Kostas Charalampidis

Kostas Charalampidis
Κώστας Χαραλαμπίδης
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	Shooting guard / point guard
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
1997–2002	Makedonikos
2002–2004	Olympia Larissas
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
2020–2022	Panathinaikos (assistant)
2021	Panathinaikos (interim)
2022–2024	Peristeri (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: All-EuroCup Second Team (2010); 3× Greek League All-Star (2009, 2010, 2013); 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 retired Greek professional basketball player who last served as an assistant coach for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League, under head coach Vassilis Spanoulis. During his playing career, he was a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Professional career

Charalampidis began his career playing with the youth teams of the Greek club Makedonikos Neapolis. He began his professional club career with the senior men's team of Makedonikos Neapolis, during the 1997–98 season, and he stayed there through the 2001–02 season. In 2002, he joined the Greek club 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. With Makedonikos, he also played in the 2005 Final of Europe's 2nd-tier continental competition, the EuroCup.

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

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

Charalammpidis last played in an official game on 25 November 2014, when he suffered a serious knee injury. After being unable to overcome the knee injury, he officially announced his retirement from his pro basketball playing career in 2016.

National team career

Charalampidis played with Greece's junior national team at the 1999 World University Games.^[4] Charalampidis also had three caps with the senior men's Greek national team, in 2011.^[5]

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 Thessaloniki in 2016, working under the club's head coach at the time, Soulis Markopoulos. In 2019, he became PAOK's head coach.

In the summer of 2020, Charalampidis became an assistant coach with the Greek EuroLeague club Panathinaikos Athens. With Panathinaikos, he was first an assistant coach under head coach Georgios Vovoras, and then later under head coach Oded Kattash. In 2021, he also served as the interim head coach of Panathinaikos.^[6] In 2022, he became an assistant coach of the Greek club Peristeri Athens, working under the club's head coach, Vassilis Spanoulis.

Awards and accomplishments

As a player

2× Greek Second Division Champion: (2000, 2002)
Greek Second Division MVP: (2002)
EuroCup Finalist: (2005)
3× Greek League All-Star: (2009, 2010, 2013)
All-EuroCup Second Team: (2010)

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.
^ Σελίδα Αθλητή ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΙΔΗΣ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ Ημ.Γεν: 1976-04-04 (in Greek).
^ Panathinaikos officially lands Oded Kattash.

External links

Kostas Charalampidis international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
EuroCup Profile
FIBA Europe Profile
RealGM.com Profile
ProBallers.com Profile
Eurobasket.com Profile
Greek Basket League Profile (in Greek)
Hellenic Basketball Federation Profile (in Greek)
Kostas Charalampidis Interview (in English)
Kostas Charalampidis Interview (in Greek)

[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.

[5] Σελίδα Αθλητή ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΙΔΗΣ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ Ημ.Γεν: 1976-04-04 (in Greek).

[6] Panathinaikos officially lands Oded Kattash.

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