Polychronis Rafail Tsigkas (born August 27, 2000) is a Greek/Cypriot professional basketball player who last played for Apollon Limassol B.C. of the Cypriot Basket League.[1]
| Polychronis Tsigkas | |
| Position: | Small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4.5 |
| Weight Lbs: | 193 |
| League: | Cypriot Basket League |
| Team: | Apollon Limassol B.C. |
| Number: | 14 |
| Nationality: | Greek / Cypriot |
| Birth Date: | 27 August 2000 |
| Career Start: | 2021 |
| Years1: | 2021-2022 |
| Team1: | Anorthosis Famagusta B.C. |
| Years2: | 2022-2023 |
| Team2: | Efkarpia B.C. |
| Years3: | 2023-2024 |
| Team3: | Achilleas Kaimakliou |
| Years4: | 2024 |
| Team4: | Kavala B.C. |
| Years5: | 2024 |
| Team5: | Apollon Limassol B.C. |
Tsigkas was born from a Greek father and a Cypriot mother at Ioannina, Greece, where he spent his childhood. He started playing basketball in the youth teams of the local team AGS Ioanninon.
After playing some years in the minor divisions of Greece until 2020, he started his professional career signing his first professional contract with Anorthosis Famagusta B.C. of the Cypriot Basket League for the 2021-22 season.[2]
For the 2022-23 season he signed with Efkarpia B.C.[3] of the Greek National League 1.
In July 2023 he signed with Achilleas Kaimakliou of the Cypriot Basket League.[4] In December 2023, after 9 games, he parted ways with the club due to some disagreements.
In January 2024 he signed a 3-month contract with Kavala B.C. of the Greek National League 1 for the rest of the season.[5]
In April 2024 he was fined by the Greek Basketball Federation and suspended for one game, after attacking and cursing a referee in a playout game.[6] [7]
In August 2024 he signed with Apollon Limassol B.C. of the Cypriot Basket League.[8] In November 2024, after 3 games, his contract was terminated due to some disagreements with the club.
Tsigkas was eligible to represent Greece or Cyprus internationally due to his dual citizenship.
He was a member of the Greece men's national under-16 basketball team but he didn’t manage to make it to the final squad for the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship. He then decided to represent the Cyprus national basketball team for the rest of his life.[9] He was a member of the Cyprus men's national under-18 basketball team and under-23 national team.[10]
Tsigkas has both Greek and Cypriot citizenship.
His mother is Cypriot from Limassol.[11]