Panagiotis Kafkis

Panagiotis Kafkis
Παναγιώτης Καυκής

Ilysiakos
Position	Head coach
League	Greek C League
Personal information
Born	(1980-05-08) May 8, 1980 (age 44) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1998–2018
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	5
Coaching career	2019–present
Career history
As player:
1998–2003	Ilysiakos
2003–2005	Makedonikos
2005–2006	Apollon Patras
2006–2007	Panionios
2007–2008	Olympiacos
2008–2010	PAOK
2010–2011	Kolossos
2011–2012	Peristeri
2012–2014	Ilysiakos
2014–2015	AENK
2015–2017	Doukas
2017–2018	Pagrati
2018	Ippokratis Kos
As coach:
2019–present	Ilysiakos
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Greece Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Under-26

Panagiotis Kafkis (alternate spelling: Panayiotis) (Greek: Παναγιώτης Καυκής; born May 8, 1980, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.97 m (6 ft 5 3⁄4 in) tall,^[1] he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

After playing with the youth teams of Aetos Kallitheas, Kafkis started his pro career with Ilysiakos in 1998. In his pro career, Kafkis played with some of the following clubs: Makedonikos, Apollon Patras, Panionios, and Olympiacos. After last playing in 2018, Kafkis announced he was switching from playing to coaching in 2019.

Kafkis won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, while playing with Greece's under-26 national team.

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Kafkis began his coaching career in 2019, when he became the head coach of the Greek club Ilysiakos.^[2]

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