Vangelis Sakellariou
Evangelos "Vangelis" Sakellariou (alternate spellings: Vagel, Vaggelis) (Greek: Ευάγγελος "Βαγγέλης" Σακελλαρίου; born October 4, 1989 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. He is 1.95m (6'4 3⁄4") tall, and he can play at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
| No. 9 – Ionikos Nikaias | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard | |||||||||||||
| League | Greek Basket League | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 4, 1989 Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2007–present | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Egaleo | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Sidigas Avellino | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Pagrati | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Trikala 2000 | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Rethymno | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Maroussi | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Nea Kifissia | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Lavrio | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Panionios | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Panathinaikos | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Aris Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Ionikos Nikaias | |||||||||||||
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Professional career
In his pro career, Sakellariou has played in both the top-tier Italian League, with Sidigas Avellino, and in the top-tier Greek League. He was an early entry into the 2009 NBA Draft.[1] He joined the Greek EuroLeague club Panathinaikos, on July 31, 2018.[2] On February 17, 2019, he won Greek Basketball Cup title in the final against PAOK (73:79), which was held in the Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, in Crete. This was the very first title on the highest level for him. Sakellariou also won the Championship with the Greens, averaging 2.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per game.
National team career
Sakellariou was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at both the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, and the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a gold medal.[3]