Vassilis Lipiridis | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7.5 |
Nationality: | Greek |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1967 |
Birth Place: | Edessa, Greece |
Career Start: | 1984 |
Career End: | 1998 |
Career Position: | Power forward / center |
Years1: | 1984–1985 |
Team1: | HAN Thessaloniki |
Years2: | 1985–1996 |
Team2: | Aris Thessaloniki |
Years3: | 1996 |
Team3: | MENT |
Years4: | 1997–1998 |
Team4: | OFI Crete |
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Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βασίλης Λυπηρίδης; born January 1, 1967, in Edessa, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the power forward position.
Lipridis started his basketball playing career with the youth clubs of Edessaikos. He spent one season with HAN Thessaloniki, during the 1984–85 season.[1]
Lipiridis played with great success as a defensive power forward with Aris, winning with them, the Greek League championship six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Greek Cup 5 times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992).
He also took part in 3 consecutive Final Fours of the FIBA European Champions Cup: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990. While he played there, Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European-wide title did not come for Lipiridis until much later, in 1993, when the club won the 2nd-tier level FIBA European Cup in Torino.
In 1996, Lipiridis joined MENT, for some months, and in 1997, he joined OFI Crete basketball club, for one season.
Lipiridis was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that finished in 6th place at the 1990 FIBA World Championship. He also played at the EuroBasket 1991.