Stella Christodoulou
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Full name | Styliani Christodoulou | ||||
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Born | Athens, Greece | July 19, 1991||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||
Spike | 285 cm (112 in) | ||||
Block | 275 cm (108 in) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | ![]() | ||||
Number | 14 (club and national team) | ||||
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Last updated: 30 October 2023 |
Stella Christodoulou (Greek: Στέλλα Χριστοδούλου; 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 Hellenic Volley League for Greek club AO Thiras.
Career
[edit]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.[2] Christodoulou was inactive during 2010–11 season. In 2011 she was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus.[3] 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[4] and 2018–19 [5] seasons and two more times Hellenic Cup MVP in 2014[6] and 2019[7] editions. However, her most important individual award was the European Challenge Cup MVP, in the 2018 edition of the competition.[8]
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 in June 2020, for two more years.[9] In December 2020 the Hellenic championship was uncertain whether it would continue due to COVID-19 disease and Olympiacos allowed their players (despite their contracts) to move abroad until next summer. Thus, Stella Christooulou moved to Turkish "Sultanlar Ligi" for Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor,[10] where she met her compatriot Anthi Vassilantonaki.
International career
[edit]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.[11] One year later she was promoted to the Women's squad, participating in the preliminary rounds of the 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]
Personal
[edit]Stella is the daughter of Christos Christodoulou, and niece of Fanis Christodoulou. Her sister Elena is also a volleyball player.[15] Christodoulou family has hails from Rozena Korinthia.[16]
Sporting achievements
[edit]National Team
[edit]- 2018
Mediterranean Games
Clubs
[edit]International competitions
[edit]- 2017
CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018
CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
National championships
[edit]- 2011/2012
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2012/2013
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2013/2014
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2014/2015
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2016/2017
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2019/2020
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
National trophies
[edit]- 2011/2012
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2012/2013
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2013/2014
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2014/2015
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2016/2017
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
Individuals
[edit]- 2014 Hellenic Cup Final four: MVP
- 2015 European League: Best setter
- 2016-17 Hellenic Championship: MVP
- 2018 CEV Women's Challenge Cup: MVP
- 2019 Hellenic Cup Final four: MVP
- 2018-19 Hellenic Championship: MVP
References
[edit]- ^ "Greece women's national volleyball team". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Blocking of Christodoulou transfer from Sports Court
- ^ Christodoulou transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus
- ^ Hellenic Championship history review www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
- ^ 2018-19 Hellenic Championship MVP www.volleyball.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Hellenic Cup history review www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
- ^ 2019 Hellenic Cup MVP www.volleyball.gr (in Greek)
- ^ European Challenge Cup 2018 MVP www.cev.eu
- ^ Christodoulou renews her contract with Olympiacos www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
- ^ "Christodoulou in Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor". www.aydinbsbspor.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ 2007 Hellenic Junior women National team www.cev.eu
- ^ 2008 Hellenic women's national team www.cev.eu
- ^ Silver medal of Hellenic National Team in 2018 Mediterranean Games www.volleynews.gr (in Greek)
- ^ 2019 European Championship: France-Greece 0-3 www.cev.eu
- ^ Stella and Elena Christodoulou www.sport24.gr
- ^ Από τα Ροζενά η αρχηγός του Ολυμπιακού streetlife.gr
External links
[edit]- Profile - clubs - titles at women.volleybox.net
- Profile at greekvolley.gr (in Greek)
- Profile at CEV web site at cev.eu
- Olympiacos Women's Volleyball team at Olympiacos official web site (www.olympiacossfp.gr)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball) players
- Greek women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players from Athens
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- 21st-century Greek women
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Greek expatriate volleyball players
- Greek expatriate sportspeople in Turkey