Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sofoklis Schortsanitis

Greek professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1985

Place of Birth: Kavala, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: S?f????? S???tsa??t??) (born 22 June 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.
Born in Tiko, Cameroon, to a Greek adopted 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".