Alexandrina Barbosa

Alexandrina Barbosa
Personal information
Full nameAlexandrina Cabral Barbosa
Born5 May 1986
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalitySpanish, Portuguese
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kilograms (137 lb)
Playing positionLeft Back
NicknameSandy
Club information
Current clubFleury Loiret HB
Number86
Senior clubs
2003–2005
2005–2008
2008–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–
Madeira Andebol SAD
BM Sagunto
Rulmentul Braşov
SD Itxako
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Thüringer HC
Fleury Loiret HB
National team

2012–
Portugal
Spain

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Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986)[2] is a Portuguese-born Spanish handballer playing for Fleury Loiret HB and the Spanish national team.

Career

Club

Barbosa was amongst the top 10 scorers of EHF Women's Champions League in the 2005–06 season playing for CBM Astroc Sagunto, with 46 goals in the old format of the competition.

Playing for SD Itxako, she was the fifth best goal scorer of EHF Champions League in the 2010–11 season and fourth in 2011–12.[3][4]

In April 2012, she signed for Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.[5]

International

In 2012, after playing since many years in Spain, she has obtained the Spanish citizenship and decided to represent Spain on international level.[6]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. "Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. "EHF Women's Champions League 2010/11 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. "EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  5. "Alexandrina Barbosa joins Oltchim Valcea". Handball Planet. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  6. "Una jugadora total a las órdenes de Jorge Dueñas" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Balonmano. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013.