Elliniadis is general manager at AE Limassol

After several years in Mykonos, Stavros Elliniadis is moving to Cyprus, assuming the duties of general manager at AE Limassol.

The announcement:

“PAYABL EKA AEL is pleased to announce the conclusion of cooperation with Stavros Elliniadis, who assumes the role of General Manager of our team.

Stavros Helliniadis has had a rich career in the field of basketball, starting his career as a player in the Piraeus Association and continuing for five consecutive years in Olympiakos Piraeus, where he contributed significantly to winning the Greek championship in 1993. The next stage of his career was the Pagrati, where he competed for three years. At the end of his career he returned to Piraeus Association, the team where he started his career. It should be noted that he had competed with the colors of the Greek National Team sixteen times.

After his successful career as a basketball player, he coached the Piraikos League in A2 in the period 1997-1999, while in the period 2000-2001 he was promoted to the position of General Manager of the Piraikos team. The very next season, he assumed the role of Team Manager (Team Manager) in Panionios, being the first time he assumed an administrative position in an A1 Category team.

In 2002, he took the big step and assumed administrative positions at Olympiacos Piraeus, where he remained for six consecutive years, until 2008. At Olympiacos, he initially assumed the role of Team Manager for the first two years of his tenure, and in the following four years he was promoted to Sports Director, providing his services at the highest level, as the team had a leading role in the domestic league and also in the Euroleague.

In 2008, he moved from Olympiakos Piraeus to Maroussi, where he remained for four years as Sports Director. From 2012 to 2019, he provided the same services to Ikaros of Kallithea, Ikaros of Chalkida, Korivos of Amaliadas, Faros, Panionios (second term) but also Ionikos of Nikias. In the period 2020-2021 he was appointed as Advisor to the Management of Aris Thessaloniki.

Until recently, Mr. Elliniadis had assumed the role of General Manager in Mykonos, contributing decisively to the development of the team and its ambition to move up to the A1 category.

At the level of national teams, it is worth noting that in 2009 he assumed the duties of Team Manager (Team Manager) for the Greek National Team, alongside Jonas Kazlauskas and Yiannis Sfairopoulos, and Greece won the Bronze Medal at the Pan-European Championship in Poland. In 2022, he was again appointed as Team Manager (Team Manager) of the Greek National Team U-20 coached by Makis Giatras at the Pan-European Championship in Podgorica.

Stavros Helliniadis collaborated with very big names in European basketball, such as Giorgos Bartzokas, Panagiotis Giannakis, Pini Gershon, Jonas Kazlauskas, Dragan Sakota, Slobodan Subotic, Makis Giatras, Soulis Markopoulos, Thanasis Skiurtopoulos, Vagnelis Alexandris, Milos Teodosic, Giorgos Printezis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Sofocles Schortsianitis, Giannis Bourousis, Antonis Fotsis, Nikos Zissis, and many other important personalities.

The experience and vision of Stavros Elliniadis are integral elements for the development and success of our team. We are sure that under his guidance, PAYABL EKA AEL will continue its upward trajectory and achieve new goals.

We welcome Stavros Elliniadis to the PAYABL EKA AEL family and wish him every success in his new role.”