The veteran point guard will stay with the Greens for at least another season
Panathinaikos extends four-time champ Kostas Sloukas
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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens has extended the contract of four-time EuroLeague champion Kostas Sloukas, the club announced Thursday afternoon. Sloukas, a team captain and one of EuroLeague all-time greats, is now signed with the Greens until the end of the 2026-27 season.
Sloukas joined Panathinaikos in the summer of 2024 from archrival Olympiacos Piraeus, and in his first season wearing green led Panathinaikos to the 2024 EuroLeague championship as the 2024 Final Four MVP. That was the Green's seventh EuroLeague title, and the fourth for Sloukas who also won a pair of EuroLeague crowns with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 as well one with Fenerbahce Istanbul in 2017.
Sloukas, who is averaging 9.0 points, 4.7 assists and 2.0 rebounds this season, is one of the most accomplished players in EuroLeague history. Honored as a member of All-25 EuroLeague Team earlier this year, Sloukas was named to the 2018-19 All-EuroLeague First Team and earned All-EuroLeague Second Team honors in 2021-22 and 2023-24.
He has taken part in eight EuroLeague Championship Games and made it to the Final Four 11 times: five with Olympiacos, four with Fenerbahce and twice with Panathinaikos.
Sloukas ranks second all-time in games played (435), second in assists (1,929), seventh in scoring (4,134 points), fourth in total PIR (5,161) and tied for 10th in three-pointers made (518).
Born in Thessaloniki, Sloukas started his career with local clubs Megas Alexandros and Mandoulides before joining Olympiacos in 2008. He was sent out on a loan to play for hometown Aris Thessaloniki in the 2010-11 season, and upon returning, Sloukas helped Olympiacos win back-to-back EuroLeague titles. He also won the Intercontinental Cup in 2013, two Greek League championships (2012, 2015) and a Greek Cup (2010) before joining Fenerbahce in 2015.
The Greek guard added to his EuroLeague success by bringing a first-ever championship to Fenerbahce in 2017, and the team reached the EuroLeague Championship Game in both 2016 and 2018, too. Sloukas won three consecutive Turkish League titles from 2016 to 2018, as well as three straight Turkish Cups from 2018 to 2020.
In the summer of 2020, Sloukas returned to Olympiacos. Over the three seasons with the Reds, Sloukas won back-to-back Greek League and Cup doubles in 2022 and 2023. The team also had back-to-back appearances in the EuroLeague Final Four, with the Reds falling in the semifinals to eventual champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and then in the final to Real Madrid in 2023. Sloukas has been a member of the Greek national team, and won a bronze medal at EuroBasket 2025 in September.