Giorgos Karagoutis
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Giorgos Karagoutis (born February 15, 1976 in Greece), is a Greek
Greece
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 professional basketball
Basketball
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 player.

Career

Karagoutis started his career with Panionios BC at the age of 16. He was a Greek Cup
Greek basketball Cup
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 finalist in 1995 and in 1998 he was a Korać Cup
Korac Cup
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 semi finalist with Panionios BC.

In 1999, Karagoutis moved to Panathinaikos BC and won the Euroleague
Euroleague
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 Championship with the club in 2000. In the subsequent years, he played for Iraklis BC (2000–01), Near East BC
Near East BC
AO Near East BC is one of the oldest professional basketball clubs in Greece. The basketball club was founded in the year 1927. The team is located in Kaisariani, Greece, which is a suburb of the city of Athens, Greece...

 (2001–02), and Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

. With Maroussi BC
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...

 he won the second place in the regular season of the Greek Championship
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 and he was a Greek Cup
Greek basketball Cup
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 finalist with Maroussi in 2006. Giorgos Karagoutis also played for the Greek national basketball team
Greece national basketball team
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 at the Mundobasket 1998
1998 FIBA World Championship
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 (4th place) and at the Eurobasket 1999
EuroBasket 1999
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(4th place).

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