Dionysis "Sakis" Skoulidas (alternate spelling: Dionisis) (
Greek
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: Διονύσης "Σάκης" Σκουλίδας; born July 29, 1997) is a Greek
professional
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basketball
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player for
Doxa Lefkadas of the
Greek 2nd Division. Born in
Maroussi
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,
Athens
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,
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, he is a 2.01 m (6'7") tall
small forward
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.
Youth career
Skoulidas played from a young age with the youth teams of AEK Peristeriou and
Peristeri
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, before he started his pro career.
Professional career
Skoulidas played for the first time in the
top-tier level
Greek Basket League
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, on 11 April 2012, at the age of 14. That was the only game that he played in during the
2011–12 Greek League season. The rest of that season, he played in Peristeri's youth club.
In the next season, 2012–13, he only played in Peristeri's youth club. In the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, he played with Peristeri in the
3rd-tier level
semi pro level
Greek B League. Skoulidas signed his first professional contract with the senior men's team of
Peristeri
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in 2015, at the age of 18, after he rejected an offer from
AEK Athens
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, and renewed his contract with Peristeri, in order to have more playing time. In the subsequent
2015–16 season, he played with Peristeri in the
Greek 2nd Division.
In July 2016, Skoulidas moved to
AEK Athens
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. He was
loaned to
Koroivos Amaliadas for the
2017–18 season. After that, he moved with a
free agent
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transfer to
Holargos in July 2018.
On July 14 2023, Skoulidas was signed by
Greek 2nd Division club
Doxa Lefkadas.
National team career
With the
Greek Under-16 junior national team, Skoulidas played at the
2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
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. He also played with Greece at the 2013
TBF Under-16 World Cup in Sakarya, Turkey, where he helped Greece win the gold medal. He also played at the
2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
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, where he won a bronze medal.
Skoulidas also played at the
2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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, the
2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, the
2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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Participating teams
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, where he won a gold medal, and the 2nd division
2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
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, where he won a bronze medal. He also played at the
2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
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Venues
Partic ...
, where he won a gold medal.
Career statistics
Domestic Leagues
Regular season
, -
,
2016–17
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A.E.K.
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
, align=center ,
GBL
, 13 , , 5.5 , , .300 , , .286 , , - , , .9 , , .5 , , .1 , , 0 , , .6
, -
,
2017–18
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Koroivos
Koroivos ( el, Κόροιβος, before 1955: Κελεβή - ''Kelevi'') is a village in the municipal unit of Gastouni, Elis, Greece. It is situated in a flat rural area, south of the river Pineios. It is 2 km southeast of Lefkochori, 2  ...
, align=center ,
GBL
, 26 , , 18.1 , , .427 , , .373 , , .700 , , 2.3 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , 0 , , 3.2
, -
,
2018–19
, style="text-align:left;",
Holargos
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GBL
, 16 , , 7.3 , , .240 , , .267 , , - , , .3 , , .3 , , .2 , , 0 , , 1.0
FIBA Champions League
, -
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2016–17
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A.E.K.
A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...
, 9 , , 6.2 , , .250 , , .007 , , 1.000 , , .6 , , .2 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1.2
References
External links
FIBA ProfileRealGM.com ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League ProfileGreek Basket League ProfileHellenic Federation ProfileDraftexpress.com ProfileNBADraft.net Profile
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1997 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
Charilaos Trikoupis B.C. players
Greek men's basketball players
Holargos B.C. players
Koroivos B.C. players
Olympiacos B.C. B players
Peristeri B.C. players
Doxa Lefkadas B.C. players
Shooting guards
Small forwards
Basketball players from Athens