Ioannis Chatzinikolas

Ioannis Chatzinikolas
Γιάννης Χατζηνικόλας
	Chatzinikolas with Nea Kifissia, in 2016.
No. 11 – Doxa Lefkadas
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
League	GBL
Personal information
Born	October 7, 1995 (age 31); Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2016	Nea Kifissia
2014–2015	→Pagrati
2016–2017	Koroivos Amaliadas
2017–2018	Trikala
2018–2019	Ippokratis Kos
2019–2020	PAOK
2020–2021	Charilaos Trikoupis
2021–2022	Oberwart Gunners
2022–2023	Panthers Schwenningen
2023–2025	Kolossos Rodou
2025	Tampereen Pyrintö
2025–present	Doxa Lefkadas
Career highlights
	2x Greek Elite League champion (2013, 2026);

Ioannis Chatzinikolas (alternate spelling: Giannis) (born 7 October 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player for Doxa Lefkadas of the GBL.

Professional career

After playing youth basketball with the junior teams of Nea Kifissia, Chatzinikolas began his professional career in 2011, with the Greek Second Division club Nea Kifissia's senior men's team. In 2014, he was loaned to Pagrati. He left Nea Kifissia, when the club was relegated down from the first-tier level Greek Basket League, to the third-tier level Greek B League, due to financial problems.

On August 3, 2016, he joined Koroivos Amaliadas. On September 10, 2019, Chatzinikolas returned to the first division, signing with PAOK Thessaloniki.

On July 27, 2020, he transferred to the newly promoted team of Charilaos Trikoupis.

Chatzinikolas spent the next two seasons abroad with the Austrian club Oberwart Gunners and the German club Panthers Schwenningen.

In early 2023, Chatzinikolas returned to Greece with Kolossos Rodou. On July 13, 2023, he renewed his contract with Kolossos. On July 3, 2024, he renewed his contract with the island club once more.

On 30 August 2025, he signed with Tampereen Pyrintö in Finnish Korisliiga. On December 9, 2025, he returned to Greece and joined Doxa Lefkadas of the Greek Elite League. After winning the championship and gaining the promotion to the GBL, Chatzinikolas renewed his contract with the club for one more year.

National team career

With the junior national teams of Greece, Chatzinikolas played at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

References

↑ Chatzinikolas Profile myplayer.gr.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Στο Παγκράτι ο Χατζηνικόλας (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
↑ Koroivos sign Ioannis Chatzinikolas.
↑ "Charilaos add Chatzinikolas to their roster". eurobasket.com. July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
↑ KREIKKALAINEN GIANNIS CHATZINIKOLAS PYRINTÖÖN, pyrinto.fi, 30 August 2025
↑ Γιαννουδάκης, Γιάννης. "Δόξα Λευκάδας: Ανακοίνωσε Χατζηνικόλα". Super Basket (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-10-18.
↑ ΚΑΡΑΜΟΥΖΑ, ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ (2026-07-03). "Χατζηνικόλας και Δόξα Λευκάδας συνεχίζουν μαζί και στην Stoiximan GBL". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-10-18.
↑ Ioannis CHATZINIKOLAS (GRE).

External links

Ioannis Chatzinikolas at fiba.com (archive)
Ioannis Chatzinikolas at fibaeurope.com
Ioannis Chatzinikolas at eurobasket.com
Ioannis Chatzinikolas at esake.gr (in Greek)

[1] Chatzinikolas Profile myplayer.gr.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Στο Παγκράτι ο Χατζηνικόλας (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-30.

[3] Koroivos sign Ioannis Chatzinikolas.

[4] "Charilaos add Chatzinikolas to their roster". eurobasket.com. July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

[5] KREIKKALAINEN GIANNIS CHATZINIKOLAS PYRINTÖÖN, pyrinto.fi, 30 August 2025

[6] Γιαννουδάκης, Γιάννης. "Δόξα Λευκάδας: Ανακοίνωσε Χατζηνικόλα". Super Basket (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

[7] ΚΑΡΑΜΟΥΖΑ, ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ (2026-07-03). "Χατζηνικόλας και Δόξα Λευκάδας συνεχίζουν μαζί και στην Stoiximan GBL". SPORT24 (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

[8] Ioannis CHATZINIKOLAS (GRE).