Michalis Kakiouzis
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| 2018–2019 | Koropi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | SCM U Craiova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Keravnos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michalis "Mika" Kakiouzis (alternate spellings: Michail, Michailis, Mihalis) (
power forward
positions.
Early years
Kakiouzis began playing basketball at the age of 8, with the
Ionikos NF
, in Greece.
Professional career
Kakiouzis made his debut with the
Ionikos N.F. senior club in the 1992–93 season. He played three seasons in the Greek 2nd Division
. At the age of 18, he became the 2nd scorer and rebounder of the Greek 2nd Division.
He was in the squad that brought Greece the gold medal at the
AEK Athens, as his performance at the 1995 Junior World Cup 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
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
Sevilla
.
Kakiouzis signed with the
Vanoli Basket to help the team to avoid relegation
.
In January 2012, he signed with the Italian League 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
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]
National team career
Greek junior 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
1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup
for junior men. He would later go on to be a key member on Greece's senior national team as well.
Greek senior national team
Kakiouzis was the
2007 EuroBasket
.
Coaching career
After he retired from playing professional
basketball coach. On April 7, 2022, Kakiouzis signed with Keravnos of the Cypriot Division A, to be the club's head coach.[5]
Awards and achievements
Pro clubs
- 2× Greek League All-Star: (1999, 2002)
- 2× Greek Cup Winner: (2000, 2001)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion: (2000)
- Greek League Champion: (2002)
- Italian League Champion: (2004)
- Italian Supercup Winner: (2004)
- Italian League All-Star: (2005)
- Spanish CupWinner: (2007)
- Turkish Cup Winner: (2009)
- Turkish LeagueChampion: (2009)
- Cypriot LeagueChampion: (2013)
Greek junior national team
- 1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship:
Gold - 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: Gold
Greek senior national team
- 3× Acropolis Tournament Champion: (2005, 2006, 2007)
- 2005 EuroBasket: Gold
- 2006 FIBA Stanković World Cup: Gold
- 2006 FIBA World Championship:
Silver - FIBA EuroStar: (2007)
Head coach
- Cypriot Leaguechampion: (2022)
- Cypriot Cup winner: (2022)
- Cypriot Super Cup winner: (2022)
References
- ^ Sport24.gr Στην προετοιμασία του Ολυμπιακού ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης (in Greek).
- ^ Michalis Kakiouzis leaves Nea Kifissia.
- ^ Ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης στον ΑΠΟΕΛ!! (Αφιέρωμα – Βίντεο) (in Greek). apoel.com.cy. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ το «αντίο» ο Μιχάλης Κακιούζης (in Greek).
- ^ "Coach Michalis Kakiouzis (ex Craiova) signs at Keravnos". Eurobasket. April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
External links
- Euroleague.net Profile
- FIBA Profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
- Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
- Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile (in Greek)
- Italian League Profile (in Italian)
- Spanish League Profile (in Spanish)
- AEK Profile
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