Christopher Razis

{{short description|Cypriot-Greek basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Christopher Razis

| image = EuroBasket Qualifier Austria vs Cyprus, Razis Lanegger.jpg

| image_size = 280px

| caption = Razis in action with Cyprus national team

| position = Point guard / shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4.25

| weight_lbs = 220

| league = Cypriot League

| team = Keravnos

| number = 32

| nationality = Cypriot / Greek / Swiss

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|07|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| draft_year = 2011

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2005–2010

| team1 = Keravnos

| years2 = 2010–2011

| team2 = ENAD

| years3 = 2011–2012

| team3 = EWE Baskets Oldenburg

| years4 = 2012–2013

| team4 = ENAD

| years5 = 2013–2014

| team5 = OFI Crete

| years6 = 2014–2016

| team6 = Oettinger Rockets Gotha

| years7 = 2016–2017

| team7 = Rethymno Cretan Kings

| years8 = 2017–2018

| team8 = Rasta Vechta

| years9 = 2018–2020

| team9 = Rethymno Cretan Kings

| years10 = 2020–present

| team10 = Keravnos

| highlights =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Christopher Razis (alternate spelling: Christophoros) ({{langx|el|Χριστόφορος Ράζης}}; born 7 July 1989) is a Cypriot/Greek professional basketball player for Keravnos of the Cypriot League. He is a {{convert|1.94|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall combo guard.[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Christopher-Razis/Germany/BiG-Oettinger-Rockets-Gotha/78588 Eurobasket.com Profile]

Professional career

Razis played youth basketball with Keravnos at Cyprus where he started his pro career in 2005. he stayed at the club until 2010, when he was awarded the Rookie of the Year in the Cypriot League. The following year, Razis joined ENAD.

After his very good appearances with ENAD, Razis joined EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga, being the first ever Cypriot basketball player to play professionally in another country other than Greece.{{cite news|title=Christopher Razis is writing history!|url=http://all4basketball.com/news-detail.php?nid=101|accessdate=July 24, 2016|work=all4basketball.com|date=June 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220131418/http://all4basketball.com/news-detail.php?nid=101|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, he returned to ENAD and one year later, he joined OFI Crete of the Greek A2 Basketball League. After 1,5 years with the team, he decided to leave the team in December 2014, to join Oettinger Rockets Gotha of the Pro A League.

In July 2016, Razis joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek League.{{cite news|title=Christopher Razis (ex Gotha) joins A.G.O Rethymno Aegean|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/455265/Christopher-Razis-(ex-Gotha)-joins-A.G.O-Rethymno-Aegean|accessdate=July 24, 2016|work=eurobasket.com|date=July 23, 2016}}

On June 14, 2017, he joined SC Rasta Vechta of the ProA.{{cite news|title=Christopher Razis signs with SC Rasta Vechta|url=https://www.court-side.com/news/sc-rasta-vechta-signs-christopher-razis/|accessdate=November 23, 2017|work=court-side.com|date=June 14, 2017}}

On June 18, 2018, he re-joined Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C. of the Greek Basket League{{Cite news|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/535706/Cretan-Kings-welcome-back-Razis|title=EUROBASKET NEWS|work=www.eurobasket.com|access-date=2018-06-18}}

Cyprus national team

Razis has been a member of the junior national teams of Cyprus for some years. Razis played for U16 National Team back in 2005. Now, he is one of the leaders of the Cyprus national team where he plays since 2008.

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