GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO2nd Lyceum of Kos, GREECEMarianthi Afroditi Chlapani

Early life

• Born in Athens, Greece

• On December 6, 1994

• Parents from Nigeria (Lagos)

• Moved to Greece in 1991

• Antetokounmpo's father, Charles, is a former Nigerian soccer player.

• His mother, Veronica, was a high-jumper.

• For the first 18 years of his life, he had no

papers, neither from Nigeria, nor from Greece.

• He officially gained Greek citizenship on May

9, 2013 (after he was drafted in the NBA), with

the official legal spelling of his name being

Giannis Antetokounmpo.

• His nickname is "The Greek Freak".

• Antetokounmpo grew up in Athens, in the neighbourhood of Sepolia.

• Like many other immigrants in Greece, his parents struggled to find work.

• They faced evictions, moved from place to place.

• Antetokounmpo and his older brother, Thanasis, helped out by selling sunglasses, hats and bags on the streets.

Career• In 2007, he started playing basketball (he even shared

the same shoes with his brother, Thanasis).

• By 2009 he was playing competitively for the youth squad of Filathlitikos.

• On April 28, 2013, he officially made himself eligible for the 2013 NBA draft.

• He fulfilled his draft projections as a first-round pick by being selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.

• On July 30, 2013, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Bucks.

Now

• On February 19, 2017, he was selected for All Star Game 2017. He became the first Greek NBA All-Star.

• In the game, he led the East with 30 points in what was a 192–182 loss to the West.

• At 22 years old he became the youngest player in franchise history to start in an All-Star Game.

• Now he has a huge 100 million dollar contract with Milwaukee Bucks and he is the first NBA player in history to finish in Top 20 of all major stats.

Links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo

• https://watch.nba.com/video/2017/02/19/2017-all-star-play21