Anastasia Kostaki

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Anastasia Kostaki
Full name Anastasia Kostaki
Date of birth March 26, 1978
Place of birth Athens, Greece
Current position Guard
Current Team Houston Comets
Previous Teams Greek National team, Astir Exarchion
Years as Player 9


Anastasia Kostaki (Greek: Αναστασία Κωστάκη; born March 26, 1978 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player.

Kostaki started playing basketball at 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 dsughter of Konstantinos and Katerina and sister of Dimitra and Nikos.She became the first Greek Player to play in the WMBA in 2006 for 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.

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[edit] Career Club Teams

  • 1997-1999: Flag of Greece Akademias
  • 1999-2002: Flag of Greece Astir Exarchion
  • 2002-2003: Flag of France Cavigal Nice Sports Basket
  • 2003-2004: Flag of Italy Delta Alessandria
  • 2004-2005: Flag of Italy ASD Basket Parma
  • 2005-2006: Flag of France Pays d'Aix Basket 13
  • Summer 2006: Flag of the United States Houston Comets (WNBA)
  • 2006: Flag of Russia CSKA Samara
  • 2006-2007: Flag of Russia Dynamo Moscow Region

[edit] National Team History

  • 2004 Olympic Games (Greece)
  • 2003 European Championships (final round)
  • 2001 European Championships (semi-final round, qualifying round and final round)
  • 1999 European Championships (qualifying round and challenge round)
  • 1996 European Championships for Junior (qualifying round, challenge round and final round)

[edit] Awards

  • 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIBA Europe

[edit] External links

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