Ioannis "Gaga" Gagaloudis (alternate spellings: Yannis, Giannis, Gagaloudes, Gkagkaloudis) ( el, Γιάννης Γκαγκαλούδης; born August 22, 1978) is a Greek professional
basketball
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player for
Esperos Kallitheas B.C.
Esperos Kallitheas B.C. is the men's basketball section of the Greek multi-sports club of Esperos Kallitheas (full name: POK Esperos/Panathlitikos Omilos Kallitheas Esperos). The basketball club was founded in 1945, two years after the establishm ...
of the
Greek B Basket League
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. He is 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) tall and 86 kg (190 lbs.) in weight. Born in
Athens
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,
Greece
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, he can play at both the
point guard
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and
shooting guard
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positions.
Professional career
Greece
Born in Kypseli, Athens in 1978, Gagaloudis started his career with
Palaio Faliro
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.
In 1999, he moved to the
Greek top-tier level GBL team
Dafni, where he stayed for two seasons.
Gagaloudis won the
2003 FIBA EuroCup Challenge with
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, and a
Greek Basket League
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championship with
Panathinaikos
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, in 2004.
With
PAOK, Gagaloudis averaged 12.9 points, 1.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.8 steals per game, in the
2nd-tier level European-wide league, the
EuroCup, during the
2004–05 season. After 2 years with PAOK, and following contract offers from Italian and Spanish teams, Gagaloudis signed with Greek club
AEK Athens
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, in October 2006. In August 2007, Gagaloudis was the first signing of the Greek club
Rethymno
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, for the club's first season in the Greek Basket League.
Italy
In January 2008, Gagaloudis signed with the Italian team
Virtus Roma
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It was form ...
, but he was released a month later, after appearing in only three
Italian League
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games, in which he averaged 4.0 points per game. He also played in 2
EuroLeague games with Roma
that season.
Cyprus
In February 2012, Gagaloudis left
Maroussi
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, due to the club's financial problems. For financial reasons, Gagaloudis then signed with the
Cypriot League
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team
Apollon Limassol
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.
Back to Greece
After the conclusion of the season in Cyprus, Gagaloudis signed with the Greek club
Kavala
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, for a second time in his career, in order to play for the team in the
Greek League 2012–13 season.
Tunisia
In January 2013, Gagaloudis accepted an offer from the Tunisian club
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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, of the
Tunisian Division I League. He helped his team win both the Tunisian League and the
Tunisian Cup
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.
Back to Greece again
Gagaloudis signed with
Livadeia
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, of the
Greek Second Division, in November 2014. He was named the Greek 2nd division's
MVP
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in 2015, as he averaged 21.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 6.9 assists, and 1.8 steals per game during the season. In June 2015, he renewed his contract with Livadeia, for the
next season. In that next season, Gagaloudis was the leading scorer of the Greek 2nd-tier league, and he led his team in scoring, assists, steals, and three-pointers made, as he averaged 22.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. Despite his good performance, Gagaloudis' contract was terminated by mutual consent, on 18 April 2016. According to a Greek sports website, his contract was terminated because Gagaloudis had congratulated one of his opponents,
Georgios Apostolidis
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, for his scoring a
buzzer-beating
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game-winner against Gagaloudis' team, Livadeia.
On 19 July 2016, Gagaloudis signed with
Iraklis Thessaloniki
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of the
Greek A2 League (Greek 2nd division).
On 28 January 2022, Gagaloudis signed with
Esperos Kallitheas B.C.
Esperos Kallitheas B.C. is the men's basketball section of the Greek multi-sports club of Esperos Kallitheas (full name: POK Esperos/Panathlitikos Omilos Kallitheas Esperos). The basketball club was founded in 1945, two years after the establishm ...
of the
Greek B Basket League
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.
Awards and accomplishments
*
FIBA EuroCup Challenge
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Champion: (2003)
*
Greek League Champion: (2004)
*
Greek League All-Star: (2006)
*
Tunisian Cup
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Winner: (2013)
*
Tunisian League Champion: (2013)
*
Greek 2nd Division MVP
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: (2015)
*
Greek 2nd Division Top Scorer: (2016)
References
External links
Euroleague.net ProfileEuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileBalkan League ProfileGreek Basket League ProfileItalian League Profile
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1978 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
Aigaleo B.C. players
Apollon Limassol BC players
Aris B.C. players
Dafnis B.C. players
Étoile Sportive du Sahel basketball players
Greek men's basketball players
Greek Basket League players
Ikaros B.C. players
Kavala B.C. players
Livadeia B.C. players
Maroussi B.C. players
Olympias Patras B.C. players
Palaio Faliro B.C. players
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma players
Panathinaikos B.C. players
P.A.O.K. BC players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Point guards
Rethymno B.C. players
Shooting guards
Basketball players from Athens