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Stella Christodoulou
Personal information
Full nameStyliani Christodoulou
Nationality Greece
Born (1991-07-19) July 19, 1991 (age 33)
Athens, Greece
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Spike285 cm (112 in)
Block275 cm (108 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubTurkey Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Number14 (club and national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2007
2007–2010
2011–2020
2020-
Greece Enosi Vyrona Athens
Greece Panellinios G.S. Athens
Greece Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Turkey Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor
National team
Greece Hellas - 93 caps (05.2018)
Last updated: 26 September 2018

Stella Christodoulou (Template:Lang-gr; born July 19, 1991 in Athens, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team.[1] At club level, she plays in Sultanlar Ligi for Turkish powerhouse Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor.[2]

Career

Stella Christodoulou started her career from Enosi Virona. In 2007 she was transferred at Panellinios G.S. Athens. In 2010 she signed for Panathinaikos Athens, but Panellinios blocked her transfer at Sports Court.[3] Christodoulou was inactive during 2010–11 season. In 2011 she was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus.[4] Since her arrival at the red-whites of Piraeus, Christodoulou has won 7 Hellenic Championships, 8 Hellenic Cups, the silver medal of the 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup but mainly the golden medal of the same competition in 2017-18 season.
In atomic level she has been named two times Hellenic Championship MVP, in 2016-17[5] and 2018-19 [6] seasons and two more times Hellenic Cup MVP in 2014[7] and 2019[8] editions. However her most important individual award was the European Challenge Cup MVP, in the 2018 edition of the competition.[9]
Stella Christooulou, who is considered to be one of the ever best setters in the Hellenic women's volleyball, renewed her contract with the Piraeus team[10] in May 2017, for three more years. Stella has been playing with Sultanlar Ligi side Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor since December 23, 2020.[11]

International career

Stella Christodoulou is a member of the Hellenic National Team. She began her international career in 2007 with the Junior (U19) team, competing in the preliminary round of 2008 Junior Women's European Championship.[12] One year later she was promoted to the Women's squad, participating in the preliminary rounds of the 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[13] Since then she has many caps with the National team, of which she is the captain, since May 2017. In 2018 Mediterranean Games she won the silver medal as the captain of the Hellenic National Team.[14] In 2019 she was the captain of the Hellenic National Team in the final phase of the European Championship, participating in all 6 games of Greece.[15]

Sporting achievements

National Team

Clubs

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

Individuals

Personal

Stella is the daughter of Christos Christodoulou, and niece of Fanis Christodoulou. Her sister Elena is also a volleyball player.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Greece women's national volleyball team". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Hoş Geldin Styliani Christodoulou!". www.aydinbsbspor.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ Blocking of Christodoulou transfer from Sports Court
  4. ^ Christodoulou transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus
  5. ^ Hellenic Championship history review www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
  6. ^ 2018-19 Hellenic Championship MVP www.volleyball.gr (in Greek)
  7. ^ Hellenic Cup history review www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
  8. ^ 2019 Hellenic Cup MVP www.volleyball.gr (in Greek)
  9. ^ European Challenge Cup 2018 MVP www.cev.eu
  10. ^ Christodoulou renews her contract with Olympiacos www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
  11. ^ "Hoş Geldin Styliani Christodoulou!". www.aydinbsbspor.com. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  12. ^ 2007 Hellenic Junior women National team www.cev.eu
  13. ^ 2008 Hellenic women's national team www.cev.eu
  14. ^ Silver medal of Hellenic National Team in 2018 Mediterranean Games www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
  15. ^ 2019 European Championship: France-Greece 0-3 www.cev.eu
  16. ^ Stella and Elena Christodoulou www.sport24.gr