Apollon Tsochlas (alternate spellings: Apollonas, Apollona) (Greek: ÃÂÃÂÃÂûûÃÂý äÃÂÃÂÃÂûñÃÂ; born August 20, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player for Neaniki Estia Megaridas of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.
Tsochlas started playing basketball with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas. He then played with Kefallonia, in the Greek minor divisions, from 2002 to 2005. He is also known his friendship with Alexandros "Kechas" Kechagadiopoulos who played as a point guard for Evriali Glyfadas.
Tsochlas made his pro debut in the Greek 2nd Division, with Doukas, in 2005. With Doukas, he played in the Greek 2nd Division in the 2005âÂÂ06 and 2006âÂÂ07 seasons, and in the Greek 3rd Division, in the 2007âÂÂ08 season. He then joined Kefallonias, to play in the Greek 4th Division, for the 2008âÂÂ09 season.
Tsochlas then played with the Greek club Rethymno, from 2009 to 2013. With Rethymno, he played in the Greek 2nd Division, in the 2009âÂÂ10 and 2010âÂÂ11 seasons, before playing in the Greek top-tier level 1st Division, for the first time in his career, in the 2011âÂÂ12 season. He joined the Greek club PAOK, in 2013.
With PAOK, Tsochlas played in one of the two European-wide 2nd-tier level club competitions, the EuroCup, for the first time, in the 2013âÂÂ14 season. He also played in the other European-wide 2nd-tier level club competition, the FIBA Champions League, for the first time with PAOK, during the 2016âÂÂ17 season. In 2017, he re-signed with PAOK, for two more years. On September 6, 2019, Tsochlas again re-signed with PAOK, and he then played his seventh season with the club.
Tsochlas joined the development team of Olympiacos in 2020.