Sotiris Nikolaidis

Sotiris Nikolaidis
Personal information
Born	May 25, 1974 (age 50); Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 0.3 in (1.84 m)
Career information
Playing career	1995–2010
Position	Point guard
Career history
1995–2000	PAOK
2000–2002	Maroussi
2002–2003	Iraklis
2003–2005	AEK
2005–2006	Maroussi
2006–2007	AEK
2007–2008	Rethymno
2008–2009	Ilysiakos
2009–2010	Apollon Patras
Career highlights and awards
	Saporta Cup champion (2001); Greek Cup winner (1999);
Men's basketball
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Sotiris 'Sotos' Nikolaidis (Greek: Σωτήρης Νικολαΐδης; born May 25, 1974) in Thessaloniki is a retired Greek professional basketball player.

Professional career

Nikolaidis started his career from X.A.N. Thessaloniki B.C. In 1995 he transferred to PAOK, and he played five years. He took part in 1995–96 FIBA European Cup. Moreover, Nikolaidis won the Greek Basketball Cup in 1999. In 2000, he moved to Maroussi B.C. and he won the 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup. Nikolaidis was the hero of the final when he scored the game's two winning points, with free throws 15 seconds before the end of the game. He also played with Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C., AEK B.C. and Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C. at theGreek Basketball League. Nikolaidis end his career playing in minor leagues with Ilysiakos B.C. and Apollon Patras B.C., finished his career with X.A.N. Thessaloniki B.C. ^[1]^[2]

Nikolaidis had one cap with the Greece national basketball team, playing against Belgium for the FIBA EuroBasket 1999 qualification. He also won the silver game at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.