Sotiris Nikolaidis

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Sotiris Nikolaidis

Personal information

Born

May 25, 1974 (age 50)
Thessaloniki, Greece

Nationality

Greek

Listed height

6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)

Listed weight

181 lb (82 kg)

Career information

Playing career

1995–2010

Position

Point guard / Shooting guard

Coaching career

2010–present

Career history

As player:

1995–2000

2000–2001

2001–2002

2002–2003

2003–2005

2005–2006

2006–2007

2007–2008

2008–2009

2009–2010

As coach:

2010–2012

HANTH (youth)

2012–2013

MENT

2013–2014

Trikala Aries (assistant)

2014–2016

Stratoni

2016–2018

HANTH

2019–2020

Pefkochori

2020

Ionikos Nikaias (assistant)

2022–2023

Lavrio (assistant)

Career highlights and awards

As player:

FIBA Saporta Cup champion (2001)
Greek Cup winner (1999)

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
	1991 Greece	Under-16

Sotiris "Sotos" Nikolaidis (Greek: Σωτήρης "Σώτος" Νικολαΐδης; (born May 25, 1974, in Thessaloniki, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player and current basketball coach. During his club playing career, at a height of 1.86 m (6'1 1⁄4") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

Nikolaidis started his youth basketball career in Greece, with HAN Thessaloniki. In 1995, he transferred to the Greek Basket League club PAOK Thessaloniki, where he played for five years. With PAOK, he also played three seasons in Europe's top level competition, the FIBA EuroLeague (1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00). Moreover, Nikolaidis also won the Greek Cup title with PAOK, in 1999.

In 2000, he moved to the Greek club Maroussi Athens, and with them he won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup's 2000–01 season championship. Nikolaidis was the hero of the 2001 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, after he scored the game's two winning points, with free throws made 15 seconds before the end of the game. He also played in the Greek Basket League with Iraklis Thessaloniki, AEK Athens, and Rethymno. With AEK, he also played two seasons in Europe's top level EuroLeague (2003–04 and 2004–05).

Nikolaidis then played with Ilysiakos Athens in the Greek 2nd Division, and in the semi-pro level Greek 3rd Division, with Apollon Patras. He ended his club playing career in the Greek minor leagues, with HAN Thessaloniki.^[1]^[2]

National team career

With Greece's Under-16 junior national team, Nikolaidis won the silver medal at the 1991 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He also played in one cap (game) with the senior Greek national basketball team, in a game against Belgium, at the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket qualification tournament.

Personal life

His sons Alexandros and Apostolos also became professional basketball players.^[3]

References

^ "Ο Σωτήρης Νικολαΐδης στη ΧΑΝΘ". northbasket.gr. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
^ "Το Μαρούσι όλης της Ελλάδας". sport24.gr. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
^ Olympiacos signs youngster Alexandros Nikolaidis.

v t e Maroussi FIBA Saporta Cup 2000–01 champions
4 Falekas 5 Nikolaidis 6 Manolopoulos 7 Karaplis 8 Maslarinos 9 Marmarinos 10 Vourtzoumis 11 Evtimov 12 Oliver (Finals MVP) 13 Amaya Anagnostou Charalampidis Logothetis
Head coach: Alexandris

Professional career

National team career

Personal life

References

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