Sofoklis Schortsanitis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sofoklis Schortsanitis
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1985(1985-06-22)
Age	39
Birthplace	Toko
Country	Cameroon
Birth City	Southwest Region
Horoscope	Gemini

Sofoklis Schortsanitis Biography

Sofoklis Schortsanitis is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on June 22, 1985 in Toko, Southwest Region, Cameroon. Greek medalist 6’10” center is nicknamed Sofo who played for The Los Angeles Clippers.

He as well as He and Kosta Koufos played together on the national team at the 2009 FIBA EuroBasket in Poland. were teammates together in the national team in this year’s FIBA EuroBasket in Poland.

Schortsanitis began playing basketball at a professional level with Iraklis in the Greek League, when he was a teenager, starting in the 2000–01 season. In the 2002–03 season, he averaged 11.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in the Greek Basket League, at the age of 17. He then went on to play in the Italian League with Cantù, during the 2003–04 season, but his stay there was a failure, due to a lack of maturity and experience. Following that, he returned to Greece, and spent the 2004–05 season with the Greek club Aris.

Schortsanitis was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece’s junior national teams, he played at the 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he won a bronze medal. Schortsanitis also won the gold medal at the 2002 Albert Schweitzer Tournament, where he was also named the MVP of the tournament.

His birthplace was Tiko, Cameroon.

Sofoklis Schortsanitis Net Worth

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

His first professional stint began in the Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki while he was still an teen.

He was awarded the bronze medal for his Greek nation at 2002’s Boblingen FIBA Europe U18 Championship and in the 2003 Thessaloniki FIBA U19 World Championship and the 2009 Poland FIBA EuroBasket, as and a silver medal in the 2006 Japan FIBA World Cup.

Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Sofoklis Schortsanitis height 6 ft 9 in Sofoklis weight 156 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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At the EuroBasket 2009, which was held in Poland, Schortsanitis’ performance was decisive in Greece winning the tournament’s bronze medal game against Slovenia, as he scored 23 points on a 78% field goal shooting percentage, while grabbing six rebounds, blocking two shots, and managing to draw 12 fouls. He also played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Facts & Trivia

Sofoklis Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cameroon. Sofoklis Schortsanitis celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

In the 2011–12 season, Schortsanitis fought a chronic knee injury, which affected his performance during the season, and left him unable to participate with the Greek national team that summer. Nevertheless, he helped Maccabi reach the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where they were topped by Panathinaikos, losing the series, 3–2.