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Anastasia Kostaki (Greek: Αναστασία Κωστάκη; born March 26, 1978 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player playing for Panathinaikos. She is 1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¾) in height and 65 kg (144 pounds) in weight.

Biography

Kostaki started playing basketball at the age of nine and if she was not a basketball player she says she would have been a dancer or actress. She wants to work at the Greek Sports federation after retiring from basketball. She is the daughter of Konstantinos and Katerina and sister of Dimitra and Nikos. She became the first Greek player to play in the WNBA in 2006 when she played with the Houston Comets.[1]

Her sports role model is Nikos Galis. Her favorite band is The Doors, but she also enjoys Greek music. Her favorite film is Beautiful Life and her favorite food is pasta and chicken. When not playing basketball, she enjoys reading, using the internet and going to movies.


Career pro club teams

1990-1997: Greece D.A.S. Ano Liosion
1997-1999: Greece A.C. Akademia 1975
1999-2002: Greece Asteras Exarchion
2002-2003: France Cavigal Nice Sports Basket
2003-2004: Italy Delta Alessandria
2004-2005: Italy ASD Basket Parma
2005-2006: France Pays d'Aix Basket 13
2006-2006: United States Houston Comets (WNBA) [Summer 2006]
2006-2006: Russia CSKA Samara
2006-2007: Russia Dynamo Moscow Region
2007-2007: Slovakia Dobrí anjeli Košice (only 2 games)
2008-2009: Greece Panathinaikos
2009–2013: Slovakia Dobrí anjeli Košice
2014-: Greece Panathinaikos

Greek National Team history

1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (qualifying round, challenge round and final round)
1999 FIBA European Championship (qualifying round and challenge round)
2001 FIBA European Championship (semi-final round, qualifying round and final round)
2003 FIBA European Championship (final round)
2004 Athens Olympics

Awards and accomplishments

2001-02 season: Third best scorer in the league (with 2 games missed), first in assists, first in fouls won (8 pg), first in free throws made and third in FT%, 6th in steals, etc.
2002-03: Named All-Star player and 1st team of pre-season tournament.

References

FIBA Europe.com Profile

External links

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