Ioannis "Giannis" Agravanis (
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: Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Αγραβάνης; born November 13, 1998) is a Greek professional
basketball
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player for
Karditsa
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of the
Greek Basket League
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. At a height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall, he plays at the
small forward
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position.
Youth career
Agravanis played from a young age with the youth teams of
Doukas
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, before he started his pro career.
Professional career
Agravanis began his
pro
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career in the
2016–17 season, with the
Greek 2nd Division club
Doukas
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. On August 9, 2017, Agravanis moved to
AEK Athens
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of the
top-tier level
Greek League. He signed a three-year contract with AEK, with the option to sign with the club for an additional two years. With AEK, he also won the
Greek Cup
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title,
in 2018.
On September 22, 2018, he was
loaned from AEK to
Peristeri
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, for the
2018–19 season. His loan was renewed for another season on August 13, 2019. On August 1, 2020, Agravanis was officially released from AEK Athens.
Subsequently, Agravanis signed a three-year contract with
Promitheas Patras, which then loaned him to the Greek club
Charilaos Trikoupis
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, for the
2020–21 season.
On July 25, 2021, Agravanis moved to
Iraklis Thessaloniki
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. On February 2, 2022, he mutually parted ways with the club due to disciplinary reasons. In 11 games, he averaged 10.2 points and 5.1 rebounds, playing around 31 minutes per contest. On April 8 of the same year, Agravanis agreed to return to
Promitheas for the rest of the season. In 18 league games, he averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists, playing around 16 minutes per contest.
On August 3, 2022, Agravanis signed with the newly promoted
Karditsa
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.
National team career
As a member of the junior national teams of Greece, Agravanis played at the
2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and at the
2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
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Venues
Partic ...
, where he won a gold medal.
Personal life
Agravanis' older brother,
Dimitris, is also a professional basketball player, and he currently plays with
Promitheas Patras.
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Career statistics
Domestic Leagues
Regular season
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, 2017–18
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, 2018–19
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Awards and accomplishments
Pro career
*FIBA Champions League
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winner: (2018
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)
*Greek Cup
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The Greek Cup is the second most ...
Winner: (2018
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)
Greek junior national team
*2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in three Greek cities, Chania, Rethymno and Heraklion, on the island of Crete, from 15 to 23 July 2017.
Venues
Partic ...
:
References
External links
FIBA Profile
(archive)
Eurobasket.com Profile
Greek Basket League Profile
Greek Basket League Profile
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1998 births
Living people
AEK B.C. players
Charilaos Trikoupis B.C. players
Doukas B.C. players
Greek Basket League players
Greek men's basketball players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Peristeri B.C. players
Promitheas Patras B.C. players
Small forwards
Basketball players from Athens