Michalis Pelekanos

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Michalis Pelekanos
Μιχάλης Πελεκάνος
No. 7 – Aris
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
League	Greek Basket League
Personal information
Born	(1981-05-25) May 25, 1981 Koridalos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1999–present
Career history
1999–2004	Peristeri (Greece)
2004–2006	AEK Athens (Greece)
2006–2007	Panellinios (Greece)
2007–2008	Real Madrid (Spain)
2008–2012	Olympiacos (Greece)
2009–2010	→ Maroussi (loan) (Greece)
2010–2012	Olympiacos (Greece)
2012–present	Aris (Greece)

Michalis Pelekanos (alternate spelling: Mihalis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Πελεκάνος) (born May 25, 1981, Koridalos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 198 cm (6'6") tall and he plays as a swingman.

Professional career

Pelekanos began his pro career in Greece with Peristeri of the Greek League. He later joined the Greek club AEK Athens, followed by the Greek club Panellinios. After a career year at Panellinios, where he made the home crowd fans chant his name during games, due to his exciting defensive plays and highlight reel dunks, Pelekanos moved to the Euroleague giants Real Madrid of the Spanish ACB League.^[1]

In 2008, he signed a 3-year contract worth €2.1 million euros net income with Olympiacos Piraeus. In August 2009, he was loaned by Olympiacos to Maroussi.^[2] He won both the Euroleague and Greek League championships, with Olympiacos in 2012.

He then signed with the Greek club Aris, for the 2012-13 season.^[3]

Greek national team

Pelekanos was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that competed at the EuroBasket 2007. He was also selected to the Greek national team for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

3x Greek League All-Star: (2001, 2003, 2010)
Greek Cup Champion: (2011)
Euroleague Champion: (2012)
Greek League Champion: (2012)

References

External links

v t e Greece squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 4th place

4 Papaloukas 5 Bourousis 6 Zisis 7 Spanoulis 8 Vasilopoulos 9 Pelekanos 10 Chatzivrettas 11 Dikoudis 12 Tsartsaris 13 Diamantidis 14 Papadopoulos 15 Kakiouzis Coach: Giannakis

v t e Greece squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 5th place

4 Papaloukas 5 Bourousis 6 Zisis 7 Spanoulis 8 Vasilopoulos 9 Fotsis 10 Printezis 11 Glyniadakis 12 Tsartsaris 13 Diamantidis 14 Schortsanitis 15 Pelekanos Coach: Giannakis

v t e Olympiacos B.C. 2011–12 Euroleague Champions

4 Hines 6 Antić 7 Spanoulis (Final4 MVP) 8 Vasilopoulos 9 Dorsey 10 Kešelj 11 Pelekanos 12 Papadopoulos 13 Gecevičius 14 Glyniadakis 15 Printezis 16 Papanikolaou 17 Mantzaris 18 Sloukas 19 Katsivelis 55 Law Coach Ivković

Persondata
Name	Pelekanos, Michalis
Alternative names	Pelekanos, Mihalis
Short description	Greek professional basketball player
Date of birth	1981-05-25
Place of birth	Koridalos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Date of death
Place of death

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