Apollon Tsochlas

Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2½ in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Professional career

Started his career with Aris Glyfadas where he had the honor to play by the side of Nick Tsakanikas, the famous playground legend. After playing with Kefallonia in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005, Tsochlas made his professional 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 semi-pro Greek 3rd Division in the 2007–08 season. He returned to Kefallonias, to play in the amateur Greek C League (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. With PAOK, Tsochlas played in the European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the EuroCup, for the first time in the 2013–14 season. He also played in the European-wide 3rd-tier level club competition, the Champions League, with PAOK, during the 2016–17 season.