Missas Pantazopoulos

Personal information
Born	(1924-01-01)1 January 1924 Greece
Died	25 April 2006(2006-04-25) (aged 82) Greece
Nationality	Greek
Career history
As player:
0	Panellinios
1945–1950	Panathinaikos
As coach:
1945–1951	Panathinaikos
1956–1957	Greece
1962–1966	AEK Athens
1967–1969	Greece
Career highlights and awards
As player 5×Greek League champion (1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950) As head coach 8×Greek League champion (1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1963–1966)
Medals Men'sBasketball Representing Greece FIBA EuroBasket 1949 Egypt

Michailis "Missas" Pantazopoulos (alternate spelling: Misas) (Greek: Μιχάλης "Μίσσας" Πανταζόπουλος; 1924 – 25 April 2006^[1][2]) was a Greek professionalbasketball player andcoach.

During hisclub career, Pantazopoulos played with the Greek teamsPanellionios andPanathinaikos. With Panellinios, he won 2Greek League championships, in 1939 and 1940. He also won 3 Greek League championships with Panathinaikos, in 1946, 1947, and 1950.

Pantazopoulos was a member of the seniorGreek national basketball team.^[3] With Greece, he won the bronze medal at the1949 EuroBasket.^[4]

During his playing career, Papazoglou was also aplayer-coach. He continued to work as abasketball coach, after he retired from playing. He was thehead coach of the Greek clubsPanathinaikos andAEK Athens. As a head coach, he won a total of 8Greek League championships.

He won the Greek League championship with Panathinaikos, in 1946, 1947, 1950, and 1951. He also won the Greek League championship with AEK Athens, in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. He also led AEK Athens to the1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four (1966 EuroLeague Final Four).^[5]

Pantazopoulos was also the head coach of the seniorGreek national basketball team.^[6] He was Greece's head coach at the1967 Mediterranean Games, and the1967 EuroBasket. He also coached Greece at the 1968 and 1969Balkan Championships.

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• Hellenic Basketball Federation Coach Profile(in Greek)

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