Dimitrios Katsivelis

Dimitrios Katsivelis
Katsivelis with AEK Athens in November 2015.
No. 19 – PAOK Thessaloniki
PositionPoint guard
LeagueGBL
FEC
Personal information
Born (1991-10-01) October 1, 1991 (age 33)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2015Olympiacos
2015–2016AEK Athens
2016–2017Astana
2017–2018PAOK Thessaloniki
2018–2020Promitheas Patras
2020–2021AEK Athens
2021–2022Peristeri
2022–2023Kolossos Rodou
2023–2024Aris Thessaloniki
2024–presentPAOK Thessaloniki
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Greece Under-18
FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 New Zealand Under-19
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Croatia Under-20

Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for PAOK of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup (FEC). He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall,[1][2] 96 kg (212 lb)[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

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

† Denotes seasons in which Katsivelis won the EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Olympiacos 2 0 9.0 .667 .500 1.000 1.0 1.5 — — 3.5 4.0
2011–12† 7 4 16.3 .368 .286 1.000 1.0 1.0 .6 .1 2.4 1.0
2012–13† 10 1 6.6 .333 .500 .500 .7 .4 .1 — 0.7 0.2
2013–14 15 1 4.6 .385 .571 .500 .4 .5 .1 .1 1.0 0.9
2014–15 12 1 6.3 .455 .333 .000 .8 .3 .2 .1 1.0 0.8
Career 46 7 7.5 .404 .423 .500 .7 .6 .2 .1 1.3 0.9

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek junior national team

References

  1. ^ "Grecia / Baloncesto / Dimitrios Katsivelis Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  2. ^ "Dimitrios Katsivelis Grecia Rio 2016 Altura / 1.98m" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  3. ^ Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг.
  4. ^ Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis.
  5. ^ AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.
  6. ^ AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis.
  7. ^ Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas.
  8. ^ "Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Athens". Sportando. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ^ Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες (in Greek).
  10. ^ Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.