Nikos Chougkaz is the new player of Cedevita Olimpija
In the forthcoming season, Greek player Nikos Chougkaz, that is moving to Ljubljana from Andorra, will be wearing the jersey of Cedevita Olimpija. Chougkaz has signed a two-year deal with the team of Ljubljana.
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Cedevita Olimpija continues to compose the team for the 2025/26 season. The Dragon Family just got stronger with the addition of player Nikos Chougkaz, that used to play for Panathinaikos among other teams before in his career. A season before coming to Ljubljana, he used to play for Andorra, with which he competed in the Spanish National Championship.
Chougkaz, that is 24 years old and 208 cm tall, has signed a two-year deal with Cedevita Olimpija.
“I am satisfied with the fact that I have joined Cedevita Olimpija. Ahead of the forthcoming season, I am thrilled. I am already working hard in order to be ready for all the tests. I cannot wait to meet everyone in Ljubljana!,” Nikos Chougkaz has told as he signed with the Ljubljana side.
Nikos Chougkazs has started his career in the youth categories of Peristeri, and in 2018 moved to Panionios, from where he continued his sporting path to USE, where he used to play for the Northwestern State University in the NCAA.
In 2029, he returned to Europe and joined Ionikos Nikaias, while in 2021 he signed with Panathinaikos, from where he was first loaned toIonikos. In 2022 he made his debut for Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague.
In 2024 he left Athens and joined Andorra, for which he used to average 9.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1 assist in the Spanish National Championship in 30 games played.
Chougkaz used to play for the youth categories of Greek National Team (U18, U19, U20) and made appearances at the 2018 and 2020 European Championships and 2019 World Championship. Occasionally he plays for the Greek Senior National Team. He has worn the Greece National Team jersey in the EuroBasket qualifiers and World Cup Qualifers and has also been a part of the 2024 Olympic Games Greece squad, but did not make an appearance in Paris.
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Nikos Chougkaz je novi član Cedevite Olimpije
V prihajajoči tekmovalni sezoni bo dres Cedevite Olimpije nosil Grk Nikos Chougkaz, ki se v Ljubljano seli iz Andore. Z ljubljanskim kolektivom je Chougkaz podpisal dveletno pogodbo.
Cedevita Olimpija nadaljuje s sestavo članske ekipe pred začetkom tekmovalne sezone 2025/26. Zmajevi družini se bo v novi sezoni pridružil Nikos Chougkaz, ki je v svoji karieri že nosil dres slovitega Panathinaikosa, za katerega je v Evroligi odigral pet tekem, pred prihodom v Ljubljano pa je v sezoni 2024/25 nosil dres Andorre, s katero je igral v španskem državnem prvenstvu. S Cedevito Olimpijo je Chougkaz, ki je star 24 let in visok 208 centimetrov, podpisal dveletno pogodbo.
"Zadovoljen sem, da sem se pridružil Cedeviti Olimpiji. Pred prihajajočo sezono sem navdušen, že zdaj trdo delam, da bom pripravljen na vse preizkušnje. Komaj čakam, da spoznam vse v Ljubljani!" je ob podpisu pogodbe z ljubljanskim klubom povedal Nikos Chougkaz.
Nikos Chougkaz je kariero začel v mladinskih ekipah Peristerija, nato pa se je leta 2018 preselil v Panionios in kasneje v ZDA, kjer je v sezoni 2019/20 za Northwestern State v NCAA na 29 tekmah v povprečju dosegal 9,2 točke, 7,2 skoka, 1,2 asistence in 1,0 ukradeno žogo na tekmo.
Leta 2020 se je vrnil v Evropo in igral za Ionikos Nikaias, leta 2021 pa podpisal za Panathinaikos, a bil sprva posojen nazaj v Ionikos, kjer je v Fibinem Europe Cupu na šestih tekmah dosegal 13,8 točke in 6,3 skoka. Leta 2022 je debitiral za Panathinaikos v Evroligi, februarja 2023 pa bil posojen Peristeriju, kjer je v Ligi prvakov na 18 tekmah v povprečju dosegal 4,4 točke in 2,7 skoka.
Junija 2024 je zapustil Atene in se pridružil Andorri, za katero je v sezoni 2024/25 v španskem prvenstvu na 30 tekmah v povprečju dosegal 9,5 točke, 5,8 skoka in 1,0 asistence, v kvalifikacijah za Ligo prvakov pa 9,5 točke in 9,5 skoka na tekmo. V Evroligi je za Panathinaikos tako odigral pet tekem, v povprečju je dosegal 0,8 točke in 1,0 skok.ž
Chougkaz je bil član grških mladih reprezentanc (U18, U19, U20) in nastopil na evropskih prvenstvih 2018 in 2020 ter svetovnem prvenstvu 2019. Občasno igra za člansko reprezentanco, dres Grčije je nosil v kvalifikacijah za EuroBasket in svetovno prvenstvo, bil pa je tudi del olimpijske ekipe 2024, a v Parizu ni zaigral.
