Filippos Tigkas (born 5 November 2002) is a Cypriot-Greek professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player who plays as a

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for

Cypriot League The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club Keravnos and the Cyprus national team.

Early career

Tigkas started playing basketball with

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

in Cyprus. At the age of 16, he was transferred to

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 ...

of the Greek League, where he played with the junior team of the club. He also took several practices with AEK Athens men's team.

Professional career

On 7 July 2020, Tigkas returned to Cyprus and signed with

of the

. In his first professional season, Tigkas averaged 7.7 points and 2.7 assists with Apollon. In the summer of 2021, Keravnos Strovolou and AEK Larnaca battled in orde
to secure his signature
Tigkas decided to join Keravnos Strovolou in the end.

References

3. Rebound.com.cy
Phillip Tigkas is the biggest asset of Cypriot Basketball

External links

RealGM.com
Profile https://rebound.cyprustimes.com/kypros/filippos-tigkas-o-polytimoteros-pic/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Tigkas, Filippos Living people 2002 births Cypriot men's basketball players Keravnos B.C. players Point guards