Sotiris Nikolaidis
Greek guard who won the 2001 FIBA Saporta Cup.
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Sotiris "Sotos" Nikolaidis is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current basketball coach. Born on May 25, 1974, in Thessaloniki, Greece, he stood 1.86 m (6'1") tall and played both point guard and shooting guard. His career highlight came in the 2001 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, where he sank the winning free throws with 15 seconds left, securing the title for Maroussi Athens.
Professional career
Nikolaidis began his youth career with HAN Thessaloniki. In 1995, he joined PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League, spending five seasons there and playing in the FIBA EuroLeague from 1997 to 2000. He won the Greek Cup with PAOK in 1999.
Moving to Maroussi Athens in 2000, he helped the club win the 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup, scoring the decisive free throws in the final. He later played in the Greek Basket League for Iraklis Thessaloniki, AEK Athens, and Rethymno, appearing in the EuroLeague with AEK during the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. He finished his career in the Greek second and third divisions with Ilysiakos Athens, Apollon Patras, and HAN Thessaloniki.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Silver FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship — 1991 Greece Under-16
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Did You Know?
- He played three EuroLeague seasons with PAOK (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00) and two more with AEK Athens (2003–04, 2004–05).
- His sons Alexandros and Apostolos both became professional basketball players.
- He earned his only senior national team cap against Belgium in the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket qualification tournament.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Sotiris Nikolaidis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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