Ioannis Sachpatzidis (alternate spellings: Giannis, Yannis) (

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: Γιάννης Σαχπατζίδης; born September 29, 1993, in

Thessaloniki, Greece Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

) is a

professional

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player for Doxa Lefkadas of the

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. He is a 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) tall

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Professional career

Sachpatzidis played

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level basketball with X.A.N. Thessaloniki, until he joined the Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek top-tier level

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. The same year, he was loaned to Irakleio of the Greek B League (Greek 3rd Division), where he averaged almost 10 points per game. The following season, he joined

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of the Greek A2 League (Greek 2nd Division), where he was coached by

Dinos Kalampakos Dinos Kalampakos (alternate spelling: Kalabakos) (; born November 14, 1964) is a Greek former professional basketball player and current basketball coach for Doxa Lefkadas of the Greek A2 Basket League. Kalampakos spent the bulk of his club playi ...

. On August 18, 2016, he joined Koroivos Amaliadas of the Greek Basket League, where he eventually became the

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. The following season, he renewed his contract until 2018. In 2018, he joined the Greek A2 League club

Ionikos Nikaias Ionikos Nikaias (full name Athlitikos Omilos Ionikos Nikaias, A.O. Ionikos Nikaias / ) is a Greek sports club, multi-sports club that is based in the suburban town of Nikaia, Attica, Nikaia within the Piraeus agglomeration. It was founded in 1965, ...

. On July 18, 2020, Sachpatzidis joined

Charilaos Trikoupis Charilaos Trikoupis (; 11 July 1832 – 30 March 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895. He is best remembered for introducing the vote of confidence in the Greek constitution, p ...

of the Greek A2 League. With Trikoupis, he gained the promotion to the

, while leading the division in blocks. He renewed his contract with the club until 2021. On July 15, 2021, Sachpatzidis moved to

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. On January 9, 2022, he parted ways with Larisa and officially returned to

. In 8 games, he averaged only 1.6 points and 1.5 rebounds, playing around 7 minutes per contest.

References

External links

Sfera Sports Association
Profile
Eurobasket.com
Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Sachpatzidis, Ioannis 1993 births Living people Centers (basketball) Charilaos Trikoupis B.C. players Greek Basket League players Greek men's basketball players Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players Irakleio B.C. players Koroivos B.C. players Larisa B.C. players Pagrati B.C. players Power forwards Rethymno B.C. players Basketball players from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek sportsmen