Kostas Charalampidis

Kostas Haralambidis
Κώστας Χαραλαμπίδης

Position	Point Guard Shooting Guard
Height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
League	Greek League
Team	KAOD
Born	April 4, 1976 (1976-04-04) (age 35) Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Pro career	1997–present
Career history	Makedonikos (1997-02) Olympia Larissa (2002-04) Makedonikos (2004-06) Maroussi (2006-09) Panellinios (2009-10) Aris (2010-11) KAOD (2011-)
Awards	Greek A2 League MVP 2002 All-Eurocup Second Team 2010

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

Pro 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 A2 League championship twice, in the years 2000 and 2002. He was named the MVP of the Greek A2 League 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.

Greek national team

Charalampidis played with Greece's junior national team at the 1999 World University Games.^[2] He has also been a member of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

• 2x Greek A2 League Champion: (2000, 2002)
• Greek A2 League MVP: (2002)
• 2x Greek All Star Game: (2009, 2010)
• All-Eurocup Second Team: (2010)

References

1. ^ Arisbc.gr Kostas Charalampidis signs for Aris.
2. ^ Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.

External links

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Eurobasket.com Profile
• Greek League Profile (Greek)
• FIBA.com Profile
• FIBA EuroBasket Profile
• Draftexpress.com Stats
• Kostas Charalampidis Interview (English)
• Kostas Charalampidis Interview (Greek)

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Name	Charalampidis, Kostas
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Date of birth	April 4, 1976
Place of birth	Thessaloniki, Greece
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