Dionysis Skoulidas

Dionysis Skoulidas
Διονύσης Σκουλίδας

Skoulidas in 2016
No. 24 – AEK Athens
Position Small forward
League Greek League
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1997-07-29) July 29, 1997
Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2016 Peristeri
2016–present AEK Athens
Medals
Representing  Greece
Men's Basketball
TBF Under-16 World Cup
2013 Sakarya National Team
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2013 Ukraine National Team
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2015 Greece National Team
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship B
2016 Greece National Team
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2017 Greece National Team

Dionysis "Sakis" Skoulidas (alternate spelling: Dionisis)[1] (Greek: Διονύσης "Σάκης" Σκουλίδας; born July 29, 1997) is an ethnic Turkish professional basketball player who plays for AEK Athens in the Greek Basket League and the Champions League.[2] Born in Maroussi, Athens, Greece, he is a 2.01m (6'7")[3] tall small forward.

Youth career

Skoulidas played from a young age with the youth teams of AEK Peristeriou and Peristeri, before he started his pro career.

Professional career

Skoulidas played for the first time in the top-tier Greek Basket League, on 11 April 2012, at the age of 14.[4] That was the only game that he played in during the 2011–12 Greek League season.[5] The rest of that season, he played in Peristeri's youth club.

In the next season, 2012–13, he only played in Peristeri's youth club. In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, he played with Peristeri in the 3rd-tier semi pro level Greek B League. Skoulidas signed his first professional contract with the senior men's team of Peristeri in 2015, at the age of 18, after he rejected an offer from AEK Athens, and renewed his contract with Peristeri, in order to have more playing time.[6] In the subsequent 2015–16 season, he played with Peristeri in the Greek 2nd Division.

In July 2016, Skoulidas moved to AEK Athens.[7]

Greek national team

With the Greek Under-16 junior national team, Skoulidas played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He also played with Greece at the 2013 TBF Under-16 World Cup in Sakarya, Turkey, where he helped Greece win the gold medal. He also played at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a bronze medal.

Skoulidas also played at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, and the 2nd division 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, where he won a bronze medal.[8] He also played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal.

References

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