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Apollon Tsochlas
Απόλλων Τσόχλας
Neaniki Estia Megaridas
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	Greek A2 Basket League
Personal information
Born	(1983-08-20) August 20, 1983 (age 41) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2008	Doukas
2008–2009	Kefallonia
2009–2013	Rethymno
2013–2020	PAOK
2020–2021	Olympiacos B
2021–2022	Tritonas
2022–2023	Psychiko
2023–present	Neaniki Estia Megaridas

Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Neaniki Estia Megaridas of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.^[1]

Early career

Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas. He then played with Kefallonia, in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005.

Professional career

Tsochlas made his pro debut in the Greek 2nd Division, with Doukas, in 2005. With Doukas, he played in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, and in the Greek 3rd Division, in the 2007–08 season. He then joined Kefallonias, to play in the Greek 4th Division, for the 2008–09 season.

Tsochlas then played with the Greek club Rethymno, from 2009 to 2013. With Rethymno, he played in the Greek 2nd Division, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, before playing in the Greek top-tier level 1st Division, for the first time in his career, in the 2011–12 season. He joined the Greek club PAOK, in 2013.^[2]

With PAOK, Tsochlas played in one of the two European-wide 2nd-tier level club competitions, the EuroCup, for the first time, in the 2013–14 season. He also played in the other European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the FIBA Champions League, for the first time with PAOK, during the 2016–17 season. In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years.^[3] On September 6, 2019, Tsochlas again re-signed with PAOK, and he then played his seventh season with the club.

Tsochlas joined the development team of Olympiacos in 2020.

References

^ Apollon Tsochlas CV :
^ "Eurocupbasketball.com PAOK THESSALONIKI inks Tsochlas". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
^ Apollon Tsochlas renews with PAOK.

External links

EuroCup Profile
FIBA Champions League Profile
ProBallers.com Profile
Eurobasket.com Profile
Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
Draftexpress.com Profile

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