Hélia Souza

Hélia Souza
Personal information
Full name Hélia Rogério de Souza Pinto
Nickname Fofão
Nationality  Brazil
Born 10 March 1970 (1970-03-10) (age 41)
São Paulo
Hometown São Paulo
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (140 lb)
Spike 283 cm (111 in)
Block 264 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club free agent
Number 7
Honours
Women's volleyball
Competitor for  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Silver 1994 Brazil Team
Silver 2006 Japan Team
Silver 2010 Japan Team
FIVB World Cup
Silver 2003 Japan Team
Silver 2007 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold 2004 Team
Gold 2005 Team
Gold 2006 Team
Gold 2008 Team
Silver 1999 Yu Xi Team
Pan American Games
Gold 1999 Winnipeg Team
Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Final Four Cup
Gold 2008 Fortaleza Team
Competitor for Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
FIVB Club World Championship
Gold 2010 Doha Team

Hélia Rogério de Souza (born 10 March 1970 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fofão, is a Brazilian female volleyball player who competed for the 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.

Career

She won the 2006–07 CEV Cup with the Italian club Sirio Perugia and was awarded Best Setter.[1] The next season with Grupo 2002 Murcia she was awarded "Best Setter" at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League.[2]

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.[3] From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.[3]

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

Hélia won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.[5][6]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_03/8353_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
  2. ^ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2008/news_archive_2008_04/11476_EN.html. Retrieved 2010-06-10. 
  3. ^ a b "Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 2008-09-07. http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=133&nwid=23903. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  4. ^ Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem
  5. ^ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19278_EN.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  6. ^ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 

External links

1 Skowrońska | 3 Nihan | 4 Songül | 5 Sokolova | 6 Ergül | 7 Fofão | 9 Seda | 8 Ipek | 10 Yağmur | 11 Fürst | 12 Çiğdem (C) | 13 Osmokrović | 14 Eda | 15 Zülfiye | 17 Naz
Coach: Zé Roberto | Manager: Violet Duca
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem 2010–11 Champion Squad

1 Skowrońska | 2 Ipek | 3 Nihan | 4 Songül | 5 Sokolova | 6 Ergül | 7 Fofão | 9 Seda | 10 Yağmur | 11 Fürst | 12 Çiğdem (C) | 13 Osmokrović | 14 Eda | 15 Zülfiye | 17 Naz
Coach: Zé Roberto