Nikolaos Stylianou (born November 9, 1988) is a Cypriot professional

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player for

Keravnos Keravnos B.C. (Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Στροβόλου «Ο Κεραυνός»), also known as Keravnos Strovolou, is a professional basketball club based in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. It plays its home games in the Cos ...

of the

Cypriot League The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

. He played

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for

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and

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. After 3 years of college basketball, Stylianou entered the

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but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

College career

Stylianou played

for

for two years. He then moved to

, where he played until 2009.

Professional career

After playing with

, Stylianou entered the

but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. He started his pro career with Rethymno of the Greek A2 League. After one year, he returned to Cyprus and joined

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

of the Cypriot Division A. The following seasons, Stylianou returned to Greece and played for

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

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 ...

and

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, before returning to Cyprus in order to join

. He won the

Cypriot Championship The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

with Keravnos in 2017. After two years with Keravnos, Stylianou returned to Greece and joined the newly promoted to the Greek League Faros Larissas. He left Faros in order to join Alytus Dzūkija of the Lithuanian Basket League.

National team career

Stylianou has been a member of the junior national teams of Cyprus for some years. He is currently one of the leaders of the Cyprus national team.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stylianou, Nikolaos 1988 births Living people AEK Larnaca B.C. players BC Dzūkija players Cypriot men's basketball players Greek men's basketball players Gymnastikos S. Larissas B.C. players Kavala B.C. players Keravnos B.C. players Koroivos B.C. players Kymis B.C. players OFI Crete B.C. players Rethymno B.C. players Small forwards Basketball players from Athens Navarro Bulldogs basketball players Greek expatriate basketball people in the United States Greek expatriate basketball people in Lithuania West Texas A&M Buffaloes basketball players Cypriot expatriate basketball people in the United States