Stylianos "Stelios" Argyropoulos Kanakakis (born 2 August 1996) is a Greek water polo player, who is a member of Greece men's national water polo team.«Αντίο» ως Έλληνες. aquafeed24.com, 11 April 2017 (in Greek)Εκπλήξεις από Βλάχο. novasports.gr, 10 November 2016 (in Greek)Στην αποστολή της Εθνικής ανδρών ο Αργυρόπουλος. waterpolonews.gr, 7 July 2016 (in Greek) He is regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of his generation.
Career He started his career in Ethnikos. He was named best rookie of the Greek championship in 2015 and 2016. He then played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League,Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek) two Greek Championships and one Greek Cup.Επέστρεψε στον Ολυμπιακό ο Αργυρόπουλος. novasports.gr, 3 August 2016 (in Greek)«Αιώνιος» και πανάξιος πρωταθλητής. Olympiacos official website, 8 May 2017 (in Greek)
He was part of Greece national team that competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.Rosters of the water polo tournaments of the 17th FINA World Championships. FINA
In 25 January 2026, he was selected in the all-star team of the 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship held in Belgrade. "After the final, the top seven players of the Championships were awarded, by the choice of a special jury. Those are: Stylianos Argyropoulos, Strahinja Rasovic, Konstantinos Kakaris, Krisztian Manhercz, Akos Nagy, Dusan Mandic, and goalkeeper Milan Glusac."
Since 2025, he has played with Ferencvárosi TC (FTC-Telekom Waterpolo) in Hungary.
In April 2026, Argyropoulos was the top scorer at the 2026 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup held in Greece, with 24 goals. In July 2027 at Sydney, Australia, at the Super Final of the same tournament, he was selected in the best "All Star Team" of the 2026 Water Polo World Cup.
Awards
Honours Club Olympiacos LEN Champions League: 2017–18; runners-up: 2018–19 Greek Championship: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Greek Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Greek Super Cup : 2018, 2019, 2020 Jug Dubrovnik Croatian Championship: 2021–22 Ferencváros Hungarian Championship: 2022–23, 2023–24 Hungarian Cup: 2022–23, 2023–24 LEN Champions League: 2023–24 LEN Super Cup: 2024
Awards Greek Championship Rookie of the Year 2014–15, 2015–16 with Ethnikos Piraeus Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Team of the Tournament Member of the World Team by totalwaterpolo: 2021
References
External links
Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)