Costis Gontikas


Konstantinos "Costis" Gontikas is a Greek professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He is a 2.06 m tall center.

High school

Gontikas played high school basketball at the Athens College, in Psychiko, Athens, Greece.

College career

Gontikas played college basketball in the NCAA Division III, at NYU, with the NYU Violets, from 2012 to 2016.

Professional career

Gontikas began his professional career in 2016, with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos. He made his Greek Basket League debut on 13 November 2016, in an 80-65 win against Kolossos. He was released from Panathinaikos on June 20, 2017. On August 2017, he agreed terms with Apollon Patras.
On June 26, 2018, he joined Ifaistos Limnou of the Greek Basket League.
On July 18, 2019, Gontikas signed a three-year contract with Peristeri. On July 31, 2020, Gontikas terminated his contract with Peristeri and signed a one-year deal with AEK Athens.

Greek national team

Gontikas played with the junior national teams of Greece. With Greece's junior national teams, he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Honours

His father Dimitris is a former international volleyball player. His grandfather is the Greek politician Kostis Gontikas.