Kostas Charalampidis

Kostas Charalampidis
Κώστας Χαραλαμπίδης
Panathinaikos
Position	Assistant Coach
League	Greek Basket League; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1976 (age 48); Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1997–2016
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1997–2002	Makedonikos
2002–2004	Olympia Larissa
2004–2006	Makedonikos
2006–2009	Maroussi
2009–2010	Panellinios
2010–2011	Aris
2011–2012	KAOD
2012	Brindisi
2012–2016	PAOK
As coach:
2016–2019	PAOK (assistant)
2019–2020	PAOK
2020–present	Panathinaikos (assistant)
2021	Panathinaikos (interim)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: All-EuroCup Second Team (2010); 2× Greek Second Division champion (2000, 2002); Greek Second Division MVP (2002);

Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player. During his playing career, he was a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Playing career

Club career

Charalampidis began his career playing with the Makedonikos Greece youth teams. He began his professional career with Makedonikos during the 1997–98 season, and he stayed there through the 2001–02 season. In 2002, he joined Olympia Larissa.

In 2004, he returned to Makedonikos. As a member of Makedonikos, he won the Greek Second Division championship twice, in the years 2000 and 2002. He was named the MVP of the Greek Second Division in 2002. He also played in the EuroCup Final with Makedonikos in 2005.

In 2006, he joined Maroussi. In 2009, he moved to Panellinios, where he was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team for the 2009–10 season. In 2010, he joined Aris Thessaloniki.^[1]

He joined KAOD in 2011, and he moved to the Italian Second Division club Brindisi in 2012.^[2] He then joined the Greek club PAOK for the 2012–13 season. He extended his contract with PAOK in 2014.^[3]

He officially announced his retirement from his basketball playing career in 2016, due to a serious knee injury. However, this was after he had not played in any games since November 2014.

Greek national team

Charalampidis played with Greece's junior national team at the 1999 World University Games.^[4] He was also a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional club basketball, Charalampidis began a career as a basketball coach. He became an assistant coach with the Greek club PAOK in 2016, working under the club's head coach, Soulis Markopoulos. In 2019, he became PAOK's head coach. In the summer of 2020, Charalampidis became an assistant coach at Panathinaikos under head coach Georgios Vovoras.

Awards and accomplishments

As a player

3× Greek League All-Star: (2009, 2010, 2013)
2× Greek Second Division Champion: (2000, 2002)
All-EuroCup Second Team: (2010)
Greek Second Division MVP: (2002)

References

^ "Arisbc.gr Kostas Charalampidis signs for Aris". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
^ Sportando.net Enel Brindisi announced Kostas Charalampidis.
^ PAOK extends veterans Dedas and Charalampidis.
^ Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.

[1] "Arisbc.gr Kostas Charalampidis signs for Aris". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

[2] Sportando.net Enel Brindisi announced Kostas Charalampidis.

[3] PAOK extends veterans Dedas and Charalampidis.

[4] Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.

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