Stylianos Argyropoulos

Stelios Argyropoulos
Personal information
Full name Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis
Born (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996
Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position Drive
Club information
Current team Ferencváros
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2017
 Ethnikos Piraeus
2017–2021
 Olympiacos
2021–2022
 Jug
2022–present
 Ferencváros
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 FukuokaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place2025 SingaporeTeam
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2026 Belgrade
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2026 Sydney
FINA World League
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tbilisi
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2018 TarragonaTeam

Stylianos "Stelios" Argyropoulos Kanakakis (born 2 August 1996) is a Greek water polo player, who is a member of Greece men's national water polo team.[1][2][3] He is regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of his generation.[4][5][6]

Career

He started his career in Ethnikos. He was named best rookie of the Greek championship in 2015 and 2016. He then played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League,[7][8] two Greek Championships and one Greek Cup.[9][10][11][12]

He was part of Greece national team that competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[13]

In 25 January 2026, he was selected in the all-star team of the 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship held in Belgrade.[14]

Since 2025, he has played with Ferencvárosi TC (FTC-Telekom Waterpolo) in Hungary.

In April 2026, Argyropoulos was the top scorer at the 2026 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup held in Greece, with 24 goals. In July 2027 at Sydney, Australia, at the Super Final of the same tournament, he was selected in the best "All Star Team" of the 2026 Water Polo World Cup.[15]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

Jug Dubrovnik

Ferencváros

Awards

References

  1. ↑ «Αντίο» ως Έλληνες. aquafeed24.com, 11 April 2017 (in Greek)
  2. ↑ Εκπλήξεις από Βλάχο. novasports.gr, 10 November 2016 (in Greek)
  3. ↑ Στην αποστολή της Εθνικής ανδρών ο Αργυρόπουλος. waterpolonews.gr, 7 July 2016 (in Greek)
  4. ↑ "World Aquatics, ψηφοφορία, Στέλιος Αργυρόπουλος: «Είναι μεγάλη τιμή να βρίσκομαι ανάμεσα στους πέντε καλύτερους»". Aquafeed24 (in Greek). 7 November 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Press, TW (16 December 2024). "Total Player 2024 by Aquafeed24". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Press, TW (10 December 2021). "Total Player 2021 by Aquafeed24". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
  9. ↑ "Olympiacos – Men's Water Polo roster 2016–17". osfp.gr.
  10. ↑ "Olympiacos – LEN Champions League 2016–17 roster". LEN.
  11. ↑ Επέστρεψε στον Ολυμπιακό ο Αργυρόπουλος. novasports.gr, 3 August 2016 (in Greek)
  12. ↑ «Αιώνιος» και πανάξιος πρωταθλητής. Olympiacos official website, 8 May 2017 (in Greek)
  13. ↑ Rosters of the water polo tournaments of the 17th FINA World Championships. FINA
  14. ↑ Curcic, Ivan (25 January 2026). "Serbia climbs European throne!". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 26 January 2026. "After the final, the top seven players of the Championships were awarded, by the choice of a special jury. Those are: Stylianos Argyropoulos, Strahinja Rasovic, Konstantinos Kakaris, Krisztian Manhercz, Akos Nagy, Dusan Mandic, and goalkeeper Milan Glusac."
  15. ↑ "Greece men win historic first global crown". World Aquatics. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Το Έπαθλο Novasports "Rookie of the year" στον Στέλιο Αργυρόπουλο Κανακάκη (video) | Novasports". www.novasports.gr/ (in Greek). 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Στην κορυφαία επτάδα του κόσμου οι Βλαχόπουλος και Αργυρόπουλος, σύμφωνα με το Total Water Polo". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 25 February 2022.


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