Him Foti Maleli added to the roster of Carditsa. The 26-year-old power forward (2.06m) played the last two years in Psychiko, averaging 7.4 points and 3.4 rebounds last season.
The announcement:
AS Karditsas IAPONIKI announces the addition of Fotis Malelis to our team roster.
The Athenian athlete adds height and energy to the soulful potential of our team, which with this agreement, completes its reinforcement in the front line.
Fotis is 26 years old (born on June 25, 1997) and 2.05m tall. plays as a power forward. From the infrastructure departments of AEK, he switched to the USA where he initially studied at Arlington High School in Florida. In the summer of 2016, he entered the college league, playing at Saint Thomas. During his three-year tenure in the NCAA, he averaged 7.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, with the 2017-18 season also being his most efficient on the other side of the Atlantic, tallying 9.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.16 assists per game.
In 2019, he returned to Greece and played with Panionios in the Basket League, scoring 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. During the 2020-21 season, he wore the shirt of Dafni Dafniou in the A2 National division, making excellent appearances and recording 10.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
S.A. Psychiko was the most recent stop in his career, a team in which he played for the two years 2021-23 in the A2 National category. With Psychiko, the 26-year-old forward celebrated promotion to the Basket League in the 2021-22 season, as a division finalist behind champion A.S.K. and scored 7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. Last year and with the Athens team not declaring participation in the major division, Fotis remained in its potential and reached with it a breath of the second consecutive promotion, leading it to the Final Four of the competition that now bears the name Elite League, with 7.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game
We welcome Fotis to AS Karditsas JAPONIKI and wish him health, strength and success with our team.
Source: Sport Fm
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