Kostas Charalampidis (basketball)

Kostas Charalampidis
Κώστας Χαραλαμπίδης
Aris
TitleAssistant coach
LeagueGreek Basketball League
EuroCup
Personal information
Born (1976-04-04) April 4, 1976
Thessaloniki, Greece
Listed height6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1998: undrafted
Playing career1997–2016
PositionShooting guard / point guard
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
Playing
1997–2002Makedonikos
2002–2004Olympia Larissas
2004–2006Makedonikos
2006–2009Maroussi
2009–2010Panellinios
2010–2011Aris
2011–2012KAOD
2012Brindisi
2012–2016PAOK
Coaching
2016–2019PAOK (assistant)
2019–2020PAOK
2020–2022Panathinaikos (assistant)
2021Panathinaikos (interim)
2022–2024Peristeri (assistant)
2024–2026AS Monaco (assistant)
2024–presentGreece (assistant)
2026–presentAris (assistant)
Career highlights
As a player:

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 and coach. During his playing career, he was a 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.89 m) tall point guard-shooting guard. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Aris of the Greek Basketball League and the EuroCup, as well as for the senior men's Greek national team, working under head coach Vassilis Spanoulis.[1][2]

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.[3]

Charalampidis joined the Greek club KAOD in 2011, and he moved to the Italian Second Division club Brindisi, in 2012.[4] He then joined the Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki, for the 2012–13 season. He extended his contract with PAOK in 2014.[5]

Charalampidis 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.[6] Charalampidis also had three caps with the senior men's Greek national team, in 2011.[7]

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.[8]

In 2022, he became an assistant coach of the Greek club Peristeri Athens, working under head coach Vassilis Spanoulis. In June 2024, Charalampidis was added to Spanoulis' coaching staff with the senior men's Greek national team, and was part of the staff during Greece's qualification for and participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[9]

Charalampidis subsequently followed Spanoulis to the French Pro A and EuroLeague club AS Monaco, where he served as an assistant coach from 2024 to 2026.

On 20 June 2026, Aris announced that Charalampidis had joined Spanoulis' coaching staff as an assistant coach, alongside Ilias Kantzouris and Kostas Iliadis.[1] He concurrently continues to serve as a member of the coaching staff of the Greek national team.[2]

Awards and accomplishments

As a player

References

  1. 1 2 "The new members of Vassilis Spanoulis' staff at ARIS Betsson". Aris BC. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Σελίδα Εθνικής Ανδρών". Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek). Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Arisbc.gr Kostas Charalampidis signs for Aris". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  4. ↑ Sportando.net Enel Brindisi announced Kostas Charalampidis.
  5. ↑ PAOK extends veterans Dedas and Charalampidis.
  6. ↑ Eurobasket.com - World University Games 1999 - Men Basketball.
  7. ↑ Σελίδα Αθλητή ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΙΔΗΣ ΚΩΣΤΑΣ Ημ.Γεν: 1976-04-04 (in Greek).
  8. ↑ Panathinaikos officially lands Oded Kattash.
  9. ↑ "Εθνική Ανδρών: Άρχισε η προετοιμασία στο ΣΕΦ". Hellenic Basketball Federation (in Greek). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.