Very important Manchen reinforcement for Karditsa!

The Finnish athlete is already in Karditsa and is immediately part of the training program to integrate the team, in view of both the Stoiximan Super Cup and the official racing commitments in GBL and BCL.

Alexander Manchen, familiar to the Greek public since his tenure in AEK in the period 2022-23, is 30 years old (born January 26, 1995) at 2.08m and is racing as a center and power forward. Basketball began in his hometown of Kolavas, with whom he competed in A1 Finland until 2016, winning the championship. He then moved to Prague for USK, where he competed in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. His next stop was the Riga’s’s OB, with which he starred for three periods, winning two championships and a Latvian Cup. In 2022 he came to our country on behalf of AEK, with which he reached the BCL ‘8’. The following season he returned to Riga for VEF, and in December 2023 he moved to Spain and ACB, wearing the Andorra jersey. He stayed in Spain and the ACB and last season, this time for Gida, with which he competed in 30 races. Overall, Alexander Manchen has a rich career at a high level, with 42 matches in the Basketball Champions League.

A separate part in the course is the Finnish national team of which he has been a steady member in the last decade, with which he competed in the recent Euphrates, winning 4th place in the final, after Finland’s defeat by Greece in the small final. He has competed in two Europats and a world championship with his country jersey.