Michalis Kakiouzis

Michalis Kakiouzis
Μιχάλης Κακιούζης

Kakiouzis wearing #15.
Personal information
Born (1976-11-29) November 29, 1976
Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1998 / Undrafted
Playing career 1992–2016
Position Small forward / Power forward
Career history
1992–1995 Ionikos NF
1995–2002 AEK Athens
2002–2005 Montepaschi Siena
2005–2007 Barcelona
2007–2008 Sevilla
2008–2009 Efes Pilsen
2009–2010 Aris
2010–2011 Le Mans
2011 Vanoli Cremona
2011–2012 Virtus Roma
2012–2013 SAV Vacallo Basket
2013 AEK Larnaca
2013–2015 Nea Kifissia
2015 APOEL
2015–2016 Faros Keratsiniou
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
1993 Turkey National Team
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
1995 Greece National Team
EuroBasket
2005 Serbia & Montenegro National Team
FIBA World Cup
2006 Japan National Team

Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis (alternate spellings: Michail, Michailis, Mihalis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Κακιούζης; born November 29, 1976) is a Greek former basketball player who last played for Faros Keratsiniou in the A2 Division in Greece. At a height of 2.07 m (6 ft. 9 ½ in.), he was able to play at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Professional career

After playing youth basketball from the age of 8, with the Nea Filadelfeias Youth Academy of Ionikos, Greece, Kakiouzis made his debut with the Ionikos N.F. senior club in the 1992–93 season. 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 top Greek League.

Kakiouzis had a fruitful stay at AEK Athens. While with the club, he won a Greek League championship in the 2001–02 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.

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 League championship and the Italian Supercup in the 2003–04 season. He was also named to the All-Italian League Team for the season by the Eurobasket.com website.

In 2005, Kakiouzis left Siena and joined Barcelona Basquet of the Spanish League. He stayed with Barcelona until his contract expired in 2007. He then joined the Spanish League club Sevilla.

Kakiouzis signed with the Turkish League club Efes in 2008. On August 27, 2009, he returned to the Greek League and signed with Aris Thessaloniki. In 2011, he signed with Vanoli Basket to help the team to avoid relegation.

In January 2012, he signed with the Italian League club Virtus Roma. In October 2012, he signed with SAV Vacallo Basket of the Swiss League. In 2013, he played for the Cypriot League club AEK Larnaca. In the summer of 2013, he participated in the training camp of Olympiacos.[1] He then joined the Greek club AENK in 2013. On 19 January 2015, after averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds, he left AENK.[2]

On 23 January 2015, Kakiouzis moved to Cyprus and signed a contract with APOEL.[3] He joined the Greek 2nd Division club, Faros Keratsiniou, for the 2015–16 season.

On 4 January 2016, he announced that his retirement as a player would come at the end of the 2015–16 season.[4]

Greek national team

At the age of 15, Kakiouzis became a player of the national junior teams of Greece. With the Greek junior national team, he won the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He was also on the Greek national 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.

Kakiouzis was the captain of the senior men's Greek 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 Summer Olympic Games, which was held in Athens. He also competed with Greece's senior team at the EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, EuroBasket 2003, and EuroBasket 2007.

Awards and achievements

Professional career

Greek National Team

References

  1. ↑ Sport24.gr Στην προετοιμασία του Ολυμπιακού ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης (Greek).
  2. ↑ Michalis Kakiouzis leaves Nea Kifissia.
  3. ↑ Ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης στον ΑΠΟΕΛ!! (Αφιέρωμα – Βίντεο) (in Greek). apoel.com.cy. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ το «αντίο» ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης (Greek).
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