Pavlos Stamelos


Pavlos Stamelos is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. At 6'4" in height, he played at the power forward and center positions.

Professional career

Stamelos started his club playing career with the junior teams of Sporting Athens in 1964. With Sporting, he was the Greek Basket League [stats leaders|Greek League Top Scorer] in the 1977–78 season. He moved to AEK [Athens BC|AEK Athens] for the 1979–80 season, where he played until 1981.
In the top-tier level amateur Greek Championship, he played in 361 games, and scored a total of 6,645 points, which was the Greek Basketball Championship career statistical leaders#All-Time [Top 10 Scorers|8th most total points scored] in the competition.

National team career

Stamelos played in 53 games with the senior men's Greece national [basketball team|Greek national team]. With Greece, he played at the 1972 FIBA European Olympic Qualification tournament, and at the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Stamelos worked as a basketball coach, and he coached the junior teams of Sporting.

Awards and accomplishments