Charis Markopoulos

Charis Markopoulos
Χάρης Μαρκόπουλος
Personal information
Born	January 20, 1982 (age 42); Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
As player:
1999–2002	Iraklis
2002–2003	Makedonikos
2003–2004	PAOK
2004–2005	Xanthi
As coach:
2005–2006	PAOK (assistant)
2006–2007	Iraklis
2008–2009	Aris (assistant)
2009–2014	PAOK (assistant)
2014–2016	Koroivos Amaliadas
2016–2017	Doxa Lefkadas
2017–2022	Beijing Ducks (assistant)
2022–2023	Promitheas Patras (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player Albert Schweitzer Tournament MVP (2000);
Men's basketball
Representing Greece
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Albert Schweitzer Tournament

Charalambis "Charis" Markopoulos (alternate spellings: Charalambos, Haris) (Greek: Χαραλάμπης "Χάρης" Μαρκόπουλος; born January 20, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, who last served as an assistant coach for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup.

Playing career

Pro clubs

Markopoulos played professional basketball with the Greek top-tier level Greek Basket League clubs Iraklis, Makedonikos, and PAOK. He also played in the European 2nd-tier level, FIBA Saporta Cup competition, and in the European top-tier level, FIBA SuproLeague competition, as a member of Iraklis. He also won the Greek Championship U-18 during 1997–98 season, along with Lazaros Papadopoulos.

His basketball playing career ended prematurely, due to complications from Guillain–Barré syndrome ,^[1] that he suffered while played with Iraklis. Markopoulos paralysed during a flight from Thessaloniki to Luleå in 2001.^[2]

Greek national team

Markopoulos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He averaged 13.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game at the tournament.^[3]

He also won the silver medal at the 2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament, where he was named to the All-Tournament Team,^[4] and was also named the MVP of the tournament.^[5]

Coaching career

Markopoulos became the head coach of the Greek Basket League club Koroivos in 2014.^[6]^[7] In 2016, he became the head coach of the Greek club Doxa Lefkadas.

Personal

Markopoulos' father, Soulis, is also a professional basketball coach, and former professional basketball player.^[8]

References

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[1] HARIS MARKOPOULOS.

[2] sdna.gr Η εξομολόγηση του Χάρη

[3] Charalambis MARKOPOULOS (GRE) participated in 1 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.

[4] Μισάν Νικαγκμπάτσε, ο Άιβερσον του Ολυμπιακού! (in Greek).

[5] HARIS MARKOPOULOS From Matt Blair for HH:

[6] Charis Markopoulos agreed terms with Korivos Amaliadas.

[7] Charis Markopoulos renews with Korivos Amaliadas.

[8] The first match up: Soulis Vs Charis Markopoulos.

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