Dimitrios Katsivelis

Dimitrios Katsivelis
	Katsivelis with AEK Athens in November 2015.
No. 19 – Kolossos Rodou
Position	Point guard
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	October 1, 1991 (age 33); Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2015	Olympiacos
2015–2016	AEK Athens
2016–2017	Astana
2017–2018	PAOK Thessaloniki
2018–2020	Promitheas Patras
2020–2021	AEK Athens
2021–2022	Peristeri
2022–present	Kolossos Rodou
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2013); 2× EuroLeague champion (2012, 2013); 2× Greek League champion (2012, 2015); Kazakhstan League champion (2017); Kazakhstan Cup winner (2017); Greek League All-Star (2020);
Men's Basketball
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6") tall,^[1]^[2] 96 kg (212 lb.)^[3] point guard.

Professional career

Katsivelis started his career playing at the semi-professional level (the 3rd-tier level of Greek basketball) with Mantoulidis in the Greek B League.

He began his professional career when he signed with the Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus in 2010.^[4] With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships, in 2012. With Olympiacos, he also won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, and the Greek League championship in 2015.

On August 5, 2015, he signed with AEK Athens.^[5]^[6] He moved to the Kazakh club Astana, of the VTB United League, for the 2016–17 season.

On July 1, 2018, Katsivelis was announced by Promitheas Patras, where he subsequently spent two seasons.^[7] He averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in the shortened 2019-2020 campaign.

On August 8, 2020, he agreed to return to AEK.^[8]

On July 24, 2021, Katsivelis officially moved to Peristeri. On April 18, 2022, he was suspended for the rest of the season, along with teammate Linos Chrysikopoulos, after they both fell out of favor with the club's new head coach Milan Tomić. In 17 league games, he averaged 6.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3 assists per contest.

On August 25, 2022, Katsivelis signed with Kolossos Rodou, reuniting with both Chrysikopoulos and his Astana coach Ilias Papatheodorou.

National team career

Greek junior national team

With Greece's junior national teams, Katsivelis won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Katsivelis became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.^[9] He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.^[10]

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

2× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013)
2× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013)
Kazakhstan League: Champion (2017)
Kazakhstan Cup: Winner (2017)
Greek League All-Star :(2020)

Greek junior national team

2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: Gold
2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: Silver
2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: Silver

References

^ "Grecia / Baloncesto / Dimitrios Katsivelis Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
^ "Dimitrios Katsivelis Grecia Rio 2016 Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
^ Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг.
^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis.
^ AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.
^ AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis.
^ Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas.
^ "Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Athens". Sportando. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
^ Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες (in Greek).
^ Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.

[1] "Grecia / Baloncesto / Dimitrios Katsivelis Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

[2] "Dimitrios Katsivelis Grecia Rio 2016 Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

[3] Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг.

[4] Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis.

[5] AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.

[6] AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis.

[7] Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas.

[8] "Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Athens". Sportando. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

[9] Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες (in Greek).

[10] Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.

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v t e Kolossos Rodou current roster
0 Goudelock 1 Toney 2 Nelson 3 Slaftsakis 6 Koloveros 7 Tsairelis 8 Okoro 9 Petropoulos 11 Chatzinikolas 12 Billis (C) 13 Kamarianos 25 Galvanini 32 Perrantes 33 Giakai 77 Danusevičius Kouroupakis
Head coach: Sigalas Assistant coaches: Nikou Gavalas

Professional career

National team career

Greek junior national team

Greek senior national team

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek junior national team

References

External links