| No. 4 – Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Greek Basket League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1996 Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Ikaros Chalkidas | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Kolossos Rodou | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Olympiacos Piraeus | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Ionikos Nikaias | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Boulazac | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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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 Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. 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 2022–23 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 2ned 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.
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, and the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket qualifiers. [6]
Career statistics
| 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 |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Olympiacos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Olympiacos | 4 | 0 | 0.6 | .250 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 2017–18 | Olympiacos | 10 | 0 | 5.3 | .294 | .308 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Career | 15 | 0 | 3.8 | .289 | .313 | .750 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
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 |
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- Greek League Champion: ( 2016)
- Greek Cup Winner: ( 2020)
- 2× Greek League All-Star: (2022, 2023)
Greek junior national team
References
- ^ Ίκαρος Χαλκίδας: Τολιόπουλος τετραετίας (in Greek)
- ^ Στον Κολοσσό ο Τολιόπουλος (in Greek)
- ^ Olympiacos inks point guard Toliopoulos long term.
- ^ "Deal with Toliopoulos". aekbc.gr. Online. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "AEK Athens officially loans Vasilis Toliopoulos to Ionikos BC Hellenic Coin". Sportando. August 31, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ Vasileios TOLIOPOULOS Birth 15 Jun 1996 Nationality GRE Height 188CM / 6'2" National Team GRE.
External links
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at archive.fiba.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at basketball-reference.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at basket.gr (in Greek)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at eurobasket.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at euroleague.net
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at esake.gr (in Greek)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at fiba.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at fibaeurope.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at proballers.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at realgm.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- AEK B.C. players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players from Athens
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne players
- Greek expatriate basketball people in France
- Greek men's basketball players
- Ikaros B.C. players
- Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
- Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
- Olympiacos B.C. players
- P.A.O.K. BC players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
| No. 4 – Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Greek Basket League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1996 Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Ikaros Chalkidas | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Kolossos Rodou | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Olympiacos Piraeus | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Ionikos Nikaias | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Boulazac | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Aris Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Medals
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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 Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. 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 2022–23 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 2ned 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.
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, and the 2025 FIBA EuroBasket qualifiers. [6]
Career statistics
| 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 |
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Olympiacos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Olympiacos | 4 | 0 | 0.6 | .250 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| 2017–18 | Olympiacos | 10 | 0 | 5.3 | .294 | .308 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Career | 15 | 0 | 3.8 | .289 | .313 | .750 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
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 |
Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
- Greek League Champion: ( 2016)
- Greek Cup Winner: ( 2020)
- 2× Greek League All-Star: (2022, 2023)
Greek junior national team
References
- ^ Ίκαρος Χαλκίδας: Τολιόπουλος τετραετίας (in Greek)
- ^ Στον Κολοσσό ο Τολιόπουλος (in Greek)
- ^ Olympiacos inks point guard Toliopoulos long term.
- ^ "Deal with Toliopoulos". aekbc.gr. Online. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "AEK Athens officially loans Vasilis Toliopoulos to Ionikos BC Hellenic Coin". Sportando. August 31, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ Vasileios TOLIOPOULOS Birth 15 Jun 1996 Nationality GRE Height 188CM / 6'2" National Team GRE.
External links
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at archive.fiba.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at basketball-reference.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at basket.gr (in Greek)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at eurobasket.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at euroleague.net
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at esake.gr (in Greek)
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at fiba.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at fibaeurope.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at proballers.com
- Vassilis Toliopoulos at realgm.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- AEK B.C. players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players from Athens
- Boulazac Basket Dordogne players
- Greek expatriate basketball people in France
- Greek men's basketball players
- Ikaros B.C. players
- Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
- Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
- Olympiacos B.C. players
- P.A.O.K. BC players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards