Viktor Sanikidze
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| No. 31 – Aris Thessaloniki | |
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward |
| League |
Greek Basket League Champions League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 1, 1986 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Globe Tech JC (2001–2002) |
| NBA draft | 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42nd overall |
| Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2006 | SAOS JDA Dijon |
| 2006–2007 | MMT Estudiantes |
| 2008 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 2008–2009 | Tartu Ülikool/Rock |
| 2009–2012 | Virtus Bologna |
| 2012–2013 | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2013–2014 | CAI Zaragoza |
| 2014–2015 | UNICS Kazan |
| 2015–2016 | TED Ankara Kolejliler |
| 2016–present | Aris Thessaloniki |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Aris Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He plays at both the small forward and power forward positions.
Sanikidze began his basketball career with the Academy Tbilisi youth teams in the Georgian Republic. In the 2001–02 season, Sanikidze attended and played basketball for Globe Tech Junior College in New York City. In the 2002–03 season, he returned home to Georgia, to play once again for Academy Tbilisi.
In 2003, Sanikidze signed with SAOS JDA Dijon, a pro club in the French Pro A League and a club competing in the European fourth-tier level league, the FIBA Europe Cup (later re-named FIBA EuroCup Challenge), at the time he joined the team. JDA Dijon made the FIBA Europe Cup finals, where they lost to Mitteldeutscher, during Sanikidze's first season with the club. He spent three seasons in France (2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06).
Sanikidze spent the 2006–07 season with the Spanish ACB League club MMT Estudiantes, a team that was competing in the European third-tier level league, the FIBA EuroCup (later re-named to EuroChallenge), at the time he joined the team. He missed the entire the 2007–08 season due to injury.
Sanikidze joined the Estonian League club Tartu Ülikool/Rock for the 2008–09 season. Tartu Ülikool/Rock also competed in the EuroChallenge League, the third-tier level of European-wide basketball, and the regional Baltic League. In August 2009, he moved to the Italian League club Virtus Bologna. On July 11, 2012, Sanikidze signed a multi-year deal with the Italian club Montepaschi Siena.
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