Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (

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: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek

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player for Kolossos Rodou of the

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. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6") tall, 96 kg (212 lb.)

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Professional career

Katsivelis started his career playing at the

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level ( the 3rd-tier level of Greek basketball) with Mantoulidis in the Greek B League. He began his professional career when he signed with the Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus in 2010. With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships, in 2012. With Olympiacos, he also won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, and the Greek League championship in 2015. On August 5, 2015, he signed with

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. He moved to the Kazakh club

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, of the

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, for the 2016–17 season. On July 1, 2018, Katsivelis was announced by Promitheas Patras, where he subsequently spent two seasons. He averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in the shortened 2019-2020 campaign. On August 8, 2020, he agreed to return to

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. On July 24, 2021, Katsivelis officially moved to

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. On April 18, 2022, he was suspended for the rest of the season, along with teammate Linos Chrysikopoulos, after they both fell out of favor with the club's new head coach Milan Tomić. In 17 league games, he averaged 6.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3 assists per contest. On August 25, 2022, Katsivelis signed with Kolossos Rodou, reuniting with both Chrysikopoulos and his Astana coach Ilias Papatheodorou.

National team career

Greek junior national team

With Greece's junior national teams, Katsivelis won the gold medal at the

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, the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Greek senior national team

Katsivelis became a member of the senior men's

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Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

*2× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013) *2× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015) *

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Champion: (

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) * Kazakhstan League: Champion (2017) *

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: Winner (2017) * Greek League All-Star :(2020)

Greek junior national team

: * 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: * 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:

Professional career

National team career

Greek junior national team

Greek senior national team

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Greek junior national team

References

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