Nikos Boudouris
Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spellings: Bountouris, Mpoudouris, Mpountouris) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης) (born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player.
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| Born | September 25, 1971 Volos, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1993 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1989–2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1998 | PAOK | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Panathinaikos | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Olympiacos | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Makedonikos | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Olympias Patras | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||||||||
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Early career
Boudouris started his basketball career with the youth team of Olympiacos Volou. In 1989, he moved to PAOK Thessaloníki, at the age of 18.
Professional career
While playing with PAOK, Boudouris won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991, the Korać Cup in 1994, the Greek League championship in 1992, and the Greek Cup title in 1995. Boudouris was also a 2 time European Cup finalist, in the years 1992 and 1996, while with PAOK. In 1998, he moved to Panathinaikos, and won the EuroLeague championship with them, in the year 2000. He also won 2 Greek League championships with Panathinaikos (1999 and 2000).
In 2000, he moved to Olympiacos, and with them he won the Greek Cup in 2002. In 2003, he played with Makedonikos, and in 2004, he moved on to Maroussi. While playing with Maroussi, he helped to lead the team to the second-place position in the Greek League's regular season in 2005, and he was also a Greek Cup finalist with Maroussi in 2006. In 2008, he announced his retirement from playing professional club basketball.[1]
National team career
As a member of the senior men's Greek national team, Boudouris was on the Greek team that finished in the fourth-place position at both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He also played with Greece at the 1997 EuroBasket, where they finished in 4th place, and at the 1999 EuroBasket.[2]
Post-playing career
Before the 2008–09 season, Boudouris was hired as the technical manager of PAOK Thessaloniki.