Dimitrios Katsivelis Explained

Dimitrios Katsivelis
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lbs:212
League:Greek Basket League
BCL
Team:PAOK Thessaloniki
Number:19
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:1 October 1991
Birth Place:Thessaloniki, Greece
Draft Year:2013
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010–2015
Team1:Olympiacos
Years2:2015–2016
Team2:AEK Athens
Years3:2016–2017
Team3:Astana
Years4:2017–2018
Team4:PAOK
Years5:2018–2020
Team5:Promitheas Patras
Years6:2020–2021
Team6:AEK Athens
Years7:2021–2022
Team7:Peristeri
Years8:2022–2023
Team8:Kolossos Rodou
Years9:2023–2024
Team9:Aris Thessaloniki
Years10:2024–present
Highlights:

Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for PAOK of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He is a 1.98m (06.5feet) tall,[1] [2] 96kg (212lb)[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 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. In 24 games, he averaged 7.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals, playing around 26 minutes per contest.

On June 30, 2023, Katsivelis returned to Thessaloniki for Aris.

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]

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Denotes seasons in which Katsivelis won the EuroLeague

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Olympiacos| 2 || 0 || 9.0 || .667 || .500 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.5 || || || 3.5 || 4.0|-| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2011–12†| 7 || 4 || 16.3 || .368 || .286 || 1.000 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .6 || .1 || 2.4 || 1.0|-| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2012–13†| 10 || 1 || 6.6 || .333 || .500 || .500 || .7 || .4 || .1 || || 0.7 || 0.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14| 15 || 1 || 4.6 || .385 || .571 || .500 || .4 || .5 || .1 || .1 || 1.0 || 0.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| 12 || 1 || 6.3 || .455 || .333 || .000 || .8 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 1.0 || 0.8|- class="sortbottom"| align="center" colspan="2"| Career| 46 || 7 || 7.5 || .404 || .423 || .500 || .7 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 1.3 || 0.9

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Champion (2017)

Winner (2017)

Greek junior national team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grecia / Baloncesto / Dimitrios Katsivelis Altura / 1.98m . es . 2016-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161210124404/http://resultados-jjoo.sport.es/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 . 2016-12-10 . dead .
  2. Web site: Dimitrios Katsivelis Grecia Rio 2016 Altura / 1.98m . es . 2016-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161210124408/http://olympics-es-epi.stats.com/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 . 2016-12-10 . dead .
  3. http://pbcastana.kz/en/team/?category=composition&season=2017&team=1&personID=33 Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130621025315/http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2010-11-signings/i/74735/4465/olympiacos-lands-young-katsivelis Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20150822010241/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/693fw77ewmehaipu/aek-adds-two-time-euroleague-champ-katsivelis AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.
  6. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/171783/aek-athens-announces-dimitris-katsivelis.html AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis.
  7. https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/537253/Dimitris-Katsivelis-signs-at-Promitheas Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas.
  8. News: Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Athens . Sportando . August 8, 2020 . August 8, 2020.
  9. http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/h-prwth-ths-ethnikhs-se-fwtografies.4947574.html Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες .
  10. http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/news/greece-announce-preliminary-player-list-for-games-against-great-britain-and-israel Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.