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==Career==
==Career==
She won the [[Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball)|2006–07 CEV Cup]] with the Italian club [[Pallavolo Sirio Perugia|Sirio Perugia]] and was awarded ''Best Setter''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_03/8353_EN.html|title=Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League|author=CEV|accessdate=2010-04-04}}</ref> The next season with [[CAV Murcia 2005|Grupo 2002 Murcia]] she was awarded "Best Setter" at the [[Women's CEV Champions League 2007–08|2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html|title=Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA|author=CEV|accessdate=2010-06-10}}</ref>
She won the [[Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball)|2006–07 CEV Cup]] with the Italian club [[Pallavolo Sirio Perugia|Sirio Perugia]] and was awarded ''Best Setter''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_03/8353_EN.html|title=Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League|author=CEV|accessdate=2010-04-04|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124220025/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_03/8353_EN.html|archivedate=2009-11-24|df=}}</ref> The next season with [[CAV Murcia 2005|Grupo 2002 Murcia]] she was awarded "Best Setter" at the [[Women's CEV Champions League 2007–08|2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html|title=Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA|author=CEV|accessdate=2010-06-10|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722153640/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html|archivedate=2011-07-22|df=}}</ref>


Souza retired from the [[Brazil women's national volleyball team|Brazil national team]] on 7 September 2008, after helping her country beat [[Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team|Dominican Republic]] 3-0 and won the [[2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|Final Four]] competition.<ref name="retirement">{{cite web | title = Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0 | url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=133&nwid=23903 | accessdate = 2008-09-09| date = 2008-09-07| publisher=Gazeta Esportiva | language=Portuguese }}</ref> From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.<ref name="retirement"/>
Souza retired from the [[Brazil women's national volleyball team|Brazil national team]] on 7 September 2008, after helping her country beat [[Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team|Dominican Republic]] 3-0 and won the [[2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup|Final Four]] competition.<ref name="retirement">{{cite web | title = Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0 | url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=133&nwid=23903 | accessdate = 2008-09-09| date = 2008-09-07| publisher=Gazeta Esportiva | language=Portuguese }}</ref> From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.<ref name="retirement"/>
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She signed with the Turkish club [[Fenerbahçe Acıbadem]] since 4 July 2010.<ref>[http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=20086 Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem]</ref>
She signed with the Turkish club [[Fenerbahçe Acıbadem]] since 4 July 2010.<ref>[http://www.fenerbahce.org/fb2008/detay.asp?ContentID=20086 Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem]</ref>


Hélia won the bronze medal at the [[Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11|2010–11 CEV Champions League]] with [[Fenerbahçe Acıbadem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19278_EN.html|title=World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal|author=CEV|accessdate=2011-03-20|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323132431/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19278_EN.html|archivedate=2011-03-23|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html|title=VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul|author=CEV|accessdate=2011-03-20|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324195548/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html|archivedate=2011-03-24|df=}}</ref>
Hélia won the bronze medal at the [[Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11|2010–11 CEV Champions League]] with [[Fenerbahçe Acıbadem]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19278_EN.html|title=World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal|author=CEV|accessdate=2011-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html|title=VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul|author=CEV|accessdate=2011-03-20}}</ref>


Fofão won the silver medal at the [[2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship|2013 Club World Championship]] playing with [[Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube|Unilever Vôlei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=43552&Language=en|title=Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze|location=Zurich, Switzerland|publisher=FIVB|date=2013-10-13|accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>
Fofão won the silver medal at the [[2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship|2013 Club World Championship]] playing with [[Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube|Unilever Vôlei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/en/Volleyball/viewPressRelease.asp?No=43552&Language=en|title=Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze|location=Zurich, Switzerland|publisher=FIVB|date=2013-10-13|accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>

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Hélia Souza
Fofão in 2010
Personal information
Full nameHélia Rogério de Souza Pinto
NicknameFofão
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1970-03-10) 10 March 1970 (age 54)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Spike283 cm (111 in)
Block264 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
National team
(1991-2008)Brazil

Hélia Rogério de Souza (born 10 March 1970 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fofão, is a retired[1] Brazilian female volleyball player who competed for her country's national team in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a gold medal in 2008 and twice won a bronze medal, in 1996 and 2000. She also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

She is nicknamed Fofão because of her huge cheeks similar to a famous character of a 1980s children's TV program in Brazil named "Fofão".[2]

Career

She won the 2006–07 CEV Cup with the Italian club Sirio Perugia and was awarded Best Setter.[3] The next season with Grupo 2002 Murcia she was awarded "Best Setter" at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League.[4]

Souza retired from the Brazil national team on 7 September 2008, after helping her country beat Dominican Republic 3-0 and won the Final Four competition.[5] From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.[5]

She signed with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Acıbadem since 4 July 2010.[6]

Hélia won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.[7][8]

Fofão won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[9]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Sousa played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich,[1] At age 45, this was Fofao last match, as she announced her retirement.[1]


Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ fofão profile
  3. ^ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-04-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b "Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
  6. ^ Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem
  7. ^ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Archived from the original on 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2011-03-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1999, 2000
Succeeded by