{{short description|Greek basketball player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dimitris Katsivelis<br>Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης | image = 2026-03-18 ALBA Berlin gegen AEK BC (Basketball Champions League 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–135.jpg | image_size = | caption = Katsivelis with AEK Athens in March 2026. | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = 212 | league = Greek Basketball League | team = AEK Athens | number = 4 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|1}} | birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | draft_year = 2013 | career_start = 2010 | career_end = | years1 = 2010–2015 | team1 = Olympiacos | years2 = 2015–2016 | team2 = AEK Athens | years3 = 2016–2017 | team3 = Astana | years4 = 2017–2018 | team4 = PAOK Thessaloniki | years5 = 2018–2020 | team5 = Promitheas Patras | years6 = 2020–2021 | team6 = AEK Athens | years7 = 2021–2022 | team7 = Peristeri | years8 = 2022–2023 | team8 = Kolossos Rodou | years9 = 2023–2024 | team9 = Aris Thessaloniki | years10 = 2024–2025 | team10 = PAOK Thessaloniki | years11 = 2025–present | team11 = AEK Athens | highlights = * FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2013) * 2× EuroLeague champion (2012, 2013) * 2× Greek League champion (2012, 2015) * Kazakhstan League champion (2017) * Kazakhstan Cup winner (2017) * Greek League All-Star (2020) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bk|GRE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroBasket}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Cyprus–Finland–Poland–Latvia|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship}} {{MedalGold| 2008 Greece |Under-18 }} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup}} {{MedalSilver| 2009 New Zealand | Under-19}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Croatia | Under-20}} }}

'''Dimitrios Katsivelis''' (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basketball League. He is a {{convert|1.98|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://resultados-jjoo.sport.es/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 |title=Grecia / Baloncesto / Dimitrios Katsivelis Altura / 1.98m |language=es |access-date=2016-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210124404/http://resultados-jjoo.sport.es/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 |archive-date=2016-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://olympics-es-epi.stats.com/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 |title=Dimitrios Katsivelis Grecia Rio 2016 Altura / 1.98m |language=es |access-date=2016-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210124408/http://olympics-es-epi.stats.com/olympics/summer/2016/bk/bios/countries/8606/players/665130 |archive-date=2016-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{convert|96|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://pbcastana.kz/en/team/?category=composition&season=2017&team=1&personID=33 Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг.]</ref> point guard.

==Professional career== Katsivelis started his career playing at the semi-professional level (the 3rd-tier level of Greek basketball) with Mantoulidis in the Greek B League.

He began his professional career when he signed with the Greek League club Olympiacos Piraeus in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621025315/http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2010-11-signings/i/74735/4465/olympiacos-lands-young-katsivelis Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis.]</ref> With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships, in 2012. With Olympiacos, he also won the 2012–13 season championship of the EuroLeague, and the Greek League championship in 2015.

On August 5, 2015, he signed with AEK Athens.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150822010241/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/693fw77ewmehaipu/aek-adds-two-time-euroleague-champ-katsivelis AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.]</ref><ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/171783/aek-athens-announces-dimitris-katsivelis.html AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis.]</ref> He moved to the Kazakh club Astana, of the VTB United League, for the 2016–17 season.

On July 1, 2018, Katsivelis was announced by Promitheas Patras, where he subsequently spent two seasons.<ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/537253/Dimitris-Katsivelis-signs-at-Promitheas Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas.]</ref> He averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in the shortened 2019-2020 campaign.

On August 8, 2020, he agreed to return to AEK.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dimitris Katsivelis returns to AEK Athens |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/dimitris-katsivelis-returns-to-aek-athens/ |website=Sportando |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=August 8, 2020}}</ref>

On July 24, 2021, Katsivelis moved to Peristeri. On April 18, 2022, he was suspended for the rest of the season, along with teammate Linos Chrysikopoulos, after they both fell out of favor with the club's new head coach Milan Tomić. In 17 league games, he averaged 6.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3 assists per contest.

On August 25, 2022, Katsivelis signed with Kolossos Rodou, reuniting with both Chrysikopoulos and his Astana coach Ilias Papatheodorou. In 24 games, he averaged 7.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals, playing around 26 minutes per contest.

On June 30, 2023, Katsivelis returned to Thessaloniki for Aris.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-30 |title=Aris tabs experienced guard Katsivelis {{!}} EuroCup |url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/aris-tabs-experienced-guard-katsivelis/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Euroleague Basketball |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On June 28, 2024, Katsivelis returned to PAOK, and was named the team's captain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spyros |first=Αναρτήθηκε από |title=Dimitris Katsivelis Returns to PAOK After Six Years |url=https://www.a1basket.gr/2024/06/dimitris-katsivelis-returns-to-paok.html |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.a1basket.gr}}</ref>

On July 4, 2025, Katsivelis returned Athens for a third stint with AEK Athens, signing a two year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Papadopoulos |first=Christos |date=2025-07-04 |title=Katsivelis signed |url=https://www.aekbc.gr/en/katsivelis-signed/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=AEK BC |language=en-US}}</ref>

==National team career== ===Greek junior national team=== With Greece's junior national teams, Katsivelis won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the silver medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

===Greek senior national team=== Katsivelis became a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team in 2017.<ref>[http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/ElladaBasket/EthnikiBasket/h-prwth-ths-ethnikhs-se-fwtografies.4947574.html Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες {{in lang|el}}.]</ref> He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/european-qualifiers/news/greece-announce-preliminary-player-list-for-games-against-great-britain-and-israel Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.]</ref>

==Awards and accomplishments== ===Pro career=== *2× EuroLeague Champion: (2012, 2013) *2× Greek League Champion: (2012, 2015) *FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion: (2013) *Kazakhstan League: Champion (2017) *Kazakhstan Cup: Winner (2017) *Greek League All-Star :(2020)

==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===

{| class="wikitable" |- | style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|† | Denotes seasons in which Katsivelis won the EuroLeague |}

{{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Olympiacos | 2 || 0 || 9.0 || '''.667''' || .500 || '''1.000''' || '''1.0''' || '''1.5''' || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || '''3.5''' || '''4.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2011–12† | 7 || '''4''' || '''16.3''' || .368 || .286 || '''1.000''' || '''1.0''' || 1.0 || '''.6''' || '''.1''' || 2.4 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2012–13† | 10 || 1 || 6.6 || .333 || .500 || .500 || .7 || .4 || .1 || {{sort|-|—}} || 0.7 || 0.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | '''15''' || 1 || 4.6 || .385 || '''.571''' || .500 || .4 || .5 || .1 || '''.1''' || 1.0 || 0.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | 12 || 1 || 6.3 || .455 || .333 || .000 || .8 || .3 || .2 || '''.1''' || 1.0 || 0.8 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 46 || 7 || 7.5 || .404 || .423 || .500 || .7 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 1.3 || 0.9 {{S-end}}

===Greek junior national team=== *2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: {{gold medal}} *2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: {{silver medal}} *2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: {{silver medal}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons}} * [http://widgets.baskethotel.com/site/esake/player/4966137/ Dimitrios Katisvelis] at baskethotel.com * [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dimitrios-Katsivelis-36197/stats/ Dimitrios Katsivelis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084854/http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dimitrios-Katsivelis-36197/stats/ |date=2016-12-20 }} at draftexpress.com * [http://www.esake.gr/el/action/EsakeplayerView?idplayer=000001BC&mode=1&idteam=00000002&idchampionship= Dimitrios Katsivelis] at esake.gr {{in lang|el}} * [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=131372 Dimitrios Katsivelis] at eurobasket.com * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=002867#!careerstats Dimitrios Katsivelis] at euroleague.net * [https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134547/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/dimitrios%20katsivelis/pid//_//players.html Dimitrios Katsivelis] at fiba.com (archive) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151231133622/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6039060/playerview.html Dimitrios Katsivelis] at fiba.com (game center) * [http://www.vtb-league.com/en/player/1749022/ Dimitrios Katisvelis] at vtb-league.com * [https://web.archive.org/web/20171221184129/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=basketball&page=player&id=675 Dimitrios Katsivelis] at scoresway.com (archived)

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