{{short description|Greek basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Zois Karampelas | image = Zois_Karampelas.jpg | image_size = | caption = Karampelas in 2023 | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1.25 | weight_lbs = 180 | league = Greek Basketball League | team = Kolossos Rodou | number = 4 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|4|27}} | birth_place = Athens, Greece | draft_year = | career_start = 2017 | career_end = | years0 = 2016-2018 | team0 = Doukas | years1 = 2017–2021 | team1 = Peristeri | years2 = 2021–2022 | team2 = Larisa | years3 = 2022–2025 | team3 = AEK Athens | years4 = 2022–2023 | team4 = →Apollon Patras |years5 = 2025–present |team5 = Kolossos Rodou | highlights = * Greek League Best Young Player (2019) }} '''Zois Karampelas''' (Greek: Ζώης Καράμπελας, born April 27, 2001) is a Greek professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basketball League. He plays at the point guard position.
==Professional career== 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.<ref>[http://www.esake.gr/el/action/EsakegameView?idgame=079E5EB6&mode=2 20 Οκτωβρίου 2018 ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΙ ΒΙΚΟΣ COLA 71 - 62 ΧΟΛΑΡΓΟΣ {{in lang|el}}.]</ref><ref>[http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake/game/4387641/#mbt:241-400$t&0=1 GAME: PERISTERI VIKOS COLA 71 - 62 HOLARGOS.]</ref> He was named the Greek League Best Young Player, of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Basket/o-karampelas-kaluteros-neos-paikths-ths-basket-league.5560844.html |title=Ο Καράμπελας καλύτερος νέος παίκτης της Basket League . |access-date=2019-07-16 |language=el |archive-date=2019-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716170922/https://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Basket/o-karampelas-kaluteros-neos-paikths-ths-basket-league.5560844.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 in 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.<ref>[https://newsbulletin247.com/sports/153407.html Official: Karabelas on loan from AEK to Apollon Patras.]</ref> In 22 league games, he averaged 6.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 24 minutes per contest. On May 2, 2023, Karampelas returned to AEK.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Zois Karabelas is a newcomer at AEK Athens |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/815928/Zois-Karabelas-is-a-newcomer-at-AEK-Athens |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.eurobasket.com}}</ref>
On July 9, 2025, Karampelas joined Kolossos Rodou of the GBL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Συμφωνία με τον Ζώη Καράμπελα - 09-07-2025 - ΚΑΕ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΟΣ H HOTELS |url=https://kolossosbc.gr/news.php?News_ID=3067 |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=kolossosbc.gr}}</ref>
==National team career== 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,<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18/2018/player/Zois-Karampelas Zois KARAMPELAS POINT GUARD 2018 FIBA U18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.]</ref> and at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2019/player/Zois-Karampelas Zois KARAMPELAS POINT GUARD 2019 FIBA U19 BASKETBALL WORLD CUP.]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2019/player/Zois-Karampelas FIBA Under-19 profile] *{{Basketball-Reference.com international player|zois-karampelas-1}} *[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Zois-Karabelas/Greece/Peristeri-GS-Athens/447138 Eurobasket.com profile] *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Zois-Karampelas/Summary/120633 RealGM.com profile] *[http://www.esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=0000000D&idplayer=B91AE9D3&mode=1 Greek Basket League profile] {{in lang|en}} *[http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake/player/5834129/ Greek Basket League profile] {{in lang|el}} *[http://peristeribc.gr/el/view/zwis-karampelas Peristeri profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629213147/http://peristeribc.gr/el/view/zwis-karampelas |date=2019-06-29 }} {{in lang|el}}
{{Greek Basket League Best Young Player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karampelas, Zois}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen Category:AEK B.C. players Category:Apollon Patras B.C. players Category:Basketball players from Athens Category:Greek Basket League players Category:Greek men's basketball players Category:Larisa B.C. players Category:Peristeri B.C. players Category:Point guards