page_title: Sofoklis Schortsanitis
hierarchical_section_title: Sofoklis Schortsanitis
caption_attribution_description: English: Maccabi Tel Aviv VS. Barak Netanya 31/10/11
context_page_description: Sofoklis Schortsanitis is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.
  Born in Tiko, Cameroon, to a Greek step father, Konstantinos, and a Cameroonian mother, Georgette, he plays the center position.
  An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title in 2014 with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2010 and 2011, while playing for Olympiacos and Maccabi, respectively. He was a member of the senior Greek national team that captured silver medal honours in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 2009. He is nicknamed "Big Sofo" or "Baby Shaq".
context_section_description: Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. 
  Born in Tiko, Cameroon, to a Greek step father, Konstantinos, and a Cameroonian mother, Georgette, he plays the center position.
  An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title in 2014 with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and reached the EuroLeague Final in 2010 and 2011, while playing for Olympiacos and Maccabi, respectively. He was a member of the senior Greek national team that captured silver medal honours in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 2009. He is nicknamed "Big Sofo" or "Baby Shaq".
caption: Schortsanitis with Maccabi Tel Aviv, 2011
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