Nikos Zisis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nikos Zisis
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 16, 1983(1983-08-16)
Age	41
Birthplace	Thessaloniki
Country	Greece
Birth City	Central Macedonia
Horoscope	Leo

Nikos Zisis Biography

Nikos Zisis is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 16, 1983 in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Greek guard who started the professional game in the year 2000 and was playing all over Europe as well as in Russia.

He joined forces along with He became teammates with Antonis Fotsis on the Greek national team. for the Greek national team.

Zisis started his basketball playing career in the year 1996, playing with the junior teams of XAN Thessaloniki (English: YMCA Thessaloniki). He was with the club until 2000. The club would later go on to retire his jersey, in 2018.

With Greece’s under-16 junior national team, Zisis won the silver medal at the 1999 FIBA Under-16 European Championship, and he also led the tournament in scoring. He also won the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Under-18 European Championship. Zisis played with Greece’s under-26 national selection at the 2001 Tunis Mediterranean Games. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games, he helped Greece win the silver medal at the tournament. In addition, Zisis won the gold medal with the Greek under-20 junior national team at the 2002 FIBA Under-20 European Championship, where he was also named the tournament’s MVP.

He married Fani Skoufi in 2010.

Nikos Zisis Net Worth

Nikos Zisis is one of the richest Basketball Player from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nikos Zisis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing basketball with an local Saloniki basketball team for children in the year 1996.

He gained the title The Lord of the Rings due to his many awards in tournaments and league play.

Nikolaos “Nikos” Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis; Greek: Νικόλαος “Νίκος” Ζήσης ; born August 16, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the BCL. At a height of 1.97 m (6’5 ​⁄4 “) tall, he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Nikos Zisis height 6 ft 6 in Nikos weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Nikos Zisis Dating?

According to our records, Nikos Zisis married to Fani Skoufi. As of December 1, 2023, Nikos Zisis’s is not dating anyone.

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The next year, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Japan, Zisis hit a game winning 3-point shot at the end of the game against the Australian national basketball team, to give Greece a 72–69 victory. However, in the next game in the tournament, he was hit on the cheekbone and eye socket bone by the elbow of the Brazilian national basketball team’s Anderson Varejão. Zisis suffered a severe facial injury that forced him to sit out for the remaining entirety of the 2006 World Championship, as the injury required surgery. Even though Greece lost Zisis, who was their leading scorer the year before at the 2005 EuroBasket, they were still able to win the silver medal (including an improbable upset victory over Team USA in the semifinals) during the World Championship tournament.

Facts & Trivia

Nikos Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Nikos Zisis celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.

At the 2007 EuroBasket, Zisis was one of the two key Greek players, along with Theo Papaloukas, that led Greece’s national team to the biggest comeback in the history of the EuroBasket, against the Slovenian national basketball team. The comeback was called “the miracle”. Greece finished the tournament in 4th place.