Vougioukas, who was born in London, England,[1] started playing basketball in his native country of Greece, with the youth clubs of Aris Glyfadas, Kronos, and Ilysiakos.

While playing NCAA Division I college basketball with the Saint Louis Billikens, Vougioukas was named First-Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference and was ranked 14th in the A-10 in scoring, at 13.9 points per game, and sixth in rebounding, at 7.4 rebounds per game.

One of his college highlights was a game-high 28 point performance, in a 65–64 double-overtime loss to Dayton, on March 3, 2007.

[3] After college, Vougioukas signed a three-year contract with the Greek EuroLeague club Olympiacos Piraeus.

In July 2012, Vougioukas signed two-year deal with the Russian club UNICS Kazan, of the VTB United League.

[11] On 8 September 2015, Vougioukas signed a one-year deal with the Lithuanian League club Žalgiris Kaunas.

He also won the silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, with Greece's under-26 national team.