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Kostas Kaimakoglou

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Kostas Kaimakoglou
Kaimakoglou celebrating Greece's win against Turkey (76–74), at EuroBasket 2009.
UNICS Kazan
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1983-03-15) March 15, 1983 (age 41)
Korydallos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
NationalityGreek
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Number12, 15, 18, 21, 88
Coaching career2021–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2004Near East
2004–2010Maroussi
2010–2012Panathinaikos
2012–2021UNICS Kazan
As coach:
2021–presentUNICS Kazan (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Greece
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poland
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lithuania Under-20

Konstantinos "Kostas" Kaimakoglou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Καϊμακόγλου; born on March 15, 1983) is a Greek former professional basketball player who last played for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroCup. He is 2.05 m (6'9") tall,[1][2] and his main position is power forward, but he can also play as a small ball center if needed.[3]

Professional career

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Kaimakoglou began his professional career with the Greek League club Near East during the 2002–03 season. In 2004, he moved to the Greek club Maroussi. He was named to the Greek League Best Five in 2010.[4] He joined the Greek club Panathinaikos in July 2010.[5] With Panathinaikos, Kaimakoglou won the EuroLeague and Greek League championships in 2011. He also won the Greek Cup title with Panathinaikos in 2012.

In July 2012, he signed a two-year contract with the Russian VTB United League club UNICS Kazan,[6][7] at an amount of 2.4 million euros net income.[8] In July 2014, he extended his contract with UNICS for two more years.[9] On June 12, 2016, he re-signed with UNICS for one more season.[10] Kaimakoglu averaged 4.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game during the 2019–20 season. He re-signed with the team on September 19, 2020.[11] On September 10, 2021, Kaimakoglou announced his retirement from professional basketball.[12]

National team career

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Kaimakoglou won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship as a member of the Greek Under-20 junior national team. He also played at the 2005 World University Games with Greece's junior national team. He also played with the senior men's Greek national team.

He won the bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket, and he also played with Greece at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2011 EuroBasket, the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 2013 EuroBasket, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and the 2015 EuroBasket.[13]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

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† Denotes season in which Kaimakoglou won the EuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2009–10 Maroussi 15 12 24.0 .471 .326 .711 2.9 1.5 .5 .2 9.6 8.5
2010–11† Panathinaikos 18 4 10.3 .371 .353 .893 2.4 .6 .6 .1 3.2 4.8
2011–12 23* 5 22.6 .450 .441 .723 4.1 1.3 .9 .2 7.9 9.6
2014–15 UNICS 10 10 30.9 .411 .344 .667 5.1 3.6 1.5 .3 7.9 11.4
2016–17 19 17 23.1 .388 .286 .786 3.4 1.5 .5 .2 4.7 4.6
Career 85 48 21.3 .430 .361 .753 3.5 1.5 .7 .2 6.5 7.5

Awards and accomplishments

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Kaimakoglou, on UNICS Kazan's bench, in the first game of the 2014 EuroCup Finals.

Pro career

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Greek senior national team

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References

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  1. ^ Konstantinos Kaimakoglou Height: 205 cm. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Konstantinos Kaimakoglou height: 205 cm". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. ^ KOSTAS KAIMAKOGLOU basketball profile Position: Power forward / Center Height: 205 cm / 6'9".
  4. ^ Esake.gr - Μέλος της COSMOTE Καλύτερης Πεντάδας ο Καϊμακόγλου (in Greek). Archived 2010-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Euroleague.net Panathinaikos inks Vougioukas, Kaimakoglou.
  6. ^ Euroleague.net Unics signs ex-champ Kaimakoglou.
  7. ^ News.sport-express.ru УНИКС подписал Каймакоглу (in Russian).
  8. ^ Talkbasket.net UNICS officialises Kaimakoglou deal.
  9. ^ Kostas Kaimakoglou extends with Unics Kazan for two years.
  10. ^ Unics Kazan keeps Kostas Kaimakoglou.
  11. ^ Skerletic, Dario (September 19, 2020). "Unics Kazan keeps Kostas Kaimakoglou". Sportando. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Skerletic, Dario (September 10, 2021). "Kostas Kaimakoglou announces his retirement". Sportando. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Kostas KAIMAKOGLOU (GRE).
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