Eleftherios "Lefteris" Kakiousis ( el, Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Κακιούσης; born 7 June 1968 in

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) is a retired

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professional

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player and a professional

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. He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Playing career

Clubs

Kakiousis began his professional club career in 1987, with Iraklis. His moved to PAOK in 1997 would be followed by hey winning the Greek Basketball Cup in 1999. He finished his playing career with Makedonikos.

Greece national team

With the

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, Kakiousis played at the

EuroBasket 1993 The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entered ...

, the

EuroBasket 1995 The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to ea ...

, and the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. He has represented Greece at senior level in 44 games, averaging 3.6 points per game.

Coaching career

Kakiousis began his club coaching career, as the

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of Makedonikos in 2001. He won the 2002 Greek A2 Basket League championship, with a 24–2 record. In 2002, he joined Iraklis, and lead the club a third-place finish in the

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2003–04 season. In 2005, he became the head coach of

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

, and in 2006, he became the assistant coach of

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. In 2009, he once again took the head coaching job with Iraklis. He was also an assistant coach for the senior men's

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s that won the gold medal at

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, and the silver medal at the

2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...

Awards and accomplishments

Player

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

Winner: (1999)

Assistant coach

2005 EuroBasket The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. It also served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth ...

: *

References

External links

FIBA Euroleague Profile
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Draftexpress.com Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kakiousis, Lefteris 1968 births Living people AEK B.C. coaches Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Greek basketball coaches Greek Basket League players Greek men's basketball players Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. coaches Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Makedonikos B.C. coaches Makedonikos B.C. players Olympic basketball players of Greece P.A.O.K. BC players Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Thessaloniki