Konstantinos "Kostas" Sloukas (

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: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Σλούκας; born January 15, 1990) is a Greek professional

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player for

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 numbe ...

of the

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and the Euroleague. He is also a regular member of the senior National Team of Greece. He is a left-handed, 1.87m (6'2 ") tall

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, who can also play at the

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position. Sloukas has played in six

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(

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, and

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), winning the title on three occasions (

, and

). He was a member of the

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Early career

Sloukas began playing

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basketball as a youth, with Megas Alexandros Thessaloniki. Then he moved to the Mandoulides School youth teams, in

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Professional career

Olympiacos Piraeus

Sloukas joined the

power Olympiacos Piraeus, in the year 2008. He then spent the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons with the club. He made his debut in Greece's top-tier level Basket League, during the 2008–09 season, and made his debut in Europe's top-tier level, the EuroLeague, during the 2009–10 season. He also won the

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title with Olympiacos, in 2010.

Aris Thessaloniki loan

Sloukas was loaned by

, to the Greek club

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
...

, in 2010. While a member of Aris, he was named the

's Best Young Player of the Greek Basket League 2010–11 season. With Aris, he also played in Europe's second-tier level competition, the EuroCup, during the same season.

Back to Olympiacos Piraeus

After spending the 2010–11 season with Aris, on

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from

, Sloukas returned to Olympiacos for the 2011–12 season. With Olympiacos, he went on to win both the 2012 Greek League championship, and the 2012 EuroLeague championship. He then signed a 3-year contract extension with Olympiacos, in June 2012. With Olympiacos, Sloukas also won the 2013 EuroLeague championship, and the 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship. In his last season with Olympiacos, Sloukas was selected to the Greek League Best Five team, and he also played in the 2015 EuroLeague Finals.

Fenerbahçe İstanbul

On June 29, 2015, Sloukas signed a three-year contract (with the 3rd year being optional) with the

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club Fenerbahçe İstanbul. With Fenerbahçe, he made it to the 2016 EuroLeague Finals, and then won the 2017 EuroLeague championship. In the summer of 2017, Sloukas signed a new 3-year contract with Fenerbahçe (with the 3rd year being optional), at a salary of

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1.7 million euros

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per season. Sloukas played in his third straight

with Fenerbahçe, as the club also made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Finals, where they eventually lost to

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, by a score of 85–80. During the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, Sloukas averaged career-highs of 10 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game, in 35 games played. As a member of Fenerbahçe, Sloukas also won three

championships (

), the

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(

), and two Turkish President's Super Cups (

). On 25 April 2019, Sloukas, was the star yet again for the Turkish side as he finished the game with a

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of 25 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals against

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helping his club to win the series with an aggregate 3-1 to secure a place in the FInal-4 for a fifth consecutive season. Sloukas has qualified for seven Final-4's in his career, with all seven appearances coming in the last eight seasons. On July 23, 2020 Sloukas and the Turkish club officially parted ways after five successful seasons.

Return to Olympiacos

On July 24, 2020, Sloukas signed a three-year contract with Olympiacos. On 12 August 2020, it was announced by the Euroleague that it was a member of the top ten (team) of Olympiacos in the decade 2010-2020, being fifth in the public vote with a percentage of 79.33%. On 16 August 2020, it was announced by the Euroleague that it was a member of the top ten (team) and Fenerbahce in the decade 2010-2020, being fourth in the public vote with 84.78%. On 18 December 2020, he became the eighth player in Euroleague history to exceed 1,000 assists. In the 2020-2021 season, he finished with Olympiakos in twelfth place. In the 2021-2022, he became the youngest player (31 years and 342 days old) in Euroleague history with 200+ wins. On 27 January 2022, he completed 300 Euroleague appearances, becoming the tenth athlete to achieve this feat. On January 29, against AEK for the Greek Championship, he set three individual career records. He had 23 points (4/6 two points, 4/7 three points, 3/4 shots) which constitute his top performance in A1. He also had 11 assists (individual record draw) and 37 points in the rating system which is also an individual record. On February 20, he won the Greek Cup, defeating Panathinaikos 81-73 in the final. In addition Olympiacos achieved to qualify to the Play-Off Round of EuroLeague by Finising 2nd in the Regular Season. After facing

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in a best-of-five series,

qualified to the Final Four with 3-2 wins , 5 years after team's last participate.

National team career

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Greek junior national team

With Greece's junior national teams, Sloukas won the silver medal at the

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, and the gold medal at the

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, where he was also voted to the All-Tournament Team. He also won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the gold medal at the

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. He also won the silver medal at the

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with Greece's junior national team.

Greek senior national team

Sloukas became a member of the senior men's

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in 2011. With Greece's senior men's national team, he has played at the following tournaments: the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He also played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.

Personal life

Sloukas is nicknamed, "Slouky Luke" (pronounced Slucky Luke) or the "man who shoots and passes faster than his shadow", which is a word play on his name and the

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character.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=5,

, 1 , , 0 , , 5.4 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , .0 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2011–12† , 15 , , 0 , , 14.7 , , .520 , , .556 , , .875 , , 1.7 , , 1.6 , , .7 , , .1 , , 5.5 , , 7.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2012–13† , 30 , , 0 , , 14.5 , , .413 , , .431 , , .870 , , 1.6 , , 1.2 , , .4 , , .0 , , 5.2 , , 5.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , 28 , , 2 , , 19.4 , , .431 , , .377 , , .816 , , 1.5 , , 2.9 , , .5 , , .2 , , 6.5 , , 7.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , 29 , , 0 , , 18.0 , , .362 , , .346 , , .868 , , 1.9 , , 3.1 , , .6 , , .1 , , 6.7 , , 8.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=5, Fenerbahçe , 21 , , 7 , , 20.0 , , .449 , , .345 , , .860 , , 1.7 , , 3.0 , , .3 , , .0 , , 6.7 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;", 2016–17† , 29 , , 14 , , 26.1 , , .445 , , .429 , , .870 , , 2.1 , , 4.5 , , .6 , , .2 , , 9.2 , , 9.8 , - , style="text-align:left;, 2017–18 , 35 , , 10 , , 24.8 , , .445 , , .381 , , .916 , , 2.5 , , 5.4 , , .6 , , .1 , , 10.0 , , 12.7 , - , style="text-align:left;, 2018–19 , 33 , , 12 , , 26.6 , , .522 , , .449 , , .934 , , 2.2 , , 4.8 , , .5 , , .2 , , 11.6 , , 15.2 , - , style="text-align:left;, 2019–20 , 25 , , 19 , , 29.3 , , 482 , , .422 , , .938 , , 2.8 , , 6.1 , , .5 , , .9 , , 11.8 , , 15.5 , - class="sortbottom" , align="center" colspan="2", Career , 221 , , 45 , , 21.0 , , .445 , , .406 , , .883 , , 1.9 , , 3.5 , , .5 , , .1 , , 8.0 , , 9.6

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Olympiacos * 2× EuroLeague

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: (2012, 2013) *

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Champion: (

) * 3× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015, 2022) * 2×

Winner: (2010, 2022) Fenerbahçe * EuroLeague

: (2017) *3×

Champion: (2016, 2017, 2018) *3x

Winner: (2016, 2019, 2020) *2× Turkish President's Cup Winner: (2016, 2017)

Individual

*Olympiacos 2010–20 Team of Decade *

: (

) *

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: (

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) * EuroLeague Magic Moment of the Season: (

) * 2×

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* 2× Greek League Best Five: (2015, 2022) * Greek League All-Star: (2013) * 2× Greek Youth All-Star Game: 3 Point Shootout Contest Champion: (2010, 2011) * Greek League Best Young Player: (2011)

Greek junior national team

: *2008

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: *2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: All-Tournament Team * 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: *

: *

Early career

Professional career

Olympiacos Piraeus

Aris Thessaloniki loan

Back to Olympiacos Piraeus

Fenerbahçe İstanbul

Return to Olympiacos

National team career

Greek junior national team

Greek senior national team

Personal life

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

Individual

Greek junior national team

References

External links