Andreas Glyniadakis

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Andreas Glyniadakis

| image = Andreas Glyniadakis Greece-Turkey 76-74.jpg

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| caption = Glyniadakis with Greece, at the 2009 EuroBasket.

| height_ft = 7

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 280

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chania, Greece

| draft_year = 2003

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 58

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_number = 9, 11, 12, 14, 35, 55

| career_position = Center

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2020

| coach_start =

| coach_end =

| years1 = 1997–2001

| team1 = Panathinaikos

| years2 = 2001–2002

| team2 = Panellinios

| years3 = 2002–2003

| team3 = Peristeri Athens

| years4 = 2003–2005

| team4 = AEK Athens

| years5 = 2005–2006

| team5 = Roanoke Dazzle

| years6 = 2006

| team6 = Albuquerque Thunderbirds

| years7 = {{nbay|2006|full=y}}

| team7 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years8 = 2007

| team8 = Albuquerque Thunderbirds

| years9 = 2007

| team9 = Virtus Bologna

| years10 = 2007

| team10 = AEK Athens

| years11 = 2007–2009

| team11 = Maroussi

| years12 = 2009–2012

| team12 = Olympiacos

| years13 = 2012–2013

| team13 = Astana

| years14 = 2013–2014

| team14 = Lietuvos rytas

| years15 = 2014

| team15 = APOEL

| years16 = 2014–2015

| team16 = Royal Halı Gaziantep

| years17 = 2015

| team17 = Energia Rovinari

| years18 = 2015

| team18 = Les Lions de Geneve

| years19 = 2015–2016

| team19 = Nea Kifissia

| years20 = 2016–2017

| team20 = PAOK

| years21 = 2017–2018

| team21 = Kymis

| years22 = 2018–2019

| team22 = Rethymno Cretan Kings

| years23 = 2019–2020

| team23 = Ilysiakos

| highlights =

2× EuroLeague champion (2000, 2012)
5× Greek Basket League champion (1998–2001, 2012)
2× Greek Cup winner (2010, 2011)
2× Greek League All-Star (2004, 2009)
Cypriot League champion (2014)
Kazakh League champion (2013)
Kazakh Cup winner (2013)
NBA G League champion (2006)

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| bbr = glynian01

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Andreas Glyniadakis (alternate spelling: Gliniadakis, Greek: Ανδρέας Γλυνιαδάκης; born 26 August 1981) is a former Greek professional basketball player, at a height of {{convert|7|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} tall. During his professional club career that started in 1997 and ended in 2020, Glyniadakis played at a center position.

During his professional club career, Glyniadakis won two EuroLeague championships. He first won the EuroLeague championship in 2000, with the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens. He later won the EuroLeague championship in 2012, with the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus. While he was part of Greece's national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.

Professional career

=Europe=

At the start of his career, Glyniadakis played with the youth teams of Kydonas of Chania, Crete. He then started his professional club career with the Greek Basket League team Panathinaikos Athens. After playing at Panathinaikos, he moved on to the Greek club Peristeri Athens, and then to the Greek club AEK Athens.

In May 2007, Glyniadakis signed with the Italian A League's Virtus Bologna. In September 2007, he returned to AEK Athens. However, he was waived by the club on 1 October 2007. Glyniadakis then joined the Greek team Maroussi Athens. He was chosen as the MVP of the Last 16's Week 1 in the EuroCup 2008–09 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/43231/448 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131062604/http://eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/43231/448 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2009 |title=Glyniadakis last 16 week 1 MVP |publisher=Eurocupbasketball.com |date=2009-01-28 |access-date=2013-12-26}}

In July 2009, Glyniadakis moved to the Greek EuroLeague team Olympiacos Piraeus.[http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/euroleague/77979/olympiacos-inks-glyniadakis-to-replace-printezis.html Olympiacos inks Glyniadakis to replace Printezis.] With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships in 2012. After a season of playing for the Kazakhstan Championship club Astana, Glyniadakis signed with Lietuvos rytas of the Lithuanian LKL League.[http://bc.lrytas.lt/en/item/1077-lietuvos-rytas-pens-two-time-champ-aglyniadakis-to-deal Lietuvos rytas pens two-time champ A.Glyniadakis to deal.]

On 31 January 2014, Glyniadakis signed a contract with Cypriot Division A side APOEL, and he helped the team to win the Cypriot League's championship at the end of the season.[https://www.eurobasket.com/Cyprus/basketball.aspx?NewsID=356077 Andreas Glyniadakis: "I joined Apoel to win the title"!!] On 30 October 2014, Glyniadakis was signed by the Turkish Super League team Royal Halı Gaziantep.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/139453/andreas-glyniadakis-signs-with-gaziantep.html Andreas Glyniadakis signs with Gaziantep.] On 23 December 2014, he signed with Enegria Rovinari of the Romanian National League, for the rest of the season.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/romania/145919/andreas-glyniadakis-inks-in-romania-with-energia-targu-jiu-rovinari.html Andreas Glyniadakis inks in Romania with Energia Targu Jiu Rovinari.][http://www.eurobasket.com/Romania/news/387755/Rovinari-lands-Andreas-Glyniadakis Rovinari lands Andreas Glyniadakis.]

On 14 August 2015, Glyniadakis signed with Les Lions de Geneve of the Swiss Championnat LNA.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/switzerland/172707/andreas-glyniadakis-signs-in-switzerland-with-geneve-lions.html Andreas Glyniadakis signs in Switzerland with Geneve Lions.] In November 2015, he left the Lions, and signed with the Greek club Nea Kifissia, for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[http://www.a1basket.gr/2015/11/kifisia-agreed-terms-with-andreas-glyniadakis.html A1Basket.gr Kifisia agreed terms with Glyniadakis.] On 21 July 2016, Glyniadakis signed with the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/207127/andreas-glyniadakis-moves-to-paok-thessaloniki.html Andreas Glyniadakis moves to PAOK Thessaloniki.]

On 4 August 2017, Glyniadakis signed with the Greek club Kymis.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/243444/kymis-inks-andrea-glyniadakis.html Kymis inks Andrea Glyniadakis] On 22 August 2018, Glyniadakis returned to his home land of Crete, after nearly two decades, after he signed a one-year deal with the Rethymno Cretan Kings. Glyniadakis joined the Greek club Ilysiakos Athens, in 2019, and he retired from playing pro club basketball iun 2020.

=NBA=

Glyniadakis was selected by the Detroit Pistons, with the 58th overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. In the 2005–06 season, he played with the Roanoke Dazzle of the NBA D-League. He played with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2006 NBA preseason, but he was cut before the regular season began. He also played with the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA D-League, and with them, he won the D-League championship, in the year 2006.

Glyniadakis was signed by the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, on 5 November 2006.[https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2650600 Sonics sign Glyniadakis, adding depth to thin frontcourt.] With the Sonics, he appeared in 13 regular season games, in which he averaged 1.3 points per game. He was waived by the Sonics on 4 January 2007.[http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sonics-waive-farmer-and-glyniadakis/ Sonics waive Farmer and Glyniadakis.]

Glyniadakis' final NBA game was played on 2 January 2007 in an 88–112 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. In his last NBA game, he recorded no stats, and only played for a total of 52 seconds, as he was substituted in at the very end of the 4th quarter, for Damien Wilkins. Glyniadakis also played with the Boston Celtics's Summer League squad in the 2007 NBA Summer League, in Las Vegas, Nevada.[http://www.nba.com/summerleagues/celtics_070703.html Summer League: Boston Celtics Roster.]

National team career

Glyniadakis was a member of the Greek junior national teams. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He won the bronze medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He also played at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Glyniadakis was also selected to the senior men's Greek national team for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. With Greece, he won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket. He also played with Greece at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Career statistics

=Regular season=

| align="left" | {{nbay|2006}}

| align="left" | Seattle

| 13 || 4 || 6.2 || .471 || .000 || .500 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .0 || 1.3

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="center" colspan="2"| Career

| 13 || 4 || 6.2 || .471 || .000 || .500 || .6 || .1 || .0 || .0 || 1.3

=EuroLeague=

class="wikitable"

style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†

| Denotes seasons in which Glyniadakis won the EuroLeague

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| AEK Athens

| 14 || 11 || 13.5 || .581 || {{sort|-|—}} || .962 || 2.9 || .1 || .4 || .5 || 4.4 || 4.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05

| 19 || 13 || 9.1 || .612 || {{sort|-|—}} || .783 || 1.2 || .3 || .2 || .3 || 4.1 || 2.5

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Olympiacos

| 4 || 2 || 5.0 || .500 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || .3 || .3 || 1.0 || 1.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11

| 3 || 1 || 6.2 || .250 || {{sort|-|—}} || .667 || .7 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.7 || .3

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2011–12†

| 9 || 2 || 7.4 || .423 || {{sort|-|—}} || .933 || 1.3 || .1 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || 4.0 || 2.9

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14

| style="text-align:left;"| Rytas

| 9 || 0 || 10.1 || .412 || {{sort|-|—}} || .700 || 1.7 || .1 || .2 || .4 || 2.3 || .8

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="center" colspan="2"| Career

| 58 || 29 || 9.8 || .519 || {{sort|-|—}} || .850 || 1.6 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 3.6 || 2.3

Awards and achievements

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=Pro career=

5× Greek League Champion: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2012
2× EuroLeague Champion: 2000, 2012
2× Greek League All-Star: 2004, 2009
NBA G League Champion: 2006
2× Greek Cup Winner: 2010, 2011
Kazakh League Champion: 2013
Kazakh Cup Winner: 2013
Cypriot League Champion: 2014

=Greek junior national team=

1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: {{bronze medal}}

=Greek senior national team=

3× Acropolis International Tournament Champion: 2002, 2007, 2009
2009 EuroBasket: {{bronze medal}}

References

External links

{{Basketball stats|nba=2601 |bbr=g/glynian01}}
[https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/2601/usage/ NBA G League profile]
[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BVP#!careerstats Euroleague.net profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150121163052/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Andreas%20GLYNIADAKIS/pid/25390/_//players.html FIBA profile]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2015.roundID_10369.playerID_25390.teamID_97802.html FIBA Europe profile]
[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GRE&PlayerID=10910 Eurobasket.com profile]
[http://esake.gr/en/action/EsakeplayerView?idplayer=00000103&mode=1&idchampionship=A12E05CD Greek Basket League profile] {{in lang|el}}
[https://www.basket.gr/playerview/?playerid=172 Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile] {{in lang|el}}
[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=GLY-AND-81 Italian League profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120234244/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=GLY-AND-81 |date=2015-01-20 }} {{in lang|it}}

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