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{{Short description|Greek basketball player (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Nikos Chatzivrettas<br />Νίκος Χατζηβρέττας
| image           = Hatzivrettas46.jpg
| image_size      =
| caption         = Chatzivrettas with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]].
| position        = 
| league          = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 5.75 
| weight_lbs      = 210    
| team            = 
| nationality     = Greek
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1977|5|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Thessaloniki]], Greece
| high_school     =
| college         =
| draft_year      = 1999
| career_start    = 1997
| career_end      = 2011
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number   = 
| coach_start     = 
| coach_end       = 
| years1          = 1997–2002
| team1           = [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]]
| years2          = 2002–2003
| team2           = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| years3          = 2003–2009
| team3           = [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]
| years4          = 2009–2011
| team4           = [[Aris BC|Aris]]
| highlights      = 
* 2× [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[2007 EuroLeague Final Four|2007]], [[2009 EuroLeague Final Four|2009]])
* 2× [[European Basketball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] winner (2007, 2009)
* [[FIBA EuroStar]] (2007)
* 6× [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] champion (2004, 2005, [[Greek Basket League 2005-06|2006]], [[Greek Basket League 2006-07|2007]], [[Greek Basket League 2007-08|2008]], [[Greek Basket League 2008-09|2009]])
* 5× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
* [[Greek Basket League Finals MVP|Greek League Finals MVP]] (2004)
* [[List of top scorers in Greek Basket League by season|Greek League Top Scorer]] (2002)
* 3× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek All-Star]] (2001, 2002, 2004)
* [[Greek Basket League Hall of Fame|Greek League Hall of Fame]] (2022)
* [[Russian Professional Basketball Championship|Russian Championship]] champion (2003)
* 2× [[Acropolis International Basketball Tournament|Acropolis Tournament]] MVP (2003, 2004)
| medaltemplates  =
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|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]|0|1|0
|[[FIBA Stanković World Cup]]|1|0|0
|[[FIBA EuroBasket]]|1|0|0
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}} 
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|GRE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2006 FIBA World Championship|2006 Japan]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Stanković World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup|2006 China]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA EuroBasket]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[EuroBasket 2005|2005 Serbia & Montenegro]] | }}
}}
[[Image:Hatzivrettas18.JPG|thumb|right|250px| Nikos Chatzivrettas taking a [[free throw]] vs. [[Efes Pilsen SK|Efes]].]]

'''Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas''' (alternate spelling: Hatzivrettas) ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νικόλαος (Νίκος) Χατζηβρέττας; born May 26, 1977) is a retired Greek professional [[basketball]] player. At a height of Chatzivrettas 1.97 m (6&nbsp;ft 5 {{3/4}} in) tall, he played at the [[shooting guard]] and [[small forward]] positions. He was inducted into the [[Greek Basket League Hall of Fame]] in 2022.<ref>[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/heba/1436169/heba-introduces-hall-of-fame-inducts-30-players-alphonso-ford-dino-radja-dejan-bodiroga-dominique-wilkins-roy-tarpley/ Greek League Hall of Fame welcomes Ford, Bodiroga, Radja, Wilkins, Tarpley.]</ref>

==Professional career==
Before signing with Aris, Chatzivrettas played with [[Aias Evosmou]], [[Iraklis BC|Iraklis]], [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], and [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]. He won the [[EuroLeague]] championship with [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] in [[2007 EuroLeague Final Four|2007]] and [[2009 EuroLeague Final Four|2009]]. In July 2009, he joined "The Emperor" of Greek basketball, [[Aris BC|Aris Thessaloniki]].<ref>[http://www.arisbc.gr/index.php?SCREEN=page&PageID=2131&LangID=1 Aris signs Chatzivrettas. {{in lang|el}}]</ref>

He left Aris at the end of 2011, after his contract ended, and he eventually retired from playing professional [[sports club|club]] basketball after that.

==National team career==
Chatzivrettas was a member of the senior [[Greece men's national basketball team]]. He played with Greece at the [[2001 EuroBasket]], the [[2003 EuroBasket]], and the [[Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004 Summer Olympic Games]]. With Greece, he won the gold medal at the [[2005 EuroBasket]], and the silver medal at the [[2006 FIBA World Cup]]. He also played at the [[2007 EuroBasket]].

==Awards and accomplishments==
===Pro career===
*3× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek League All-Star]]: (2001, 2002, 2004)
*[[List of top scorers in Greek Basket League by season|Greek League Top Scorer]]: (2002)
*[[Russian Professional Basketball Championship|Russian Championship]] Champion: (2003)
*6× [[Greek Basket League|Greek League]] Champion: (2004, 2005, [[Greek Basket League 2005-06|2006]], [[Greek Basket League 2006-07|2007]], [[Greek Basket League 2007-08|2008]], [[Greek Basket League 2008-09|2009]])
* [[Greek Basket League Finals MVP|Greek League Finals MVP]]: (2004)
*5× [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] Winner: (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
*2× [[EuroLeague]] Champion: ([[2007 EuroLeague Final Four|2007]], [[2009 EuroLeague Final Four|2009]])
*2× [[European Basketball Triple Crown|Triple Crown]] Winner: (2007, 2009)
* [[Greek Basket League Hall of Fame|Greek League Hall of Fame]]: (2022)

===Greece national team===
*6× [[Acropolis International Basketball Tournament|Acropolis Tournament]] Champion: (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
*2× [[Acropolis International Basketball Tournament|Acropolis Tournament]] [[Most valuable player|MVP]]: (2003, 2004)
*[[2005 EuroBasket]]: {{gold medal}}
*[[2006 FIBA Stanković World Cup]]: {{gold medal}}
*[[2006 FIBA World Cup]]: {{silver medal}}
*[[FIBA EuroStar]]: (2007)

==Career statistics==

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†
| Denotes seasons in which Chatzivrettas won the [[EuroLeague champion|EuroLeague]]
|}

{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002–03 Euroleague|2002–03]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| 22 || 19 || 27.0 || .464 || .376 || '''.842''' || 2.6 || 1.8 || '''1.0''' || .1 || 12.0 || '''11.7'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Euroleague|2003–04]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"| [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| 20 || 12 || '''30.1''' || .459 || .342 || .784 || '''2.9''' || '''1.3''' || .6 || .1 || '''12.1''' || 10.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Euroleague|2004–05]]
| 21 || 11 || 18.5 || .471 || .381 || .750 || 1.3 || 0.9 || .4 || .1 || 6.6 || 4.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Euroleague|2005–06]]
| '''23''' || '''22''' || 17.2 || .543 || .429 || .810 || 1.1 || 0.6 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 6.5 || 4.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2006–07 Euroleague|2006–07]]†
| 22 || 10 || 23.1 || .487 || .429 || .695 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .9 || .1 || 7.9 || 6.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007–08 Euroleague|2007–08]]
| 18 || 6 || 16.2 || '''.588''' || '''.519''' || .722 || 1.2 || 0.6 || .4 || '''.2''' || 4.8 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| [[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]]†
| 15 || 4 || 8.2 || .346 || .353 || .833 || .6 || .3 || .2 || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.9 || .1
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="2"| Career
| 141 || 84 || 20.7 || .482 || .393 || .776 || 1.7 || .9 || .6 || .1 || 7.7 || 6.3
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=pan&pcode=BCS Euroleague.net Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051524/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Nikos%20HATZIVRETTAS/pid/29996/_//players.html FIBA Archive Profile]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Nikos_Hatzivrettas/Panellinios_Lamia/11265 Eurobasket.com Profile]
*[http://esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=00000005&idplayer=0000068D&mode=1&idchampionship=00000003 Greek Basket League Profile] {{in lang|el}}
*[http://basket.gr/index.php/playerview?playerid=157 Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile] {{in lang|el}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYBz6Yztu3g Nikos Chatzivrettas Video Tribute]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r30LdlZ35A Chatziverttas Dunk]

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