College career As a youth, Fasoulas moved from
Greece, to play
college basketball in the United States. He first played college ball at the
Hellenic College. He was recruited to the school by its head coach at the time,
Dick Dukeshire, who had previously worked as a coach in Greece. Fasoulas played two seasons with the school's men's basketball team, the Hellenic College Owls. Fasoulas then played college ball at
North Carolina State University, with the
N.C. State Wolfpack. At NC State, he played under legendary head coach
Jim Valvano. In his sole season with the Wolfpack (1985–86), Fasoulas averaged 2.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, and he also led the team with 1.8 blocks per game, in 29 games played.
Professional career During his professional career, Fasoulas played for
PAOK Thessaloniki and
Olympiacos Piraeus. With PAOK, he won the
FIBA Cup Winners' Cup championship in the
1990–91 season. With Olympiacos, he won the
EuroLeague championship and the
Triple Crown in the 1996–97 season. He was named to the
FIBA European Selection four times, in the years 1990, 1991 (twice), and 1995. He was also named a
FIBA EuroStar in 1996. At the national domestic level, Fasoulas won 5
Greek League championships and 3
Greek Cups. He was named the
Greek League Finals MVP in 1992, and was also named the
Greek League MVP in 1994 and 1995. He led the Greek League in
rebounding in 1987, and in
blocked shots in 1994 and 1997. Fasoulas was inducted into the
Greek League Hall of Fame in 2022.
National team career Fasoulas was also a member of the senior
Greek national team, where he was the starting
center during Greece's
1987 FIBA EuroBasket gold medal victory, being also named to the
All-Tournament Team. He also won the silver medal with Greece at the
1989 FIBA EuroBasket. In
Toronto, Canada, at the
1994 FIBA World Championship, where Greece finished in fourth place, Fasoulas played the best basketball of his career. In total, Fasoulas appeared in 244 games for Greece, averaging 9.77 points per game. He is
second all-time in games played and
third all-time in points scored for Greece's senior men's team. Fasoulas played with Greece at the following major
FIBA tournaments: the
1983 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1984 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the
1987 FIBA EuroBasket, the
1988 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the
1989 FIBA EuroBasket, the
1990 FIBA World Cup, the
1991 FIBA EuroBasket, the
1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the
1993 FIBA EuroBasket, the
1994 FIBA World Cup, the
1995 FIBA EuroBasket, the
1996 Summer Olympics, and the
1998 FIBA World Cup. He also represented Greece at the
1981 Balkan Championship, the
1982 Balkan Championship, the
1983 Balkan Championship, the
1983 Mediterranean Games, the
1984 Balkan Championship, and the
1986 Balkan Championship.
Managerial career After his basketball playing career ended, Fasoulas became a basketball
executive. He became the
sports director of
Olympiacos Women, of the
Greek Women's League and the
EuroLeague Women. ==Awards and accomplishments==