Michalis Pelekanos
| No. 7 – Aris Thessaloniki | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | Greek League Eurocup |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 25, 1981 Koridalos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1999–present |
| Career history | |
| 1999–2004 | Peristeri |
| 2004–2006 | AEK Athens |
| 2006–2007 | Panellinios |
| 2007–2008 | Real Madrid |
| 2008–2012 | Olympiacos |
| 2009–2010 | → Maroussi |
| 2012–2014 | Aris Thessaloniki |
| 2014–2015 | CSU Asesoft Ploiești |
| 2015–present | Aris Thessaloniki |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Michalis Pelekanos (alternate spelling: Mihalis) (Greek: Μιχάλης Πελεκάνος) (born May 25, 1981) is a Greek professional basketball player, who plays for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek League. He is 198 cm (6'6") tall and he plays as a swingman.
Professional career
Born Koridalos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece, Pelekanos began his pro career in Greece with Peristeri of the Greek League. He later joined the Greek club AEK Athens, followed by the Greek club Panellinios. After a career year at Panellinios, where he made the home crowd fans chant his name during games, due to his exciting defensive plays and highlight reel dunks, Pelekanos moved to the Euroleague giants Real Madrid of the Spanish ACB League.[1]
In 2008, he signed a 3-year contract worth €2.1 million euros net income with Olympiacos Piraeus. In August 2009, he was loaned by Olympiacos to Maroussi.[2] He won both the Euroleague and Greek League championships, with Olympiacos in 2012.
He then signed with the Greek club Aris, for the 2012–13 season.[3] In July 2014, he moved to the Romanian League club CSU Asesoft Ploiești on a one-year deal.[4] With Ploiești, he won the Romanian championship.
In July 2015, he returned to Aris, signing a two-year contract.[5]
Greek national team
Pelekanos was a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team that competed at the EuroBasket 2007. He was also selected to the Greek national team for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- A.E.K. Athens B.C. players
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- CSU Asesoft Ploiești players
- Greek basketball players
- Greek Basket League players
- Liga ACB players
- Maroussi B.C. players
- Olympiacos B.C. players
- Olympic basketball players of Greece
- Panellinios B.C. players
- Peristeri B.C. players
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Athens
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