Michalis Kakiouzis
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| Position | Forward |
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| Height | 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| League | Spanish League |
| Team | Cajasol Sevilla |
| Number | 20 |
| Born | November 29, 1976 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Pro career | 1992–present |
| Former teams | Ionikos NF (1992–1995) AEK Athens (1995–2002) Montepaschi Siena (2002–2005) Winterthur FCB (2005–2007) |
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Competitor for  Greece |
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| Gold | 2005 Serbia & Montenegro | Greece | |
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| Silver | 2006 Japan | Greece | |
Mihalis Kakiouzis (Greek: Μιχάλης Κακιούζης; born November 29, 1976 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player.
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[edit] Professional Career
[edit] Greece
Kakiouzis began playing basketball at the age of 8 with the Ionikos Nea Filiadelfia Youth Academy of Ionikos, Greece. In the 1992-1993 season he made his debut with the Ionikos N.F. senior club, in which he played three seasons in the Greek A2 League. At the age of 18 he became the 2nd scorer and rebounder of the Greek A2 League.
He was in the squad that brought Greece the gold medal in 1995 at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for junior men. This was a stepping stone for his journey toward AEK Athens, as his performance at the 1995 Junior World Championship with Greece got him a contract with AEK, one of the powers of the Greek A1 League.
Kakiouzis had a fruitful stay at AEK Athens. While with the club he won a Greek Championship in the 2001-2002 season and he also won two Greek Cups in the years 2000 and 2001. He also won the Saporta Cup with AEK in the year 2000.
[edit] Italy
After leaving AEK Athens in the year 2002, Kakiouzis went on to play for Montepaschi Siena in Italy. With Siena he won both the Italian Championship and the Italian Supercoppa Championship in the 2003-2004 season. He was also named to the Italian League All Community Team for the season by the eurobasket.com website.
[edit] Spain
Kakiouzis left Siena and joined Winterthur FC Barcelona of the Spanish League in the year 2005. He stayed with Barcelona until his contract expiration in the year 2007. He then joined the Spanish club Cajasol Sevilla.
[edit] Greek National Team
[edit] Junior Team
At the age of 15 Kakiouzis became a player of the National Junior Team of Greece. In 1993 with the Greek junior team he won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 European Championship. He was also in the Greek junior squad that brought Greece the gold medal in 1995 at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for junior men. He would later go on to be a key member on Greece's senior national team as well.
[edit] Senior Team
Kakiouzis is the captain of the senior men's Greece national basketball team. He was a member of the Greek team that won the gold medal at the Eurobasket 2005 and also a member of Greece's silver medal winning team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Kakiouzis was on Greece's team that competed at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament, which was held in Athens. He has also competed with Greece's senior team at the Eurobasket 1999, Eurobasket 2001, Eurobasket 2003, and Eurobasket 2007.
[edit] Awards and Achievements
[edit] Pro Career
- European Cup winner (Saporta Cup) with AEK at Lausanne in 2000.
- Won 2 Greek Cups with AEK 2000, 2001.
- Participation at the 2000 All Star Game of the championship of A1 Ethniki.
- 2002 Greek Championship winner with AEK.
- Participation in a Euroleague Stars selection in 2002.
- 2004 Italian Supercoppa trophy winner with Siena.
- 2004 Italy's Championship winner with Siena.
- Member of the 2003-2004 5 Best Community Players Team of the Italian Championship,
as they were voted by the authors of Eurobasket.com.
[edit] Greek National Team
- Won 3 Acropolis Tournaments 2005, 2006, 2007 with Greece
- Under-18 European Championship gold medal winner with Greece at Smyrni in 1993.
- FIBA Under-19 World Championship gold medal winner with Greece in 1995.
- Eurobasket 2005 Championship gold medal winner with Greece
- 2006 FIBA World Championship finalist and silver medal winner with Greece.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- Mihalis Kakiouzis' official website (Greek/Spanish/English)
- Euroleague.net player profile
- AEK BC player profile
- FIBA.com 2006 FIBA World Championship player profile
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