Kostas Charalampidis

Kostas Charalampidis
Κώστας Χαραλαμπίδης
No. 6 – PAOK Thessaloniki
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Greek League
Eurocup
Personal information
Born (1976-04-04) April 4, 1976
Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality Greek
Listed height 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career 1997–present
Career history
1997–2002 Makedonikos (Greece 2nd/Greece)
2002–2004 Olympia Larissa (Greece/Greece 2nd)
2004–2006 Makedonikos (Greece)
2006–2009 Maroussi (Greece)
2009–2010 Panellinios (Greece)
2010–2011 Aris (Greece)
2011–2012 KAOD (Greece)
2012 Brindisi (Italy 2nd)
2012–present PAOK (Greece)
Career highlights and awards

Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 2½ in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard.

Professional 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]

Greek national team

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

Awards and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Arisbc.gr Kostas Charalampidis signs for Aris.
  2. ↑ Sportando.net Enel Brindisi announced Kostas Charalampidis.
  3. ↑ PAOK extends veterans Dedas and Charalampidis.
  4. ↑ Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.

External links

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