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 tall, Dimitrius Kacivelis Weight: 96 кг. 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.Euroleague.net OLYMPIACOS lands young Katsivelis. 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.AEK adds two-time Euroleague champ Katsivelis.AEK Athens announces Dimitris Katsivelis. 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.Dimitris Katsivelis signs at Promitheas. 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.
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.
On June 28, 2024, Katsivelis returned to PAOK, and was named the team's captain.
On July 4, 2025, Katsivelis returned Athens for a third stint with AEK Athens, signing a two year contract.
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.Η "πρώτη" της Εθνικής σε φωτογραφίες . He played at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.Greece announce preliminary player list for games against Great Britain and Israel.
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
† Denotes seasons in which Katsivelis won the EuroLeague
| 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 || || || 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 || || 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
Greek junior national team 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Cup: 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:
References
External links
Dimitrios Katisvelis at baskethotel.com Dimitrios Katsivelis at draftexpress.com Dimitrios Katsivelis at esake.gr Dimitrios Katsivelis at eurobasket.com Dimitrios Katsivelis at euroleague.net Dimitrios Katsivelis at fiba.com (archive) Dimitrios Katsivelis at fiba.com (game center) Dimitrios Katisvelis at vtb-league.com Dimitrios Katsivelis at scoresway.com (archived)