Zois Karampelas

Karampelas in 2023
No. 4 – AEK Athens
Position	Point guard
League	GBL BCL
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-27) April 27, 2001 (age 23) Athens, Greece
Listed height	6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2021	Peristeri
2021–2022	Larisa
2022–present	AEK Athens
2022–2023	→Apollon Patras
Career highlights and awards
Greek League Best Young Player (2019)

Zois Karampelas (Greek: Ζωής Καράμπελας, born April 27, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He plays at the point guard position.

Karampelas began his pro career in the Greek 2nd Division with Peristeri, in the 2017–18 season. He debuted in Greece's top-tier level, in the 2018–19 season, with Peristeri, in a game against Holargos.^[1][2] He was named the Greek League Best Young Player, of the 2018–19 season.^[3]

On July 17, 2021, Karampelas moved to Larisa, under his former coach Nikos Papanikolopoulos. In 35 league games, he averaged 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists, playing around 20 minutes per contest.

On August 15, 2022, Karampelas signed a three-year contract with AEK Athens and was subsequently loaned to Apollon Patras for the first season.^[4] In 22 league games, he averaged 6.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.1 steals, playing around 24 minutes per contest. On May 2, 2023, Karampelas returned to AEK.^[5]

Karampelas has been a member of the Greek junior national teams. With Greece's youth national teams, he played at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 European Championship,^[6] and at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.^[7]

• FIBA Under-19 Profile
• Zois Karampelas international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• RealGM.com Profile
• Greek Basket League Profile (in English)
• Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
• Peristeri Profile Archived 2019-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)