Europe At the start of his career, Glyniadakis played with the
youth teams of Kydonas of
Chania,
Crete. He then started his professional club career with the
Greek Basket League team
Panathinaikos Athens. After playing at Panathinaikos, he moved on to the Greek club
Peristeri Athens, and then to the Greek club
AEK Athens. In May 2007, Glyniadakis signed with the
Italian A League's
Virtus Bologna. In September 2007, he returned to AEK Athens. However, he was
waived by the club on 1 October 2007. Glyniadakis then joined the Greek team
Maroussi Athens. He was chosen as the
MVP of the Last 16's Week 1 in the
EuroCup 2008–09 season. In July 2009, Glyniadakis moved to the Greek
EuroLeague team
Olympiacos Piraeus. With Olympiacos, he won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships in 2012. After a season of playing for the
Kazakhstan Championship club
Astana, Glyniadakis signed with
Lietuvos rytas of the
Lithuanian LKL League. On 31 January 2014, Glyniadakis signed a contract with
Cypriot Division A side
APOEL, and he helped the team to win the Cypriot League's championship at the end of the season. On 30 October 2014, Glyniadakis was signed by the
Turkish Super League team
Royal Halı Gaziantep. On 23 December 2014, he signed with
Energia Rovinari of the
Romanian National League, for the rest of the season. On 14 August 2015, Glyniadakis signed with
Les Lions de Geneve of the
Swiss Championnat LNA. In November 2015, he left the Lions, and signed with the Greek club
Nea Kifissia, for the rest of the 2015–16 season. On 21 July 2016, Glyniadakis signed with the Greek club
PAOK Thessaloniki. On 4 August 2017, Glyniadakis signed with the Greek club
Kymis. On 22 August 2018, Glyniadakis returned to his home land of Crete, after nearly two decades, after he signed a one-year deal with the
Rethymno Cretan Kings. Glyniadakis joined the Greek club
Ilysiakos Athens, in 2019, and he retired from playing pro club basketball iun 2020.
NBA Glyniadakis was selected by the
Detroit Pistons, with the 58th overall pick of the
2003 NBA draft. In the 2005–06 season, he played with the
Roanoke Dazzle of the
NBA D-League. He played with the
Atlanta Hawks during the 2006
NBA preseason, but he was cut before the regular season began. He also played with the
Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA D-League, and with them, he won the
D-League championship, in the year 2006. Glyniadakis was signed by the NBA's
Seattle SuperSonics, on 5 November 2006. With the Sonics, he appeared in 13 regular season games, in which he averaged 1.3 points per game. He was
waived by the Sonics on 4 January 2007. Glyniadakis' final NBA game was played on 2 January 2007 in an 88–112 loss to the
Dallas Mavericks. In his last NBA game, he recorded no stats, and only played for a total of 52 seconds, as he was substituted in at the very end of the 4th quarter, for
Damien Wilkins. Glyniadakis also played with the
Boston Celtics's Summer League squad in the 2007
NBA Summer League, in
Las Vegas, Nevada. ==National team career==