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Vassilis Spanoulis

1982 - Today

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Vassilis Spanoulis (also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis or Billy Spanoulis, Greek: Βασίλης Σπανούλης; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the pro club Peristeri Athens, of the Greek Basket League and FIBA BCL, as well as the head coach of the senior men's Greek national team. During his professional club playing career, Spanoulis was a FIBA World Club Championship champion, a Triple Crown winner, a 3 time EuroLeague champion and 5 time EuroLeague finalist, a FIBA Europe League finalist, a 7 time Greek Basket League champion and 13 time Greek Basket League finalist, and a 4 time Greek Cup winner and 9 time Greek Cup finalist. In October 2023, Spanoulis was voted the EuroLeague's "GOAT" ("Greatest of All Time") player, in a BasketNews.com poll of EuroLeague players. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vassilis Spanoulis has received more than 977,988 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Vassilis Spanoulis is the 289th most popular basketball player (up from 310th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Greece (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Vassilis Spanoulis ranks 289 out of 1,268Before him are Chauncey Billups, Bob Kurland, Sergio Rodríguez, Duane Swanson, Jack Ragland, and Harry Gallatin. After him are Adrian Dantley, Bob Love, Frank Brian, Mirsad Türkcan, Chet Walker, and Paul George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Vassilis Spanoulis ranks 220Before him are Shin Koyamada, Riz Ahmed, Clément Turpin, Meghan Ory, Kim Ah-joong, and Gabrielius Landsbergis. After him are Yoshito Ōkubo, Constance Wu, Thora Birch, Colin Donnell, St. Vincent, and Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vassilis Spanoulis ranks 795 out of 936Before him are Vasilis Torosidis (1985), Dimitris Salpingidis (1981), Anthimos Kapsis (1950), Dimitris Saravakos (1961), Giourkas Seitaridis (1981), and Theodoros Papaloukas (1977). After him are Nikos Liberopoulos (1975), Vassilios Tsiartas (1972), Maria Damanaki (1952), Dimitris Diamantidis (1980), Orestis Karnezis (1985), and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos (1874).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Greece

Among basketball players born in Greece, Vassilis Spanoulis ranks 4Before him are Panagiotis Giannakis (1959), Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994), and Theodoros Papaloukas (1977). After him are Dimitris Diamantidis (1980), Panagiotis Fasoulas (1963), Nikos Zisis (1983), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (1992), Ioannis Bourousis (1983), Antonis Fotsis (1981), Georgios Printezis (1985), and Kostas Sloukas (1990).