Stamatis Benas (alternate spelling: Mpenas) ( el, Σταμάτης Μπένας, ; born October 14, 1985) is a Greek professional
basketball
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player. Benas has spent his entire career in the Greek leagues. He has represented
Greece at youth level.
Professional career
Benas started playing basketball at the ranks of
Aris Thessaloniki
Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...
.
At the senior level he began playing basketball for ''Galaxias Adendro'', an amateur team.
He started playing professionally in 2007 when he joined
MENT
Ment or MENT may refer
People
* Eva Ment (1606–1652), Dutch governor's wife
Other uses
* Master of Enterprise
* MENT BC, a Greek basketball club
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of the
Greek A2 League.
In 2010 he moved to
KAOD, gaining promotion to the
Greek Basket League
The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...
in 2011.
He played for three seasons in the top tier of Greek basketball, in which he appeared in 57 games averaging 2.3
points and 1.5 rebounds per game.
On 7 August 2014 Benas signed for Ermis Lagkada in the Greek A2 League. In July 2015 he joined
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Gymnasticos Syllogos Iraklis ( el, Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Ηρακλής, en, Gymnastics Club Heracles), commonly referred to as Iraklis, is a Greek multi-sports club based in Thessaloniki. The club was founded in 1908 as "Mace ...
.
After one season with Iraklis he signed for
third-tier team
Kastorias.
International career
Benas has represented Greece at the youth levels. He appeared in 8 games averaging 4.1
points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by nu ...
.
Mpenas was a member of
Greece's squad for the
2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Spain in 2004.
Final ranking
1. Spain
2. Turkey
3. France
4. Italy
5.
6. Russia
7. Greece
8. Israel
9. Lithuania
10. Bulgaria
11. ...
.
References
External links
FIBA.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benas, Stamatis
1985 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
Greek men's basketball players
Greek Basket League players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
K.A.O.D. B.C. players
Kastorias B.C. players
MENT B.C. players
Power forwards (basketball)
Basketball players from Thessaloniki