Greek basketball player

Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He is a 1.98 m (6:ft 6") tall, 96:kg (212:lb.) point guard.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 National team career
  • 2.1 Greek junior national team
  • 2.2 Greek senior national team
• 3 Awards and accomplishments
  • 3.1 Pro career
  • 3.2 Greek junior national team
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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. 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. 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. He averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 *ists per game in the shortened 2019-2020 campaign.

On August 8, 2020, he agreed to return to AEK. On July 24, 2021, Katsivelis officially moved to Peristeri.

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. He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

• 2× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013)
• 2× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015)
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013)
• Kazakhstan League: Champion (2017)
• Kazakhstan Cup: Winner (2017)
• Greek League All-Star::(2020)

Greek junior national team

• 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: :Gold
• 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: :Silver
• 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: :Silver

References

External links

• Dimitrios Katisvelis at baskethotel.com
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at draftexpress.com
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at esake.gr (in Greek)
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at eurobasket.com
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at euroleague.net
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at fiba.com (archive)
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at fiba.com (game center)
• Dimitrios Katisvelis at vtb-league.com
• Dimitrios Katsivelis at scoresway.com