of the Year. Spanoulis was drafted in the 2nd round of the [[2004]] NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks following this sudden emergence.  He also made the [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national basketball team]] at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]].
+In the 2003-04 season Vassilis led Maroussi to the championship final of the Greek League [[A1 Ethniki]] playoffs and also to the FIBA Europe EuroCup League title championship game.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/14979/180/item Panathinaikos brings back Spanoulis - On-Court - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  He was named [[A1 Ethniki]] Most Improved Player of the Year. Spanoulis was drafted in the 2nd round of the [[2004]] NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks following this sudden emergence.  He also made the [[National Basketball Team|Greek national basketball team]] at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]].
 In the 2004-05 season, his last with Maroussi Athens, Spanoulis averaged 15.9 points per game and shot 37.8% from 3 point range in 35 games of the A1 Ethniki competition.  He then averaged 15.2 points per game and shot 40.0% from 3 point range in 12 games of play in the ULEB Cup.  For the year in total Spanoulis averaged 15.7 points per game and shot 38.3% from 3 point range in 47 games for Maroussi.  He played in the 2005 Greek All-Star game and was named All-Greek League. This was a breakthrough year for Vassilis as he had averaged 11.1 points per game the previous year.  He was considered to be one of the most improved players in Europe for the year.  He led Maroussi to the 2nd place of the [[A1 Ethniki|Greek championship]] for the regular season. At the end of the year, Spanoulis was voted European 6th Man of the Year and Rookie of the Year for the ULEB Cup.<ref>[http://www.eurobasket2007.org/en/cid_BqypGFJPHy-Nw4lwIAq,v3.playerID_35533.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2007.roundID_5169.teamID_291.html Eurobasket2007.org player profile info.]</ref>
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 ===Back to Panathinaikos===
-On [[August 19]], [[2007]], Spanoulis was released by the San Antonio Spurs after deciding he wanted to play in Greece during the 2007-08 season.  This was due to the fact that his mother was in poor health and Spanoulis wanted to be near her.<ref name=insports>[http://www.insports.gr/index.php?s=2&c=1&p=113&cat=7&arthro=11742&nav=%CE%9C%CE%A0%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%9A%CE%95%CE%A4:%20V-Span...%CE%B7%20%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%AE ΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ: V-Span...η επιστροφή.] </ref>  Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract with [[Panathinaikos BC]]<ref>[http://www.interbasket.net/news/52/2007/08/30/spanoulis-returns-to-panathinaikos/ Spanoulis returns to Panathinaikos.]</ref> then defending European champions.  He was signed to play point guard and shooting guard allow with fellow [[Greece national basketball team]] star [[Dimitris Diamantidis]]. Former NBA player [[Šarūnas Jasikevičius]] would later join them in the team's guard rotation.
+On [[August 19]], [[2007]], Spanoulis was released by the San Antonio Spurs after deciding he wanted to play in Greece during the 2007-08 season.  This was due to the fact that his mother was in poor health and Spanoulis wanted to be near her.<ref name=insports>[http://www.insports.gr/index.php?s=2&c=1&p=113&cat=7&arthro=11742&nav=%CE%9C%CE%A0%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%9A%CE%95%CE%A4:%20V-Span...%CE%B7%20%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%AE ΜΠΑΣΚΕΤ: V-Span...η επιστροφή.] </ref>  Spanoulis signed a 3-year contract with [[Panathinaikos BC]]<ref>[http://www.interbasket.net/news/52/2007/08/30/spanoulis-returns-to-panathinaikos/ Spanoulis returns to Panathinaikos.]</ref> then defending European champions.  He was signed to play point guard and shooting guard allow with fellow Greek [[National Basketball Team]] star [[Dimitris Diamantidis]]. Former NBA player [[Šarūnas Jasikevičius]] would later join them in the team's guard rotation.
 The contract Spanoulis signed was for 3-years, at €5,500,000 euros net income salary<ref>[http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9441122?source=rss Spanoulis Panathinaikos sign a lucrative contract.]</ref> plus a $1,166,400 contract buyout from his NBA San Antonio Spurs contract (Panathinaikos paid the buyout, so it did not count against the Spurs' salary cap). Spanoulis' agent set up the contract so that Spanoulis could opt out of it after one year.  Spanoulis originally stated that after the first year of his contract he might opt out of it and return to San Antonio to play in the NBA again, provided the Spurs wanted him.<ref name=insports/>
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 Spanoulis was a key member of the Greek national junior team at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in the year [[2000]]. Greece finished in third place in the tournament, winning the bronze medal.<ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ecu18/00/ecu18.asp Eurobasket.com 2000 Under-18 European Championship.]</ref> Spanoulis was on the Greek national junior team that finished in first place and thus won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in the year 2002. During the European Under-20 championship final game, Spanoulis sank two clutch free throws with just 13 seconds remaining on the game clock to clinch a win over the Spanish national junior team and win the gold.<ref name=nbabio/><ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ecu20/02/ecu20.asp Eurobasket.com 2002 Under-20 European Championship.]</ref>
-Spanoulis made his debut with Greece's senior national team, the [[Greece national basketball team|Greek national basketball team]] at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He was a key member of the team for Greece during the tournament. Greece finished in second place in the tournament, winning the silver medal. He was a part of Greece's team that won the [[2006 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup]]. Greece beat both Australia and Germany, whose team included NBA star Dirk Nowitzki, to win the tournament. Spanoulis led Greece in scoring during the tournament.
+Spanoulis made his debut with Greece's senior national team, the [[National Basketball Team|Greek national basketball team]] at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He was a key member of the team for Greece during the tournament. Greece finished in second place in the tournament, winning the silver medal. He was a part of Greece's team that won the [[2006 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup]]. Greece beat both Australia and Germany, whose team included NBA star Dirk Nowitzki, to win the tournament. Spanoulis led Greece in scoring during the tournament.
 Spanoulis was named the MVP of both the 2007 and 2009 Acropolis Tournaments in [[Athens]] and he also won the same tournament 6 times with the Greek national team in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.<ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/GRE/GRE.asp?NewsNo=14 EUROBASKET - Greek Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings, Pro Basketball.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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 ===FIBA World Championship===
-Spanoulis was a member of the Greek team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/team/p/cp//eventid//langid//playernumber//roundid/3507/teamnumber/291/zone//fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece roster.]</ref>  and he helped to lead the Greek team to the silver medal as they finished in second place in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp FIBA.com 2006 World Championship final standings list.]</ref> In the final four semi-final game against [[United States national basketball team|Team USA]] he was the game's second leading scorer with 22 points and along with his teammate [[Theo Papaloukas]] led Greece to victory over the [[USA]] by a score of 101-95.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid/3507/gamename/A/groupname/75/langlc/en/roundid/5152/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece - USA box score.]</ref>
+Spanoulis was a member of the Greek team that competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/team/p/cp//eventid//langid//playernumber//roundid/3507/teamnumber/291/zone//fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece roster.]</ref>  and he helped to lead the Greek team to the silver medal as they finished in second place in the tournament.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/index.asp FIBA.com 2006 World Championship final standings list.]</ref> In the final four semi-final game against Team USA he was the game's second leading scorer with 22 points and along with his teammate [[Theo Papaloukas]] led Greece to victory over the [[USA]] by a score of 101-95.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/scheResu/p/eventid/3507/gamename/A/groupname/75/langlc/en/roundid/5152/fe_scheStat_boxScor.html FIBA.com 2006 World Championship Greece - USA box score.]</ref>
 Spanoulis led the Greek national team in scoring during the world championship with an average of 11.7 points per game and he also led the Greek team in free throw shooting percentage at 87.8%.<ref>[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/play/p/eventid/3971/langlc/en/openNodeIDs/699/playernumber/35533/roundid/3507/season/0/selNodeID/699/teamnumber/291/fe_teamPlay_playStat.html Vasileios SPANOULIS - PLAYER STATS.]</ref>

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-'''Vasilis Spanoulis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Βασίλης Σπανούλης) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] professional [[basketball player]].
+'''Vasilis Spanoulis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Βασίλης Σπανούλης) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] professional [[basketball]] player.
 Spanoulis was born in [[Larisa]], [[Thessaly]] on [[August 7]], [[1982]].
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 {{Credit wikipedia}}[[Category:1982 births]]
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+[[Category:Basketball Players|Spanoulis, Vasilis]]