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{{Short description|Greek basketball player (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Nikos Chatzis<br />Νίκος Χατζής
| image           = Nikolaos- hatzis 2009.jpg
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| caption         = Chatzis, as an [[Ilysiakos B.C.|Ilysiakos]] player, in 2009.
| height_ft       = 6 
| height_in       = 5
| weight_lbs      = 200
| position        = 
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| nationality     = Greek
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|3|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Kalamata]], Greece
| high_school     = 
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| career_start    = 1995
| career_end      = 2015
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[Small forward]]
| career_number   = 9
| coach_start     = 2015
| coach_end       =
| years1          = 1995–2005 
| team1           = [[AEK Athens BC|AEK Athens]] 
| years2          = 2005–2006
| team2           = [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]] 
| years3          = 2006–2007 
| team3           = [[Panionios BC|Panionios]] 
| years4          = 2007–2009 
| team4           = AEK Athens
| years5          = 2009–2014
| team5           = [[Ilysiakos B.C.|Ilysiakos]] 
| years6          = 2014–2015
| team6           = [[Arkadikos B.C.|Arkadikos]] 
| cyears1         = 2017–2019
| cteam1          = [[AEK Athens BC|AEK Athens]] (Cadets, Juniors)
| highlights      = 
*[[FIBA Saporta Cup]] champion ([[1999–2000 FIBA Saporta Cup|2000]])
*[[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (2002)
*2× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2000, 2001)
*[[Greek Basket League Pentad|All-Greek League Team ]] (2004)
*6× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1996–1999, 2004, 2005)
*2× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game#3 Point Shootout Contest winners|Greek All-Star 3 Point Shootout champion]] (1999, 2003)
'''[[Greek Basket League career stats leaders|Professional Greek League career stats leaders]]'''
* [[Greek Basket League career stats leaders#Games Played|Greek League all-time leader in games played]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}} 
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|GRE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|FIBA Europe U16 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|1993 Turkey]] | [[Greece men's national under-16 basketball team|Under-16]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup|FIBA U19 World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship|1995 Greece]] | [[Greece men's national under-19 basketball team|Under-19]]}}
}}
'''Nikolaos "Nikos" Chatzis''' (alternative spelling: Hatzis) ({{langx|el|Νίκος Χατζής}}; born 3 June 1976) is a retired<ref>[http://www.a1basket.gr/2015/12/nikos-chatzis-retired.html A1basket.gr  Nikos Chatzis retired]</ref> Greek professional [[basketball]] player and coach. At a height of 1.96 m (6&nbsp;ft 5 in) tall, he played at the [[shooting guard]] position. He is among the [[Greek Basket League career statistical leaders|all-time leaders in the history of the Greek Basket League]] in [[point (basketball)|points scored]],<ref>[http://www.a1basket.gr/2014/03/nikos-chatzis-became-top-scorer-of-Greek-Basket-League-Angelos-Koronios.html A1basket.gr Nikos Chatzis became the top scorer of the Greek Basket League]</ref> [[assist (basketball)|assists]], [[three-point field goal|3 pointers made]], and [[games played]] (since the 1992–93 season).<ref>[http://www.ebasket.gr/2014/10/αυτοί-που-θα-μας-λείψουν Αυτοί που θα μας λείψουν {{in lang|el}}.]</ref>

==Playing career==
===Professional career===
Chatzis started his basketball career with the Greek club Poseidon Kalamatas, and he turned [[professional sports|professional]] in the year 1995, when he transferred to the [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] club [[AEK Athens BC|A.E.K.]] Chatzis stayed with A.E.K. for 10 consecutive years, and in the process, he became the team's all-time number one ranked player in modern-era Greek League competitions (since the league has been organized by [[HEBA]] 1992–present) in the following categories: [[point (basketball)|points scored]], [[games played]], [[assist (basketball)|assists]], and [[Free throw|free throws made]].

In the summer of 2005, A.E.K. decided to release Chatzis, and thus he continued his career with the Greek club [[Olympiacos BC|Olympiacos]]. He played the next year with the Greek team [[Panionios BC|Panionios]], and he returned to [[AEK Athens BC|A.E.K.]] in August 2007, after the changing of the club's chairman. In 2009, he moved to the Greek club [[Ilysiakos BC|Ilysiakos]]. In 2014, he moved to the Greek club [[Arkadikos BC|Arkadikos]]. He officially retired as a player in December 2015, and began a career in [[basketball coach|coaching]].<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/A1Basket/o-xatzhs-den-einai-mono-ta-triponta.3818694.html Ο Χατζής δεν ήταν (μόνο) τα τρίποντα {{in lang|el}}.]</ref>

===National team career===
With the junior Greek national teams, Chatzis won the gold medal at both the [[1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]], and also at the [[1995 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup|1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]. He also tallied a total of 69 [[Cap (sport)|caps]], and 336 points scored with the senior men's [[Greek national basketball team]].

==Coaching career==
Chatzis began his coaching career in 2015. In 2017, he became the [[head coach|head]] [[basketball coach|coach]] of [[AEK Athens BC|AEK Athens]]' youth academies.<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/OmadesBasket/A1Aek/gurise-sthn-aek-o-xatzhs.4682335.html Γύρισε στην ΑΕΚ ο Χατζής {{in lang|el}}.]</ref>

==Awards and accomplishments==
===Playing career===
===Pro career===
*6× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek All-Star Game]]: (1996 II, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005)
*2× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game#3 Point Shootout Contest winners|Greek All-Star Game 3 Point Shootout Champion]]: (1999, 2003)
*2× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] Winner: (2000, 2001)
*[[FIBA Saporta Cup]] Champion: (2000)
*[[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] Champion: (2002)
*[[Greek Basket League Pentad|Greek League Best Five]]: (2004)

===Greek junior national team===
*[[1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]]: {{gold medal}}
*[[1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]: {{gold medal}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=ALK Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051416/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/16659/q/hatzis/rpp//_//players.html FIBA.com Profile]
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_16659.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2008.roundID_5839.teamID_1342.html FIBA Europe Profile]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nikos_Chatzis/Greece/SEFA_Arkadikos/5719 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[http://esake.gr/en/action/EsakeplayerView?idplayer=00000690&mode=1&idteam=00000006&idchampionship= Greek League Profile] {{in lang|el}}
*[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Nikos-Hatzis-36290/stats/ Draftexpress.com Profile]
*[http://www.aek.com/basketball/roster/nikos_hadzis.htm AEK.com Profile]

{{A.E.K. Athens B.C. 1999–00 Saporta Cup Winners}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Kalamata]]