Kostas Charissis

Konstantinos "Kostas" Charissis (alternate spellings: Constantinos, Costas, Charisis, Harissis, Harisis) (; born November 12, 1979) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) tall center.

College career Charissis played NCAA Division I college basketball at USC, with the USC Trojans, from 1999 to 2003.

Professional career Charissis started playing basketball in 1995, becoming a member of the junior team of Panellinios. In order to get more playing time, he moved to Psychiko, in 1996, where he stayed for two years, competing at the junior and the men's amateur levels. He continued his career by moving to Papagou, during the 1998–99 season, where he made his debut in the top-tier level Greek Basket League.

In 1999, Charissis moved to Los Angeles, to play NCAA Division I college basketball, at the USC. After playing 4 years of college basketball years with the USC Trojans, (1999–2003), he joined the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus, for the 2003–04 season. The very next season, he moved to the Greek club Ilysiakos (Greek 2nd Division).

He then spent the next two seasons with Olympias Patras, the first in the Greek 2nd Division, where he won the league's championship, and the second season in the Greek First Division. Then, for the 2007–08 season, he joined AEK Athens, where he stayed only one year. For the next four seasons, he was a part of Kolossos Rodou, from 2008 to 2012. At the age of 33, he decided to move to Aris Thessaloniki in 2012, where he played for three seasons.

In 2015, he moved to Kos island and joined Ippokratis Kos.

Awards and accomplishments 1999–00 USC Trojans "Best Newcomer" award 2000–01 Reached the NCAA Division I "Elite" 8 2001–02 2nd in Pac-10 Conference Tournament Reached the NCAA Division I Top 64 2002–03 USC Trojans Co-captain USC Trojans "110% Effort" award 2003–04 Reached Greek Cup Final 2005–06 Greek 2nd Division Champion 1st Blocks Greek 2nd Division 6th Rebounds Greek 2nd Division 7th 2ts % Greek 2nd Division 2006–07 1st Blocks Greek Basket League 7th Rebounds Greek Basket League 2008–09 Greek Basket League 3rd Blocks Greek League All-Star 2009–10 Greek Basket League 2nd Blocks 2010–11 Greek Basket League 5th Blocks 11th Rebounds Greek League All-Star 2011–12 Greek Basket League 11th Rebounds 11th Blocks 2012–13 Greek Basket League 11th Rebounds 8th Blocks 2013–14 Greek Basket League 11th Rebounds 10th Blocks