Stefanos Iliadis

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Stefanos Iliadis
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Iliadis with the Cypriot national team
No. 6Apollon Limassol
Position Point guard
League Cypriot League
Personal information
Born (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30)
Limassol, Cyprus
NationalityCypriot
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2020 Apollon Limassol
2020–2021 APOEL
2021–presentApollon Limassol
Career highlights and awards

Stefanos Iliadis (born September 17, 1994) is a Cypriot professional basketball player for Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot League. He studied for the University of South Florida, but he didn't manage to make it to the team's roster. Iliadis entered the 2016 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

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College career

Iliadis studied for the University of South Florida, but he didn't manage to make it to the team's roster. During his studies, he was also playing for some games with Apollon Limassol in both the Cypriot League and to the FIBA EuroChallenge. [1]

Professional career

Iliadis made his professional debut with Apollon Limassol in 2011 against ENAD Ayiou Dometiou. Until 2017, he didn't manage to get a lot of games with the club, but during that period, he won the Cypriot Cup with the club in 2014. After 2017, he gained a bigger role in the team's squad, and from the 2018–19 season, he became the starting point guard of the club. [2]

On May 27, 2020, Iliadis joined APOEL. [3]

Cyprus national team

Iliadis has been a member of the junior national teams of Cyprus for some years. [4] He has also been a member of the Cyprus national team since 2017.

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References

  1. "Κυνηγάει το όνειρό του ο Ηλιάδης (pics)". cyprusbasket.net (in Greek). Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. "Iliadis re-signs at Apollon". eurobasket.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. "Apoel adds Iliadis to their roster". eurobasket.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. "ΚΛΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΑΚΗΣ ΟΜΑΔΑΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ". basketball.org.cy (in Greek). Retrieved May 4, 2018.