Michalis Perrakis ( Greek: Μιχάλης Περράκης; born on March 15, 1984, in

Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

) is a Greek professional

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player who last played for

Lavrio Laurium or Lavrio ( ell, Λαύριο; grc, Λαύρειον (later ); before early 11th century BC: Θορικός '' Thorikos''; from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια ''Ergastiria'') is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Gree ...

of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. He is a 6'9" (2.07 m) tall

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, who can also play as a

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Professional career

Perrakis played amateur basket for

before starting his pro career in 2002 with

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

.Michalis Perrakis
at AEK.com The same year, he was loaned to the Greek League club Ionikos N.F. In 2004, he signed with Olympia Patras. In 2006, he moved to Sporting. In 2009, Perrakis returned to

after 6 years. He became the captain of the club, after the long-time captain

Sakis Giannakopoulos Dionysios "Sakis" Giannakopoulos (alternate spelling: Dionysis; el, Διονύσης "Σάκης" Γιαννακόπουλος; born October 24, 1982) is a former Greek professional basketball player and current assistant coach for Lavrio of th ...

retired in 2018.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

Greek League ProfileDraftExpress.com Profile
1985 births Living people AEK B.C. players Apollon Kalamarias B.C. players Greek Basket League players Greek men's basketball players Ionikos N.F. B.C. players Lavrio B.C. players Olympias Patras B.C. players Sporting basketball players Centers (basketball) Power forwards (basketball) Basketball players from Athens {{Greece-basketball-bio-stub