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Vassilis "Billy" Toliopoulos (alternative spellings: Vasilis, Vasileios) (Greek: Βασίλης "Μπίλλυ" Τολιόπουλος; born 15 June 1996) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Aris of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He is a 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall combo guard.

Youth career

Toliopoulos played from a young age with the youth teams of the Greek club Panionios Athens, before he started his pro career with Ikaros Chalkidas.

Professional career

Toliopoulos began his professional career with the Greek League club Ikaros Chalkidas,[1] during the 2013–14 season. In 2014, he moved to the Greek club Kolossos Rodou.[2] In the summer of 2015, he joined the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus, when he signed a 4-year contract with the club.[3]

Toliopoulos moved to the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, in early 2019. On 4 July 2019, he signed a four-year contract with the Greek club AEK Athens.[4] On 31 August 2020, Toliopoulos was loaned by AEK to the Greek club Ionikos Nikaias, for the 2020–21 season.[5] He averaged 11.6 points and 3.5 assists per game in the Greek Basket League with Ionikos, during the 2020–21 season.

On 29 June 2021, Toliopoulos signed a two-year (1+1) contract with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki. In 23 Greek Basket League games played during the 2021–22 season, he averaged 6.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2 assists, while playing in around 15 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 8 FIBA BCL games played, he averaged 8.3 points and 3.3 assists per game. On July 1, 2022, the club opted out of their mutual contract, and Toliopoulos became a free agent.

On 6 July 2022, Toliopoulos returned to Aris Thessaloniki. In 22 domestic Greek Basket League games played in the 2022–2023 season, he averaged 12.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1.5 steals per game, while playing around 29 minutes per contest. Toliopoulos also achieved a career-high of 37 points in a game against Peristeri Athens. On 22 April 2023, Toliopoulos moved to French 2nd Division club Boulazac Dordogne, for the remainder of the 2022–23 season. On 23 June 2023, he returned to Aris, after he renewed his contract with the club for another season.

During the 2023–2024 season, Toliopoulos averaged 13.2 points per contest, in 32 national domestic league matches, as well as 14.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, in 17 EuroCup games played. On 14 June 2024, despite interest from many foreign clubs, Toliopoulos signed a new contract extension with Aris.[6]

National team career

Greek junior national team

Toliopoulos played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship with the junior national teams of Greece. He also played at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the 2nd division 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.

Greek senior national team

Toliopoulos has been a member of the senior men's Greek national team. He played with Greece at the 2022 FIBA EuroBasket qualifiers, the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers, the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket qualifiers, and the 2024 Piraeus FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[7]

Personal life

Toliopoulos' childhood idol was the former Greek basketball player Vassilis Spanoulis.[8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2023–24 Aris 17 12 24.1 .433 .364 .919 2.4 3.6 .8 .1 14.4 12.6

Domestic Leagues

Regular season

Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Olympiacos GBL 5 4.0 .375 .167 - .2 .6 0 0 1.4
2018–19 Aris GBL 15 19.0 .358 .342 .722 1.5 1.5 .5 0 7.7
2022–23 Aris GBL 22 28.7 .478 .322 .84 4.0 2.3 1.5 0.1 12.8

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek junior national team

References

  1. ^ Ίκαρος Χαλκίδας: Τολιόπουλος τετραετίας (in Greek)
  2. ^ Στον Κολοσσό ο Τολιόπουλος (in Greek)
  3. ^ Olympiacos inks point guard Toliopoulos long term.
  4. ^ "Deal with Toliopoulos". aekbc.gr. Online. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ "AEK Athens officially loans Vasilis Toliopoulos to Ionikos BC Hellenic Coin". Sportando. August 31, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Aris lands Mantzoukas and Hapoel Tel Aviv adds Yaacov.
  7. ^ Vasileios TOLIOPOULOS Birth 15 Jun 1996 Nationality GRE Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) National Team GRE.
  8. ^ Ο Βασίλης Τολιόπουλος στο SPORT24: "Με πιάνει δέος όταν μοιράζομαι το παρκέ με τον κόουτς Σπανούλη" (in Greek).
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