Georgios Tsalmpouris

Tsalmpouris played club basketball with Archelaos Pierikos in the Greek B Basket League, the 3rd level of Greek the basketball system, at the semi-professional level, in the 2013–14 season.

In the 2014–15 season, Tsalmpouris played college basketball in the Division I, for the Iowa State Cyclones team.[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/basketball-mens/2015/02/26/iowa-state-basketball-georgios-tsalmpouris/24067533/ Iowa State center Tsalmpouris is the big man on campus.] He was the seventh 7-footer in the school's history.[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/basketball-mens/2015/02/26/iowa-state-basketball-georgios-tsalmpouris/24067533/ Iowa State center Tsalmpouris is the big man on campus.] He played in 8 games, and averaged 1.4 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.3 assists, and 0.1 steals per game, in 4.4 minutes per game.[http://stats.washingtonpost.com/cbk/players.asp?id=126198 #34 Georgios Tsalmpouris.] In August 2015, after playing one season with Iowa State, Tsalmpouris left the school, and returned to Greece to play professionally.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13455970/georgios-tsalmpouris-iowa-state-cyclones-turning-pro 7-1 center Georgios Tsalmpouris tells Iowa State he's turning pro.]

In August 2015, Tsalmpouris signed a five-year contract with the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/174318/georgios-tsalmpouris-signs-a-five-year-deal-with-aek-athens.html Georgios Tsalmpouris signs a five-year deal with AEK Athens.][http://www.probasketballoverseas.com/?NewsID=419210 Georgios Tsalmpouris signs at AEK Athens.] Tsalmpouris then became automatically draft eligible 2 years early, due to having played a year of professional basketball, right after a year of college basketball in the NCAA Division I, as well as previously playing under a start-up national basketball league, before participating in college basketball. So he was thus automatically entered into the 2016 NBA draft, but was not drafted after two rounds.

In 2017, he was loaned by AEK to the Greek club Kolossos Rodou. He returned to AEK for the 2018–19 season, and with them he won the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, before going back to Kolossos, on a free transfer in the summer of 2019. On September 12, 2020, Tsalmpouris signed with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.[https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/644298/PAOK-Thessaloniki-tabs-Georgios-Tsalmpouris PAOK Thessaloniki tabs Georgios Tsalmpouris.] On December 3, 2020, he recorded a then career high of 22 points against Aris Thessaloniki.

On August 22, 2021, Tsalmpouris moved to the Greek club Apollon Patras, where he enjoyed a very successful 2021–22 season campaign. In a total of 24 Greek Basaket League games played, he averaged 14.9 points, and 5.6 rebounds per game, while playing an average of around 32 minutes per contest.

On September 23, 2022, he signed with Real Betis of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/coosur-real-betis-signs-giorgos-tsalmpouris/|title=Coosur Real Betis signs Giorgos Tsalmpouris|last=|first=|date=September 23, 2022|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=December 19, 2022}} On February 17, 2023, he parted ways with the club. In 16 games played with Real Betis, he averaged 8.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per contest.

On February 26, 2023, he signed with Bilbao of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{Cite web|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/georgios-tsalmpouris-signs-with-bilbao/|title=Georgios Tsalmpouris signs with Bilbao|last=|first=|date=February 26, 2023|website=|publisher=Sportando|language=En|access-date=February 26, 2023}}

On July 25, 2024, Tsalmpouris returned to Greece for Panionios.

Tsalmpouris was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2015 FIBA under-19 World Cup, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917231000/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/tsalmpouris/pid//_//players.html Georgios TSALMPOURIS (GRE) participated in 5 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.]

Tsalmpouris became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/h-prwth-ths-ethnikhs-se-fwtografies.4947574.html Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες {{in lang|el}}.]

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{{Small|Note: Only games in the primary domestic competitions are included. Therefore, games in cup or European competitions are left out.}}

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|-

| 2015–16

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 0 || - ||- || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

|-

| 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 14 || 7.0 || .487 || .364 || .750 || 1.1 || .2 || .1 || .3 || 3.2

|-

| 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 3 || 6.2 || .300 || .000 || .500 || 1.0 || 0 || .5 || 0 || 2.3

|-

| 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"| Kolossos

| align=center | GBL

| 16 || 10.5 || .386 || .313 || .375 || 1.9 || .4 || .1 || .3 || 3.6

|-

| 2018–19

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 21 || 10.0 || .571 || .350 || .723 || 1.8 || .2 || .3 || .2 || 3.7

|}

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|-

| 2015–16

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 1 || 2.4 || .000 || .000 || - || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 1.0 || 0

|-

| 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K.

| align=center | GBL

| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

|-

| 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"| Kolossos

| align=center | GBL

| 2 || 15.4 || .462 || .333 || .667 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 8.0

|}

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| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;" | A.E.K.

| 7 || 9.4 || .391 || .111 || .857 || 1.1 || .6 || .3 || .3 || 3.6

|-

| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19

| style="text-align:left;" | A.E.K.

| 12 || 7.5 || .400 || .273 || .714 || .7 || .4 || .2 || .5 || 2.0

|}

{{reflist|2}}

• [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=U2015&pcode=006548 EuroCup Profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20171229135613/http://www.championsleague.basketball/17-18/Georgios-Tsalmpouris FIBA Champions League Profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071840/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Giorgos%20Tsalmpouris/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile] (archive)
• [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Georgios_Tsalmpouris/304315 Eurobasket.com Profile]
• [https://www.basket.gr/playerview/?playerid=1566&playername=ΤΣΑΛΜΠΟΥΡΗΣ%20ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ&birthday=1996-06-22 Hellenic Federation Profile] {{in lang|el}}
• [http://esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=00000010&idplayer=1F2A8343&mode=1 Greek League Profile] {{in lang|el}}
• [http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake/player/5120657/ Greek League Profile] {{in lang|en}}
• [http://www.nbadraft.net/players/giorgos-tsalmpouris NBADraft.net Profile]
• [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Georgios-Tsalmpouris-62974/stats/ Draftexpress.com Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818190846/http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Georgios-Tsalmpouris-62974/stats/ |date=2017-08-18 }}

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