Apollon Tsochlas
| No. 9 – PAOK Thessaloniki | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| League | Greek League Champions League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 20, 1983 Kefallonia, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) |
| Listed weight | 197 lb (89 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2002–present |
| Career history | |
| 2002–2005 | Kefallonia |
| 2005–2008 | Doukas |
| 2008–2009 | Kefallonia |
| 2009–2013 | Rethymno |
| 2013–present | PAOK |
Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: Απόλλων Τσόχλας; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.[1]
Early career
Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas, where he played alongside Nick Tsakanikas, the famous Greek playground legend.
Professional career
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.[2] 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.
In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years.[3]