Dimitrios Charitopoulos (alternate spellings: Dimitris, Haritopoulos) (Greek: Δημήτρης Χαριτόπουλος; born November 14, 1983) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain. He is 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, and he weighs 113 kg (250 lbs). He is a power forward-center.
Professional career After playing in the Greek minors with G.S. Siatistas, Charitopoulos began his professional career with Aris during the 2002–03 season. He moved to PAOK in 2006. In February 2012, he joined ASVEL. In September 2013, he signed with Spanish club CB Valladolid.
For the 2014–15 season, he signed with La Bruixa d'Or Manresa of Spain's Liga ACB, where he averaged 4.2 points in 17 games. On January 30, 2015, he left the Spanish club.Dimitris Haritopoulos leaves Manresa. Three days later, he signed with his former team, PAOK.Charitopoulos signed his contract and practiced with the team.
On August 31, 2016, Charitopoulos signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.Dimitrios Charitopoulos signs one-year deal with AEK Athens.
National team career Charitopoulos was a member of the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national team, he won the gold medal at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Charitopoulos also won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, while playing with Greece's under-26 national selection.
Career statistics FIBA Champions League
| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;" | AEK | 7 || 7.3 || .692 || .500 || .800 || 1.1 || .6 || .4 || 0 || 3.3
Domestic Leagues Regular season
| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Koroivos | align=center | GBL | 23 || 23.0 || .512 || .350 || .743 || 3.2 || .8 || .4 || .1 || 8.4 |- | 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| A.E.K. | align=center | GBL | 18 || 6.3 || .308 || .250 || .600 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 0 || .8 |- | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Ifaistos | align=center | GBL | 23 || 10.4 || .493 || .370 || .690 || 2.3 || .6 || .3 || 0 || 4.2
Awards and accomplishments 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship: FIBA Europe Champions Cup Champion: (2003) Greek Cup Winner: (2004) Greek Youth All-Star Game MVP: (2005) 2005 Mediterranean Games: Bulgarian League Champion: (2013)
References
External links EuroCup profile FIBA profile FIBA Europe profile Eurobasket.com profile Greek Basket League profile Spanish League profile French League profile Draftexpress.com profile Hellenic Federation profile