Christos Konstantinidis

Christos Konstantinidis

Personal information
Born	(1963-02-23) February 23, 1963 Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
Playing career	1979–2000
Position	Point guard, Shooting guard
Career history
1979–1986	PAOK
1986–1991	Philippos Thessaloniki
1991–1996	GS Larissa
1996–1997	Apollon Patras
1997–1998	Philippos Thessaloniki
1998–1999	M.E.N.T. B.C.
1999–2000	Philippos Thessaloniki

Christos Konstantididis (Greek: Χρήστος Κωνσταντινίδης; born February 23, 1963) is a former Greek professional basketball player. Konstantinidis spent his entire career in the Greek leagues.

Professional career

Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Konstantinidis started his career playing with M.E.N.T. B.C. When he was 14 years old, he transferred to PAOK. He made his first caps at first team during 1979–80 season. Konstantidis won the World School Championship with Toumba's High School. Also, he won the Greek Championship for Cadets and Junior Men with PAOK, in 1978 and 1981. He played seven years for PAOK first team, and he took part in two Greek Basketball Cup finals. The first was in 1982, and he scored 10 points in 65–63 defeat by Panathinaikos. In 1984 Konstantinidis won the Greek Basketball Cup, after a memorable 84–80 victory against Aris. In 1986 he was loaned to Philippos Thessaloniki. Konstantinidis played five years at Philippos and he helped his club to win promotion to Greek Basketball League twice. He also played for GS Larissa and Apollon Patras. In 1998 returned to M.E.N.T. B.C., but the Greek Basketball Federation, blocked his transfer.

Coaching career

After, his retirement he became coach. He was member of PAOK coaching staff. He also coached Iraklis Thessaloniki, and several semi professional teams.

National team career

Konstantinidis has 11 caps with Greece men's national under-20 basketball team, and 2 caps with Greece men's national under-19 basketball team.

Personal

His son Theodoros is also professional basketball player.