Nikos Boudouris
Quick Facts
Biography
Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spelling: Mpoudouris) (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης) (born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He started his career with the youth team of Olympiakos Volou BC. In 1989, he moved to PAOK Thessaloníki, at the age of 18.
Professional career
While playing for PAOK, Boudouris won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1991, the Korać Cup in 1994, the Greek championship in 1992 and the Greek Cup in 1995. Boudouris was also a 2 time European Cup finalist in the years 1992 and 1996 while with PAOK. In 1998, he moved to Panathinaikos and he won the Euroleague Championship with them in the year 2000. He also won 2 Greek Championships with Panathinaikos (1999 and 2000).
In 2000 he moved to Olympiacos and with them he won the Cup in 2002. In 2003, he played for Makedonikos and in 2004 he moved on to Maroussi. While playing for Maroussi he helped to lead the team to the second place position in the regular season in 2005, and he was also a Greek Cup finalist with Maroussi in 2006. In 2008 he announced his retirement from basketball
International career
As a member of the senior men's Greek national team, Boudouris was on the Greek team that finished in fourth place position at both the 1994 FIBA World Championship and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the EuroBasket 1997 (4th place) and at EuroBasket 2001s.
Post playing career
Before the 2008–09 season, Boudouris was hired as the technical manager of PAOK Thessaloniki.