Alexandros Gounas

Alexandros Gounas
Gounas at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Alexandros Evgenios Gounas
Born	(1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 35) Greece
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Position	Wing / Driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Appolon Smyrnis
Number	10
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2004	Vouliagmeni
2004–2008	Glyfada
2008–2013	Vouliagmeni
2013–2016	Olympiacos
2016–2017	Savona
2017–2020	Olympiacos
2020–2022	Appolon Smyrnis
2022–	Panionios
Medal record Representing  Greece World Championships 2015 Kazan Team FINA World League 2016 Huizhou Team Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Team 2013 Mersin Team
Last updated: 2 August 2018

Alexandros Evgenios Gounas (born 3 October 1989) is a Greek water polo player.^[2][3] He is member of the Greece men's national water polo team since 2008 and won a bronze medal at the 16th FINA World Championships and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa.^[4][5] Moreover, in his collection are 6 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups in which he was voted Most Valuable Player four times, with them being the 2011–2012 NC Vouliagmeni, 2013–2014 Olympiacos, 2017–2018 Olympiacos, and 2018–2019 Olympiacos.

Honours

Club

Vouliagmeni

• Greek Championship: 2011–12
• Greek Cup: 2011–12

Olympiacos

• LEN Champions League: 2017–18 ; runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19
• Greek Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Greek Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Greek Super Cup: 2018, 2019

National team

• Silver Medal in 2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona
• Bronze Medal in 2013 Mediterranean Games, Mersin
• Bronze Medal in 2015 World Championship Kazan
• Bronze Medal in 2016 World League Huizhou
• 4th place in 2016 European Championship Belgrade
• 4th place in 2017 World Championship Budapest
• 6th place in 2016 Olympic Games, Rio

Awards

• Greek Championship MVP: 2011–12 with Vouliagmeni, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 with Olympiacos
• Greek Championship Top Scorer: 2020–21, 2021–22 with Apollon Smyrnis

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Alexandres Gounas Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
2. "Alexandros Gounas - fina.org". www.fina.org. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
3. "2014 Vizilabda Európa-bajnokság". www.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
4. "Water Polo - Olympiacos underlines next season ambitions with new signings - Waterpology". www.waterpology.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
5. Alexandres Gounas Archived 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com

External links

• Alexandros Gounas at World Aquatics
• Alexandros Gounas at Olympics.com
• Alexandros Gounas at Olympedia