Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Betsson BCfor the third time in his career, signing a two -year contract that will keep him in the team by the summer of 2027, following Frank Bartley.
The 33 -year -old guard, with a height of 1.98m, measured this year’s Stoiximan GBL with PAOK on average 9.8 points4.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 21 matches, while in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 15 matches.
Katsivelis has a rich route to Greek and international basketball. He started from Mandoulides Schools and took the big step with Olympiacos, winning titles in Greece and Europe. He has fought, among other things, in Astana, PAOK, Prometheus, Peristeri, Colossus and Mars.
At the same time, he is international with the Men’s National and has great discrimination with the small national teams. His return is expected to provide quality and stability to AEK.
AEK’s announcement in detail:
AEK Betsson BC is pleased to announce that Dimitris Katsivelis returns to the Queen (33k, 1m98).
The international guard signed a two-year contract with the “Queen” today (04/07) until the end of the 2026-2027 season.
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Dimitris Katsivelis was born on October 1, 1991 in Thermi, Thessaloniki, and comes for his third term in AEK, after the 2015-2016 and 2020-2021 racing season.
He started his journey to basketball from Mandoulides Schools and in 2010 signed a professional contract with Olympiacos, with whose jersey he won twice the Euroleague (2012 and 2013), the Intercontinental Cup in 2013, two Greek Championships (2012 and 2015) and the Greek Cup in 2011.
In the 2015-2016 season he wore AEK’s yellows for the first time, and the following season (2016-2017) moved abroad on behalf of Astana, Kazakhstan, with which he won the double (championship and cup). He returned to Greece in 2017 to wear the PAOK jersey, followed by two periods to Prometheus Patras (2018-2020) and his second term in AEK in the 2020-2021 season.
He continued his journey to Peristeri (2021-2022), Colossus of Rhodes (2022-2023) and Mars (2023-2024) and last season with PAOK jersey, he measured the Stoiximan GBL on average 9.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists in Fiba. Cup 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 15 matches.
At the level of national teams, it is international with the Men’s National, and has won the gold medal in the 2008 Eurobasket of Teens, as well as two silver medals with the National Youth, at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Eurobasket.
Dimitris, welcome again to the “Queen”.
Source: Sport Fm
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