Vassilis Lipiridis (alternate spellings: Vasilis, Lypiridis) ( el, Βασίλης Λυπηρίδης; born January 1, 1967, in

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, Greece) is a retired Greek professional

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player. At 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, he played at the power forward position.

Professional career

Lipridis started his basketball playing career with the youth clubs of Edessaikos. He spent one season with HAN Thessaloniki, during the 1984–85 season. Lipiridis played with great success as a defensive power forward with

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, winning with them, the Greek League championship six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Greek Cup 5 times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also took part in 3 consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours of the FIBA European Champions Cup: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990. While he played there, Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European-wide title did not come for Lipiridis until much later, in 1993, when the club won the 2nd-tier level FIBA Cup Winners' Cup in

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. In 1996, Lipiridis joined

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, for some months, and in 1997, he joined

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basketball club, for one season.

National team career

Lipiridis was a member of the senior men's

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that finished in 6th place at the

1990 FIBA World Championship The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Pa ...

. He also played at the

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Awards and accomplishments

*6× Greek League Champion: (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) *5× Greek Cup Winner: (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992) *

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Champion: (1993)

References

External links

FIBA ProfileHellenic Federation Profile
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