{{short description|Greek professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Orphan|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Stamatis Benas<br>Σταμάτης Μπένας | image = | width = | caption = | number = | position = Power forward / center | height_m = 2.06 | weight_kg = | league = Greek A2 League | team = Eleftheroupoli | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|10|14}} | birth_place = Thessaloniki, Greece | nationality = Greek | career_start = 2007 | career_end = | coach_start = | years1 = 2007–2010 | team1 = MENT | years2 = 2010–2014 | team2 = KAOD | years3 = 2014–2015 | team3 = Ermis Lagkada | years4 = 2015–2016 | team4 = Iraklis Thessaloniki | years5 = 2016–2018 | team5 = Kastorias | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = Iraklis | years7 = 2019–present | team7 = Eleftheroupoli | highlights = *Greek 2nd Division champion (2011) }} '''Stamatis Benas''' (alternate spelling: Mpenas) ({{langx|el|Σταμάτης Μπένας}}, {{IPA|el|sta'matis 'benas}}; born October 14, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player. Benas has spent his entire career in the Greek leagues. He has represented Greece at youth level.
==Professional career== Benas started playing basketball at the ranks of Aris Thessaloniki.<ref name="greek">{{cite web | url=http://basket.gr/index.php/playerview?playerid=1118 | title=Σταμάτης Μπένας | publisher=Hellenic Basketball Federation | accessdate=18 August 2015 | language=Greek}}</ref> At the senior level he began playing basketball for ''Galaxias Adendro'', an amateur team.<ref name="ira1908">{{cite web | url=http://www.iraklis1908.gr/%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B1/ | title=Απέκτησε τον Μπένα | publisher=iraklis1908.gr | date=17 July 2015 | accessdate=18 August 2015 | language=Greek}}</ref> He started playing professionally in 2007 when he joined MENT of the Greek A2 League.<ref name="pamesports">{{cite web | url=http://www.pamesports.gr/303099/filiko-me-venetsia-o-olympiakos | title=Στον Ερμή Λαγκαδά ο Μπένας! | publisher=pamesports.gr | date=6 August 2014 | accessdate=18 August 2015 | language=Greek}}</ref> In 2010 he moved to KAOD, gaining promotion to the Greek Basket League in 2011.<ref name="pamesports" /> He played for three seasons in the top tier of Greek basketball, in which he appeared in 57 games averaging 2.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.<ref name="pamesports" /> On 7 August 2014 Benas signed for Ermis Lagkada in the Greek A2 League.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.basketplus.gr/index.php/a2/ermis-lagkada/item/63839-kai-episima-benas | title=Και επίσημα Μπένας | publisher=basketplus.gr | date=7 August 2014 | accessdate=18 August 2015 | language=Greek | author1=Basketplus }}</ref> In July 2015 he joined Iraklis Thessaloniki.<ref name="ira1908" /> After one season with Iraklis he signed for third-tier team Kastorias.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.basketblog.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164002:2016-07-12-15-05-44&catid=4:b-ethniki&Itemid=15 | title=Υπέγραψε στην Καστοριά ο Μπένας | publisher=basketblog.gr | date=12 July 2016 | accessdate=29 October 2016 | author=Kyritsis, Thomas | language=Greek}}</ref>
==International career== Benas has represented Greece at the youth levels. He appeared in 8 games averaging 4.1 points per game.<ref name="greek" /> Mpenas was a member of Greece's squad for the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/45301/sid/3419/tid/291/_/2004_European_Championship_for_Men_U18_Qualifying_Round/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214708/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/45301/sid/3419/tid/291/_/2004_European_Championship_for_Men_U18_Qualifying_Round/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 12, 2018 | title=Stamatis Benas Player profile | publisher=FIBA Europe | accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/lid_38135_cp/1/pid/45301/q/Benas/rpp//_//players.html FIBA.com Profile]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benas, Stamatis}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Greek men's basketball players Category:Greek Basket League players Category:Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Category:K.A.O.D. B.C. players Category:Kastorias B.C. players Category:MENT B.C. players Category:Power forwards Category:Basketball players from Thessaloniki Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen