Vangelis Sakellariou Explained

Vangelis Sakellariou
Βαγγέλης Σακελλαρίου
Position:Shooting guard / point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:4.75
Weight Lbs:210
Team:Free agent
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:4 August 1989
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Draft Year:2011
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007–2008
Team1:Aigaleo
Years2:2008
Team2:Sidigas Avellino
Years3:2008–2009
Team3:Pagrati
Years4:2009–2010
Team4:Trikala 2000
Years5:2010–2011
Team5:Rethymno
Years6:2011–2012
Team6:Maroussi
Years7:2012–2013
Team7:Nea Kifissia
Years8:2013–2016
Team8:Lavrio
Years9:2016–2018
Years10:2018–2019
Years11:2019
Team11:Aris Thessaloniki
Years12:2019–2020
Highlights:

Evangelos "Vangelis" Sakellariou (alternate spellings: Vagel, Vaggelis) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Σακελλαρίου; born October 4, 1989, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. He is 1.95m (6'4 ") tall, and he can play at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

In his pro career, Sakellariou has played in both the top-tier level Italian League, with Sidigas Avellino, and in the top-tier level Greek League. He was an early entry into the 2009 NBA draft.[1] He joined the Greek EuroLeague club Panathinaikos, on July 31, 2018.[2]

On February 17, 2019, he won the final of the 2019 Greek Cup,[3] which was held at the Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, on Crete. Sakellariou also won the 2018–19 Greek League season's championship with Panathinaikos. He averaged 2.5 points and 3.0 rebounds, in 10.0 minutes per game in the Greek League that season.

National team career

Sakellariou was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at both the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/05/02/draft.entry.list/index.html?cid=playoff8 Early Entry Candidates for 2009 NBA Draft.
  2. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/8ws6neq8b8saosfm/sakellariou-signs-on-for-panathinaikos Sakellariou signs on for Panathinaikos.
  3. https://www.cnn.gr/news/sports/story/166045/paok-panathinaikos-opap-73-79-prasino-to-kypello-elladas 73:79
  4. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/47748/q/sakellariou/rpp//_//players.html Evangelos SAKELLARIOU (GRE) participated in 4 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.