37 Facts About Fragiskos Alvertis

Fragiskos "Frankie" Alvertis is a Greek former professional basketball player and general manager of Panathinaikos Athens.

In 1990, Alvertis joined Panathinaikos, after moving to the club from Glyfada.

Fragiskos Alvertis is commonly referred to as one of the best pure shooters of European basketball during the 1990s decade, and the beginning of the new millennium.

Fragiskos Alvertis won the Greek League Three-Point Shootout Contest three years in a row, and he shot 41.0 percent from three-point range throughout his EuroLeague career.

Fragiskos Alvertis played in the EuroLeague Final Four for the eight and final time in 2007.

On February 3,2008, Fragiskos Alvertis was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, over the previous half-century by the EuroLeague Basketball Experts Committee, in recognition of his major contribution to Panathinaikos' rise on the European continental scene.

Fragiskos Alvertis was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.

Fragiskos Alvertis was a member of the Greece men's national basketball team, from 1995 to 2004.

Fragiskos Alvertis's potential was proven to be great in the 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where Alvertis led the Greek team to the silver medal alongside Panagiotis Liadelis.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 13 points per game, forcing Head Coach Bozidar Maljkovic to state that he already was to be counted as one of the very best players in Europe.

Fragiskos Alvertis finished his EuroLeague season averaging 12 points per game.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 10.8 points per game in the competition, led Panathinaikos in scoring during the winning Final against Barcelona with 17 points, and was selected to the EuroLeague All-Final Four Team.

Fragiskos Alvertis scored 12 points in the last eight minutes of a dramatic Game 3, leading Panathinaikos to the Finals where they fell to Olympiacos.

Fragiskos Alvertis won the 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, as he averaged 19.7 points per game against Olimpia de Venado Tuerto, who were the defending Argentine National League and FIBA South American League champions at the time.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 16.7 points per game and led Panathinaikos in scoring.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 12 points per game in the finals against AEK, and was voted the Greek League MVP.

Fragiskos Alvertis' contribution had not been significant on the court, but the captain of the Greens was ready to serve his team whenever they needed him.

Fragiskos Alvertis was always there to help the team achieve all the targets.

Fragiskos Alvertis played at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, in which Greece finished in fourth place.

Fragiskos Alvertis won another silver medal with Greece's junior national team, at the 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

The first major tournament in which Fragiskos Alvertis represented the Greece men's national basketball team was the EuroBasket 1995, when he was 21.

Fragiskos Alvertis finished the tournament averaging 4.9 points per game.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 13.2 points and a surprisingly high 6.2 rebounds per game, being a major contributor to Greece's fourth-place finish at the tournament.

Fragiskos Alvertis's leading role in the team had become indisputable, especially since the great Greek player Panagiotis Fasoulas had retired from the national team after the end of the tournament.

At the EuroBasket 1999, Fragiskos Alvertis seemed ready to lead Greece to its first medal since 1989.

Fragiskos Alvertis, coming off a great club year with Panathinaikos, and Giorgos Sigalas, had to show to the younger generation of Greek players the road to success.

The first game against reigning champion Italy proved that Fragiskos Alvertis was ready to fulfill his role as a leader.

Fragiskos Alvertis averaged 16 points in the tournament, but Greece ended up in ninth place.

Fragiskos Alvertis was in charge of transmitting values such as commitment, partnership, and ambition to the new generation of Greek stars.

Fragiskos Alvertis kept his word that he was staying retired from the national team, even though Head Coach Giannakis initially thought about including him on the Greek team that would eventually win the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2005.

Fragiskos Alvertis had already seen that the future of the Greece national team was in good hands.

In total, Fragiskos Alvertis had 155 appearances with the Greece men's national team.

Fragiskos Alvertis was regarded for most of his career as one of the best sharp shooters in Europe.

Fragiskos Alvertis was an accomplished defender, that was often credited with effectively defending the opposing team's shooting guard or small forward.

Finally and above all, Fragiskos Alvertis was a charismatic team leader, both on the court, and especially off the court.

Fragiskos Alvertis always kept his teammates focused on the team's success, and symbolized the very core of Panathinaikos' winning culture.

Panathinaikos's Head Coach Zeljko Obradovic once said, "Fragiskos Alvertis is the best captain I ever had", paying tribute to the team leadership skills of his star.