{{short description|Greek basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dimitris Flionis | image = 2026-03-18 ALBA Berlin gegen AEK BC (Basketball Champions League 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–005.jpg | caption = Flionis with AEK Athens in 2026 | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2.75 | weight_lbs = 185 | league = Greek Basketball League | team = AEK Athens | number = 7 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|4|8}} | birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | draft_year = | career_start = 2015 | career_end = | years1 = 2015–2021 | team1 = Aris Thessaloniki | years2 = 2021–present | team2 = AEK Athens | highlights = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{GRE}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship}} {{MedalGold| 2017 Greece | National Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship}} {{MedalGold| 2015 Greece | National Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship}} {{MedalBronze| 2013 Ukraine | National Team}} }}
'''Dimitris Flionis''' (alternate spelling: Dimitrios) ({{langx|el|Δημήτρης Φλιώνης}}; born April 8, 1997) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League. He is a {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|frac=4|abbr=on}} tall<ref>[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Dimitrios_Flionis/Greece/Aris_Thessaloniki/251510 Eurobasket.com Dimitrios Flionis Height: 190cm / 6'2¾".]</ref> point guard.
==Professional career== Flionis began playing basketball with the junior youth teams of Aris Thessaloniki. He began his pro career with the senior men's team of Aris in 2015, by playing in his first career official game at the pro level, during the Greek Basket League 2014–15 season's playoffs. On June 30, 2018, Aris announced that they had rescinded their contract extension offer towards Flionis. However, four days later, on July 3, the team and the player officially agreed on a new two-year deal.
During the 2019–20 season, Flionis averaged 4.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He re-signed with Aris on September 21, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dimitris Flionis remains with Aris Thessalonikis |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/dimitris-flionis-remains-with-aris-thessalonikis/ |website=Sportando |access-date=September 21, 2020 |date=September 21, 2020}}</ref> He went on to average 5.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists during the 2020–21 season.
On August 12, 2021, Flionis signed a two-year deal with AEK Athens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-13 |title=AEK signs Flionis, Petropoulos |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1237869/aek-adds-dimitris-flionis-andreas-petropoulos/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Eurohoops |language=en}}</ref> On March 18, 2022, he renewed his contract through 2025. In 23 league games, he averaged 6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1 steal, playing around 24 minutes per contest. On March 22, 2022, he renewed his contract with the club until 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=t |first=n |date=2022-03-18 |title=Flionis signs contract extension to 2025 |url=https://www.aekbc.gr/san-na-eimai-spiti-mou/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=AEK BC |language=en-US}}</ref>
During the 2022–2023 season, in 19 league games, he averaged 7.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1 steal, playing around 22 minutes per contest. He had his best performance of the season in an 81–71 win against Galatasaray, on January 31, 2023, where he had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title= Akil Mitchell and Dimitris Flionis double-doubles draw a huge win for AEK |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1456769/aek-beats-galatasaray-81-71-basketball-champions-league/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Eurohoops |language=en}}</ref>
On July 25, 2025, Flionis renewed his contract with AEK for three more seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papadopoulos |first=Christos |date=2025-07-25 |title=Captain until 2028 |url=https://www.aekbc.gr/en/captain-until-2028/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |website=AEK BC |language=en-US}}</ref>
Since 2023, he is the team captain for AEK.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Σύνταξης |first=Αίθουσα |date=2024-09-10 |title=Οι νέοι αρχηγοί της ΑΕΚ για τη σεζόν 2024/2025 |url=https://www.ertsports.gr/mpasket/oi-neoi-arxigoi-tis-aek-gia-ti-sezon-2024-2025/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.ertsports.gr |language=el}}</ref>
==Greece national team== Flionis was included in the Greece junior national teams for the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where they won a bronze medal, for the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, and for the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where they won a gold medal. He also played at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where they won a gold medal.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} *[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/?seasoncode=U2015&pcode=006488 EuroCup profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130082143/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/flionis/players.html FIBA profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150803004521/http://u18men.fibaeurope.com/en/compID_8aYeHlfuGF-mF5IqO8aFH1.season_2015.roundID_11484.teamID_291.playerID_108899.html FIBA Europe profile] *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Dimitrios_Flionis/Greece/Aris_Thessaloniki/251510 Eurobasket.com profile] *[http://esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idteam=00000005&idplayer=B2A97905&mode=1 Greek Basket League profile] {{in lang|el}} *[https://www.basket.gr/playerview/?playerid=1530 Hellenic Federation profile] {{in lang|el}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flionis, Dimitris}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:AEK B.C. players Category:Aris B.C. players Category:Basketball players from Thessaloniki Category:Greek Basket League players Category:Greek men's basketball players Category:Point guards Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen