Alexandrina Barbosa

Alexandrina Barbosa

Personal information
Full name	Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa
Born	5 May 1986 Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality	Spanish, Portuguese
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Nickname	Sandy
Club information
Current club	Fleury Loiret HB
Number	86
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	52 (256)
Medal record European Championship 2014 Croatia/Hungary

Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986)^[1] is a Portuguese-born Spanish handballer playing for Fleury Loiret HB and the Spanish national team.^[2]

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

• Spanish Championship:
  • Winner: 2011, 2012

• Spanish Cup:
  • Winner: 2012

• Romanian Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2009

• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2011
  • Semifinalist: 2006, 2013

• Women's EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalist: 2009

Individual awards

• Carpathian Trophy Most Valuable Player: 2013^[7]

References

1. "Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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.