Niels Giffey - FC Bayern Basketball
Personal
- Date signed
- 08/11/2022
- Contract ends
- 30/06/2027
- Height
- 2 m
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Date of birth
- 08/06/1991
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Nationality
- German
- Star sign
- Gemini
- Throwing arm
- right
Short Biography
Niels Giffey, born on 8 June 1991 in Berlin, moved to FC Bayern Basketball in 2022. He previously played for Alba Berlin, where he won two German championships, as well as for Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania and UCAM Murcia in Spain. During his college years in the USA, he won two NCAA titles with the UConn Huskies.
Giffey has now played well over 100 international matches for the German national team, including participation in the 2021 and 2024 Olympic Games. In 2023, he crowned his international career by winning the Basketball World Cup. With FC Bayern Basketball, he won the German Cup in 2023 and 2024 as well as the German Championship in 2024 and 2025.
Previous Clubs
2007 – 2008: TuS Lichterfelde
2008 – 2010: Alba Berlin
2010 – 2014: University of Connecticut
2014 – 2021: Alba Berlin
2021 – 2022: Zalgiris Kaunas
until 11/2022: UCAM Murcia
- German U16 Champion: 2006
- German U19 Champion: 2009
- BBL All-Star Game: 2015, 2017
- NCAA Champion: 2011, 2014
- NBA Summer League (Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies): 2014
- German Cup Winner: 2016, 2020, 2023, 2024
- German Champion: 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
- Participation in the Olympic Games: 2021
- Lithuanian Cup Winner: 2022
- World champion: 2023
- European Championship 3rd place: 2022
- Olympic Games 4th place: 2024
Statistics
- Date signed
- 08/11/2022
- Contract ends
- 30/06/2027
- Height
- 2 m
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Date of birth
- 08/06/1991
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Nationality
- German
- Star sign
- Gemini
- Throwing arm
- right
Short Biography
Niels Giffey, born on 8 June 1991 in Berlin, moved to FC Bayern Basketball in 2022. He previously played for Alba Berlin, where he won two German championships, as well as for Žalgiris Kaunas in Lithuania and UCAM Murcia in Spain. During his college years in the USA, he won two NCAA titles with the UConn Huskies.
Giffey has now played well over 100 international matches for the German national team, including participation in the 2021 and 2024 Olympic Games. In 2023, he crowned his international career by winning the Basketball World Cup. With FC Bayern Basketball, he won the German Cup in 2023 and 2024 as well as the German Championship in 2024 and 2025.
Previous Clubs
2007 – 2008: TuS Lichterfelde
2008 – 2010: Alba Berlin
2010 – 2014: University of Connecticut
2014 – 2021: Alba Berlin
2021 – 2022: Zalgiris Kaunas
until 11/2022: UCAM Murcia
- German U16 Champion: 2006
- German U19 Champion: 2009
- BBL All-Star Game: 2015, 2017
- NCAA Champion: 2011, 2014
- NBA Summer League (Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies): 2014
- German Cup Winner: 2016, 2020, 2023, 2024
- German Champion: 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025
- Participation in the Olympic Games: 2021
- Lithuanian Cup Winner: 2022
- World champion: 2023
- European Championship 3rd place: 2022
- Olympic Games 4th place: 2024