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Evangelos "Vangelis" Angelou (alternate spelling: Vaggelis Aggelou) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Αγγέλου; born November 11, 1962 in Chalkida, Greece), is a Greek retired professional basketball player and current professional basketball coach. At 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) in height, Angelou played at the point guard position.

Vangelis Angelou
Βαγγέλης Αγγέλου

Angelou, coaching Efes, in 2014.
ASK Karditsas
Position	Head coach
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	(1962-11-11) November 11, 1962 (age 59) Chalkida, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Career information
Playing career	1984–1996
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1996–present
Career history
As player:
1984–1988	Apollon Patras
1988–1992	Olympiacos
1992–1995	Panionios
1995–1996	Iraklis
As coach:
1996–2002	AGE Chalkida
2002–2003	Aris (assistant)
2003–2005	Maroussi (assistant)
2005–2007	Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
2007–2008	AEK Athens
2008–2009	Trikala 2000
2010–2012	Olympiacos (assistant)
2012–2013	Aris
2013–2014	Efes
2014–2016	Efes (assistant)
2016–2017	Promitheas Patras
2018	Aris Thessaloniki
2019–2020	Larisa
2020–2021	Ionikos Nikaias
2021	AEK Athens
2021–2022	Zamalek
2022–present	ASK Karditsa

Professional playing career

Angelou began playing basketball with the youth teams of AGE Chalkida. In his pro playing career, Angelou played with Apollon Patras, Olympiacos, Panionios, and Iraklis. He scored 1,782 points in 254 games played in the Greek League. He also played in the FIBA Korać Cup with Olympiacos and Panionios,[1] and in the FIBA EuroLeague with Iraklis.[2]

Coaching career

Angelou began his coaching career with AGE Chalkida from 1996–2002, where he led the club from the lower categories of Greek basketball up to the Greek 2nd Division. He then worked as an assistant coach under Milan Minić at Aris in the 2002–03 season. He then moved to Maroussi, where he was an assistant coach under Panagiotis Giannakis, from 2003–2005. After that, he moved to Dynamo Moscow, where he was Dušan Ivković's assistant from 2005–2007.

He was named the head coach of AEK Athens on November 7, 2007, and remained the team's head coach for the 2007–08 season. He was then the head coach of Trikala 2000 in the 2008–09 season.[3] After coaching Trikala, he once again worked as Ivković's assistant, this time at Olympiacos, from 2010–2012. He then became the head coach of Aris in 2012.

He then became the head coach of Efes in December 2013,[4] and then worked as an assistant with Efes. He became the head coach of the Greek club Promitheas Patras in December 2016.[5] He became Aris' head coach again, in 2018.

Personal life

Angelou's son, Georgios, is a professional basketball player, and played under Angelou, while he was the head coach of Aris.

Awards and accomplishments

Assistant coach

• EuroCup Champion: (2006)
• Greek Cup Winner: (2011)
• EuroLeague Champion: (2012)
• Greek League Champion: (2012)

References

External links

• FIBA EuroLeague Player Profile
• EuroLeague Coach Profile
• FCM Profile
• Aris Coach Profile
• Olympiacos Coach Profile

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