Anastasia Kostaki

Full name	Anastasia Kostaki
Date of birth	March 26, 1978
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Current position	Guard
Current Team	Panathinaikos
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. She is 1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¾) in height and 65 kg (144 pounds) in weight.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career pro club teams 3 Greek National Team history 4 Awards and accomplishments 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Career pro club teams

• 1997-99: Akademias
• 1999-02: Astir Exarchion
• 2002-03: Cavigal Nice Sports Basket
• 2003-04: Delta Alessandria
• 2004-05: ASD Basket Parma
• 2005-06: Pays d'Aix Basket 13
• Summer 2006: Houston Comets (WNBA)
• 2006: CSKA Samara
• 2006-07: Dynamo Moscow Region
• 2008-2009 : Panathinaikos
• 2009-present : Dobrí anjeli Košice

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• WNBA.com Profile

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