Michalis Kyritsis (alternate spellings: Mihalis, Kiritsis) (, 2 September 1945) is a Greek former professional

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player and

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. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the

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position.

Playing career

Kyritsis began playing youth

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basketball with the youth teams of Panathinaikos, in 1958. He began his pro career with the men's senior team,

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

, in 1963. With Panathinaikos, he won 5 Greek League championships, in the years 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1973.

Coaching career

After he ended his basketball playing career, Kyritsis began working as a

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. He was the

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of the following Greek basketball clubs:

Panellinios Panellinios G.S. (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ.), full name, Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος), is a Greek multi-sport club that is located in Athens and was founded i ...

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to: People * Aris (surname) Given name * Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player * Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Konstantinidis, Greek architect * ...

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

Gymnastikos S. Larissas Gymnastikos Syllogos Larissas 1928 B.C. (Greek language, Greek: Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Λάρισας 1928 K.A.E.), commonly known as Gymnastikos S. Larissas, G.S. Larissas, or G.S.L., is a Greek professional basketball club that i ...

Papagou Papagou ( or Παπάγος ''Papagos'') is a suburban town and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army ...

, and Kolossos. With Panathinaikos, he won the Greek League championship in 1984, and the

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, in 1986. With Aris, he won the Greek League championship in 1991.

Administrative career

Kyritsis was the General Director of the

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, from 2003 to 2004. He was also the

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PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

Personal life

Krytsis' son,

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, is a professional basketball player.Ο υιός του πατέρα, στα παρκέ της Basket League .
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References

External links

Michalis Kyritsis
at basket.gr

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