Maria Kourdoulos
| Maria Kourdoulos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
18 April 1993 London, England | ||
| Nationality | Portuguese/British | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Club Sports Da Madeira | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2010 | Club Sports Da Madeira | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2010–2011 | Club Sports de Madeira | ||
2011–2016 | Thames Handball Club | ||
2017 | Club Sports de Madeira | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016- | Great Britain | 2 | (2) |
Maria Manuela Abreu Kourdoulos (born 18 April 1993 in London) is a dual National British and Portuguese team handball player. She played for the club Thames Handball Club. Her status as a dual national allowed her to trial for the handball team of Great Britain, where she missed the selection stage for the London Olympic Games 2012 only by a few months. Immediately after her signing in 2010,[1] she dominated on the left wing attack side.[2] During 2011/12, her second season at the London club, she was crowned Top goal scorer with 48 goals and her goal tally helped the club to win the London Cup 2011.[3] In the same year she won the Jack Petchey Award for her achievements.[4] She was mentioned as a key player in 2013, when the club played in London against a select team of Hungarian handball players and won.[5] She participated in the 2014/15 Women's EHF Challenge Cup Round 3 [6] where she was listed among the top 5 goal scorers of the round.[7] In March 2016, it was announced that she had been selected for the GB Women's handball squad for UK-based players.[8] She returned to Madeira, Portugal for the 2016/2017 season and played again at the EHF Challenge Cup.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thames handball players pipped".
- ^ "Great Dane Back to Winning Ways | England Handball". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Thames Crowned London Cup Winners | England Handball". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Lion fought The Avengers/". Handball.hu (in Hungarian). 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "EHF Challenge Cup Women". eurohandball.com. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "EHF Challenge Cup Women Top 50 scorers". eurohandball.com. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "GB Women's handball squad for UK-based players announced". SkySports.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Player Maria Kourdoulos". eurohandball.com. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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