Dinos Mitoglou

Konstantinos "Dinos" Mitoglou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Ντίνος" Μήτογλου; born June 11, 1996) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Wake Forest University. He is a 2.10 m (6 ft 10+3⁄4 in)^[1] tall power forward, who can occasionally play as a center.

Dinos Mitoglou

Mitoglou with Panathinaikos in 2025
No. 44 – Panathinaikos
Position	Power forward / center
League	Greek Basketball League EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1996-06-11) June 11, 1996 (age 29) Thessaloniki, Greece
Listed height	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	116 kg (256 lb)
Career information
High school	Aristoteleio College (Thessaloniki, Greece)
College	Wake Forest (2014–2017)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2014	Aris Thessaloniki
2017–2021	Panathinaikos
2021–2022	Olimpia Milano
2023–present	Panathinaikos
Career highlights
EuroLeague champion (2024) Lega Serie A champion (2022) Italian Cup winner (2022) 5× Greek League champion (2018–2021, 2024) 3× Greek Cup winner (2019, 2021, 2025) All-Greek League Team (2021) Greek League All-Star (2020) Greek All-Star Game MVP (2020) Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer (2024)

Early career

After playing with the youth teams of the Greek clubs Asteria Academy and Aris, Mitoglou played for the first time in Greece's top-tier level, the Greek Basket League, with the senior men's team of Aris Thessaloniki, during the 2013–14 season. He made his debut in the Greek Basket League, on 30 November 2013, in a game against Olympiacos.^[2] With Aris, he played in a total of 3 games, during the Greek Basket League 2013–14 season.^[3]

Despite playing in Greece's top-tier level professional basketball league, Mitoglou was able to retain his amateur status, thus making him eligible to play college basketball.

College career

Mitoglou played 3 years of NCAA Division I college basketball at Wake Forest from 2014 to 2017.^[4] In 3 years at Wake Forest, he appeared in 96 games, of which 75 were starts, and averaged 9.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.^[5]

Professional career

Aris Thessaloniki (2013–2014)

Mitoglou played with the Greek Basket League club Aris, during the 2013–14 season.

Wake Forest (2014–2017)

Mitoglou with Wake Forest in 2024

He then moved to Wake Forest University,^[6][7] but Aris retained his club rights, through the year 2017.^[8] Mitoglou spent the next 3 seasons playing D1 college basketball. He left Wake Forest after his junior season, to turn professional.

Panathinaikos (2017–2021)

After leaving Wake Forest, Mitoglou signed a 4-year contract with the Greek club Panathinaikos.^[9][10] The contract was worth $2 million in net income.^[11][12][13]

Olimpia Milano (2021–2022)

On June 25, 2021, Mitoglou signed a two-year deal with Italian powerhouse Olimpia Milano worth 1.8 million Euros.

From March 2022 until July 2023, Mitoglou was involved in a major doping scandal involving unlicensed pharmaceuticals. On March 9, 2023, Dinos Mitoglou officially received a 32-month suspension from FIBA.^[14] On July 5, 2023, the Court of Arbitration for Sport convened in Switzerland and reduced his sentence to 16 months, i.e. Mitoglou would be available to participate in FIBA sporting events from July 28, 2023, and henceforth.

Panathinaikos (2023–present)

On July 6, 2023, Mitoglou made his return to Panathinaikos, penning a three-year contract.^[15]

National team career

Greek junior national team

Mitoglou played with the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.^[16]

Greek senior national team

Mitoglou became a member of the senior Greek national basketball team in 2017.^[17] He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification,^[18] and at the 2020 Victoria FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

†	Denotes season in which Mitoglou won the EuroLeague
*	Led the league

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2017–18	Panathinaikos	4	0	3.0	.000	.000	.500	.8	.5	.3	—	.8	.5
2018–19		27	10	13.8	.510	.200	.550	3.0	.3	.3	.1	4.2	4.0
2019–20		28*	5	13.9	.508	.296	.761	3.7	.5	.9	.3	5.8	7.2
2020–21		34	23	20.3	.504	.295	.713	5.4	.9	.7	.3	9.3	11.3
2021–22	Olimpia Milano	13	1	17.5	.471	.296	.818	4.2	1.2	.8	.4	7.6	9.2
2023–24†	Panathinaikos	38	35	28.2	.483	.345	.745	6.2	.9	.8	.4	11.3	13.4
Career		144	74	19.4	.492	.306	.720	4.6	.7	.7	.3	7.8	9.2

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013–14	Aris Thessaloniki	GBL	3	3.1	.250	—	1.000	1.0	—	.3	—	1.3
2017–18	Panathinaikos	GBL	32	12.8	.569	.464	.607	3.8	.5	.3	.3	5.6
2018–19	Panathinaikos	GBL	27	14.3	.535	.353	.593	4.4	.7	.5	.4	6.4
2019–20	Panathinaikos	GBL	20	19.9	.541	.441	.753	7.4	.9	.9	1.0	11.5
2020–21	Panathinaikos	GBL	29	20.0	.568	.440	.788	6.4	1.2	1.1	.7	11.3
2021–22	Olimpia Milano	LBA	11	20.5	.575	.353	.792	6.3	1.2	.8	.3	11.4
2023–24	Panathinaikos	GBL	32	22.1	.502	.354	.775	6.1	1.1	.8	.5	10.2

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014–15	Wake Forest	32	13	22.3	.442	.385	.718	4.6	.4	.5	.6	9.7
2015–16	Wake Forest	31	30	23.8	.427	.318	.767	5.4	.7	.5	.8	9.2
2016–17	Wake Forest	33	32	24.6	.421	.333	.792	6.1	.9	.6	.7	8.9
Career		96	75	23.6	.430	.347	.763	5.4	.7	.5	.7	9.3

Personal life

Mitoglou's father, Dimitrios Mitoglou, was a professional football player, that played with PAOK and Doxa Drama. His brother, Gerasimos Mitoglou is also a professional football player.