Kostas Vassiliadis

Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Kostas Vasileiadis
Κώστας Βασιλειάδης
nickname =
position = Shooting guard
Small forward
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6.75
weight_lb = 220
league = Greek League
team = PAOK
jersey =| number =
nationality = Greek
birth_date = birth date and age|1984|3|15
birth_place = flagicon|Greece Thessaloniki, Greece
career_start = 2000
career_end =
former_teams = PAOK BC (2000–2006)
Unicaja Malaga (2006–2007)
Olympiacos (2007–2008)

awards = 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Scoring Champ
2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship Scoring Champ

Kostas Vasileiadis or Costas Vasiliadis ( _el. Κώστας Βασιλειάδης) (born March 15th, 1984 in Thessaloniki, Greece) and raised in Kilkis, Greece, is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) in height. He is currently with PAOK.

PAOK BC

Vasiliadis played for PAOK BC of the Greek League. He was captain of PAOK and played at PAOk for 6 years from 2000 to 2006. He had an outstanding start to his career at PAOK before joining Unicaja Malaga of the Spanish League.

Unicaja Malaga

Vasiliadis was a famous name in spanish side. The spanish giants made an impact in europe thanks to Vasiliadis and he will always be remembered by the Unicaja Malaga fans.

Olympiacos BC

On July 12, 2007 he signed a contract with the Euroleague club Olympiacos BC. Although being rivals to his favourite club PAOK BC he played very well for Olympiacos and got them up to second place in Greece in the 2007 season.

PAOK Return

Vasiliadis returned to PAOK BC. He is currently the PAOK Basketball club which has revitilised its club after a bad last season. Kostas Vasiliadis led PAOK to win the Mavroskoufia tournament and Kostas was named the MVP for the tournament.

Greek National Team

On the international level with Greece, he played as a youth and he was a member of the team which won the silver medal in FIBA's 2005 FIBA World Championship under 21, held in Argentina. In the final, Greece lost to Lithuania, 65-63.

External links

* [http://www.kostasvasiliadis.gr/ Kostas Vasiliadis' official website]
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=oly&pcode=ALG Euroleague.net player profile]
* [http://www.nbadraft.net/profiles/costasvassiliadis.asp NBAdraft.net player profile]
* [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Costas-Vassiliadis-28/ Draftexpress.com player profile]
* [http://www.interbasket.net/greek/Prospects/prospects.htm Interbasket.net Greek prospects]