Vasilis Lipiridis

Career

At 2.02 m (6 ft 7½ in) tall, he played at the power forward position. Lipiridis played with great success as a defensive power forward for Aris, winning the Greek League championship six times (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Greek Cup 5 times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992). He also took part in 3 consecutive Euroleague Final Fours of the European Champions Cup: Ghent 1988, Munich 1989, and Zaragoza 1990.

In 1997, he joined OFI Crete basketball club for one season.

He also played at the EuroBasket 1991.

Achievements

• While he played there, Aris joined the elite of European basketball clubs, but a European-wide title did not come for Lipiridis until much later, in 1993, when the club won the 2nd-tier Cup Winners Cup in Torino.

Membership

Lipiridis was a member of the senior men"s Greek national basketball team that finished in 6th place at the 1990 International Basketball Federation World Championship.