Kyprianos Ioannis "Paris" Maragkos (alternate spelling: Maragos) (

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: Κυπριανός Ιωάννης "Πάρης" Μαραγκός; born January 19, 1994) is a Greek 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 ...

of the

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. He is 2.06 m (6'9") tall and he can play at both the

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and

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positions.

High school career

Maragkos played high school basketball at the private Blue Ridge High School, in

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. He led his team to a 20–7 overall record, and a VISAA state semifinals appearance in 2012, averaging 10.9 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game.

College career

Maragkos played

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, with the

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, from 2012 to 2014. Due to his limited playing time with George Washington, he transferred in 2014, to

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. During his first season with the

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, he averaged 7.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 0.9 assists per game. At the end of his junior season, Maragkos rejected an offer from the Greek 2nd Division club

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, in order to continue his playing spell in college basketball with American University.

Club career

After playing with the junior youth teams of Panathinaikos, Maragkos made his debut at the

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level with

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, on October 31, 2010, in the top-tier

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, during the 2010–11 season, at age 16. His first game in the top Greek League came against Ilysiakos, in a game that Panathinaikos won, by a score of 81–62. Maragkos logged 2 minutes of playing time in his debut game. He played in 2 games total in Greece's top pro league in the 2010–11 season, averaging 4.9 minutes per game. However, he retained his

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status, thus making him eligible to play

. In 2012, he left Panathinaikos, in order to study and play college basketball in the

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. In 2016, he signed a 4-year contract with the Greek club

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, but only played sparingly during his single season with the EuroLeague team. On September 5, 2017, he signed with Faros Larissas. On December 30, 2017, Maragkos achieved a career high scoring 29 points in a 106–79 defeat against AEK. He had 9/9 two-pointers and 3/4 three-point shots. Maragkos spent the 2019-20 season with

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of the

. In six games he averaged 0.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. On September 26, 2020, Maragkos signed with APOEL B.C.

National team career

Maragkos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the

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, and

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editions of the

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, the

2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 28th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Poland from July 21–31. Lithuania were the defending champion. Spain won their third title. Tea ...

, and the

2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Crete, Greece, from 8 to 20 July 2014. The winners were Turkey. To win the title they beat Spain with a score o ...

.Kyprianos Ioannis MARAGKOS (GRE) participated in 10 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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High school career

College career

Club career

National team career

References

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