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Sofoklis Schortsanitis

Greek basketball player (born 1985)
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[5]
Date of birth
June 22, 1985
Place of birth
Tiko
Country of citizenship
Greece[4]
Occupation
basketball player
Official website
www.bigsofo.gr[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Modern Greek[19]
Country for sport
Greece[20]
Drafted by
Los Angeles Clippers[12]
Given name
Sophocles[13]
Height
+208[23]
League or competition
National Basketball Association[9]
Mass
+156[24]
Member of sports team
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis (men's basketball), Aris Thessaloniki B.C., Olympiacos B.C., Pallacanestro Cantù, Panathinaikos B.C., Greece men's national under-19 basketball team, Greece men's national basketball team, Greece men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team, Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., KK Crvena zvezda, P.A.O.K. B.C., Aries Trikala B.C., Apollon Patras B.C., Ionikos Nikaias B.C.[6][7][8]
Name in native language
Σοφοκλής Σχορτσιανίτης[21]
Participant in
2008 Summer Olympics, FIBA EuroBasket 2009, 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2010 FIBA World Championship[15][16][17][18]
Position played on team / speciality
center[10]
Sport
basketball[11]
Start of work period
2000[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sofoklis Schortsanitis en Sophocles Schortsanitis de Schortsanitis el Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης el Σοφοκλής Σχορτσιανίτης es Sofoklis Schortsianitis fi Sofoklis Skhortsanitis fr Sofoklis Schortsanitis fr Sofoklís Schortsanítis fr Sofoklis Schortsianitis fr Sofoklís Schortsianítis he שחורציאניטיס he בייבי שאק he סופו he סופוקליס סחורצאניטיס he סופוקליס שחורציאניטיס it Baby Shaq it Sofoklis Schortanidis it Sofoklis Schortsanitis it Sofoklīs Schortsianitīs
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Schortsanitis warming up in 2011.jpg ↗
ABA League people ID
2057
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
s/schorso01
Basketball Reference international player ID
sofoklis-schortsanitis-1
CamerounWeb person ID
1285
DraftExpress ID
Sofoklis-Schortsanitis-5266
ESPN.com NBA player ID
2021
Eurobasket.com player ID
38395
Euroleague.net player ID
jxx
FIBA.basketball people ID
138273
FIBA.com player ID (archived)
38954
Freebase ID
/m/0dnq7c
Show all 21 identifiers +9
HAND ID
F9A5-494D-2ECE-D271-8222
InterSportStats athlete ID
3000390854
LegaBasket.it player ID
SCH-SOF-85, 5060/sofoklis-schortsanitis
Olympedia people ID
113590
Proballers ID
7475
RealGM basketball player ID
422
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
sc/sofoklis-schortsanitis-1
The Draft Review ID
671
Trading Card Database name ID
31513

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 13
Greece men's national basketball team, Panathinaikos B.C., KK Crvena zvezda, Olympiacos B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., P.A.O.K. B.C., Aris Thessaloniki B.C. +5 more
Participant in 4
2008 Summer Olympics, 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2006 FIBA World Championship, FIBA EuroBasket 2009
Country for sport 1
Greece
Country of citizenship 1
Greece
Drafted by 1
Los Angeles Clippers
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Modern Greek
League or competition 1
National Basketball Association
Occupation 1
basketball player
Place of birth 1
Tiko
Position played on team / speciality 1
center
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

Sofoklis Schortsanitis was born on June 22, 1985[1], in Tiko[2]. He has worked as a basketball player[3].

FAQs

Where was Sofoklis Schortsanitis born?

Sofoklis Schortsanitis's place of birth was Tiko[2].

What did Sofoklis Schortsanitis do for work?

Sofoklis Schortsanitis worked as a basketball player[3].

Related Entities

Greece

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . pivotworld9.com. pivotworld9.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · HanTsî · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Greek basketball player (born 1985)
    "Changed [en] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #45617"
  2. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drafted by → Los Angeles Clippers
    Start of work period → 2000
    LegaBasket.it player ID → SCH-SOF-85, 5060/sofoklis-schortsanitis
    Country of citizenship → Greece
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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