Maria Kourdoulos

Maria Kourdoulos
Personal information
Born (1993-04-18) 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 clubs
2001–2010 Club Sports Da Madeira
Senior clubs
2010–2011 Club Sports Da Madeira

Maria Manuela Abreu Kourdoulos (born 18 April 1993 in London) is a Portuguese team handball player. She played for the club Thames Handball Club. Her status as 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

  1. ↑ http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/other_sport/headlines/8682239.print
  2. ↑ http://www.englandhandball.com/great-dane-back-to-winning-ways-2/
  3. ↑ http://www.englandhandball.com/thames-crowned-london-cup-winners-2/
  4. ↑ http://www.thameshandball.com/pdf/Sponsors.pdf
  5. ↑ "Lion fought The Avengers/". Handball.hu (in Hungarian). 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "EHF Challenge Cup Women". eurohandball.com. 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  7. ↑ "EHF Challenge Cup Women Top 50 scorers". eurohandball.com. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  8. ↑ "GB Women's handball squad for UK-based players announced". SkySports.com. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  9. ↑ "Player Maria Kourdoulos". eurohandball.com. 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
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