Vasilis Xanthopoulos was born on the 29th of April 1984 and currently plays for Aris Thessaloniki in the Greek League. He is 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall and he plays at the point guard position. Xanthopoulos grew up playing for the Olympiacos Piraeus junior teams, starting to play with them in 1997. He began his professional career in 2002, with Near East, in the Greek Basket League. Xanthopoulos transferred from Near East to Panathinaikos in 2004. In 2005, he was loaned to PAOK Thessaloniki. In 2006, he returned to Panathinaikos where he won the Triple Crown championship in 2007. His team accomplished this by winning the Greek League championship, Greek Cup, and the Euroleague all in the same season. With Panathinaikos, Xanthopoulos won 2 Greek League championships and 2 Greek Cups. In 2007, he moved to Panionios. In 2009, he got transfered to Panellinios. In 2012, he returned to Panathinaikos. He moved to the Spanish League club Obradoiro in 2013. He returned to Panionios in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Aris Thessaloniki, where he is still playing. Xanthopoulos was also a member of the Greek junior national teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the bronze medal at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the silver medal at the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship. He also played at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Vasilis has also been a member of the senior men’s Greek national basketball team. With Greece’s senior national team, he played at FIBA EuroBasket 2011, where Greece got the 6th place<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"