Konstantinos "Kostas" Charalampidis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Haralampidis, Haralambidis, Haralabidis, Charalambides) ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Χαραλαμπίδης; born April 4, 1976) is a retired Greek professional

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player who currently serves as an assistant coach for

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of the Greek Basket League and the

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, under head coach

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. During his playing career, he was a 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) tall

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Playing career

Club career

Charalampidis began his career playing with the Makedonikos Greece youth teams. He began his professional career with

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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

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, where he was named to the All-EuroCup Second Team for the 2009–10 season. In 2010, he joined

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. He joined KAOD in 2011, and he moved to the Italian Second Division club

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in 2012. He then joined the Greek club PAOK for the 2012–13 season. He extended his contract with PAOK in 2014. 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.Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.
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Coaching career

After he retired from playing professional club basketball, Charalampidis began a career as a

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. He became an assistant coach with the Greek club PAOK in 2016, working under the club's

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Soulis Markopoulos Anastasios "Soulis" Markopoulos ( el, Ἀναστάσιος "Σούλης" Μαρκόπουλος; born March 1, 1949) is a Greek former professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He last coached Aris of the Greek Basket Le ...

. In 2019, he became PAOK's head coach. In the summer of 2020, Charalampidis became an assistant coach at

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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

External links

EuroCup ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile

Greek Basket League Profile

Draftexpress.com ProfileKostas Charalampidis Interview

Kostas Charalampidis Interview
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