Loukas Mavrokefalidis

Loukas Mavrokefalidis
Player information
Nickname	Lou
birthday	July 25, 1984
place of birth	Jeseník , Czechoslovakia
size	210 cm
position	Power forward , center
NBA draft	2006 , 57th Pick, Minnesota Timberwolves
Club information
society	Promitheas Patras
league	Basket league
Clubs as active
2001–2006 PAOK Thessaloniki 2006–2007 Virtus Roma 2007 Valencia BC 2007–2008 Olympiacos 2008–2009 GS Marousi 2009–2011 Olympiacos 2011–2013 Spartak Saint Petersburg 2013 FC Barcelona 2013–2015 Panathinaikos Athens 2015–2016 AEK Athens 2016–2017 Qingdao DoubleStar 2017 AEK Athens 2017–2018 BC Lietuvos rytas 2018–2019 Ionikos Nikaias AFFIDEA 2019– Promitheas Patras 00000 00000 00000 0000
National team 1
Since 02006	Greece	20th
1 As of January 5, 2014

Loukas Mavrokefalidis ( Greek Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης , born July 25, 1984 in Jeseník , Czechoslovakia ) is a Greek basketball player .

Career

Mavrokefalidis began his professional career in 2001 at PAOK Thessaloniki , where he was under contract for five years. In 2006 he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 57th place in the NBA Drafts . After stints in Italy , where he played for the first time in the ULEB Euroleague with Virtus Roma , and Spain ( Valencia BC ), he moved to Olympiacos in 2007 , where he was under contract with the exception of the 2008/2009 season until 2011. With Piraeus Mavrokefalidis always reached the runner-up championship and was able to win the Greek cup competition in 2010 and 2011. Between 2011 and 2013 he was under contract with the Russian club Spartak Saint Petersburg , with whom he played in the ULEB Eurocup . Between 2013 and 2015 Mavrokefalidis played for the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens . With this he won not only a championship but also the Greek Cup twice . Within Athens he then moved to the AEK for the 2015/16 season , with whom he also participated in the Eurocup again . In the game against Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd on October 14, 2015, which the AEK lost 94:96, Mavrokefalidis delivered the best international score with 42 points. The Center had completed the main round of the Basket League with 377 points as the league's top scorer. Over the entire season he came in 32 games used on 13.94 points and 6.44 rebounds per game.

In the summer of 2016, he had his contract with the AEK canceled due to disagreements with the club's management. He had officially withdrawn for personal reasons. After an injury that had healed, he moved to China in December 2016 for ongoing matches and signed with Qingdao DoubleStar . There he was quickly one of the top performers on his team. At the beginning of February 2017 it was announced that Mavrokefalidis would switch back to the AEK as soon as his involvement in China was ended. Since Qingdao had not reached the playoffs for the Chinese championship , its official return to Athens was confirmed on February 20, 2017. In 20 completed games for Qingdao, Mavrokefalidis scored a total of 400 points. He had finished nine games with a double-double . In the summer of 2017, he left the AEK behind him again to be signed by the Lithuanian club BC Lietuvos rytas for the 2017/18 season .

National team

With the Greek national team, Mavrokefalidis won the Stanković Cup in 2006 . With the juniors he was able to win the bronze and silver medal at the U19 and U21 world championships.

successes

• Greek champion : 2014
• Greek Cup Winner : 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
• Stanković Cup : 2006
• Bronze medal at the U19 World Championship: 2003
• Silver medal at the U21 World Cup: 2005

Awards

• Greek Cup Final MVP: 2015
• All-Eurocup Second Team: 2013
• Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
• Participation in European Championships: 2013
• Participation in the U19 World Cup: 2003
• Participation in the U20 European Championship: 2004
• Participation in the U21 World Cup: 2005
• Participation in the Acropolis Tournament : 2006, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AEK announces return of Mavrokefalidis (Greek)
2. ↑ Statistics of Mavrokefalidis in China (Greek)
3. ↑ Mavrokefalidis, officially to Lietuvos Rytas (Greek)