Fofão

Hélia Souza

Fofão in 2010
Personal information
Full name Hélia Rogério de Souza Pinto
Nickname Fofão
Nationality  Brazil
Born (1970-03-10) 10 March 1970
São Paulo, Brazil
Hometown São Paulo
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Spike 283 cm (111 in)
Block 264 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Unilever Vôlei
Number 7
National team
Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
1994 Brazil Team
2006 Japan Team
2010 Japan Team
FIVB World Cup
2003 Japan Team
2007 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
2004 Team
2005 Team
2006 Team
2008 Team
1999 Yu Xi Team
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Team
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Final Four Cup
2008 Fortaleza Team

Hélia Rogério de Souza (born 10 March 1970 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fofão, is a retired[1] 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.

She's nicknamed Fofão because of her huge cheecks similar to a famous character of an 80's children's TV program in Brazil named "Fofão".[2]

Career

She won the 2006–07 CEV Cup with the Italian club Sirio Perugia and was awarded Best Setter.[3] The next season with Grupo 2002 Murcia she was awarded "Best Setter" at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League.[4]

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.[5] From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.[5]

She signed with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Acıbadem since 4 July 2010.[6]

Hélia won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.[7][8]

Fofão won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[9]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Sousa played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich,[1] At age 45, this was Fofao last match, as she announced her retirement.[1]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ↑ fofão profile
  3. ↑ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  4. ↑ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  5. 1 2 "Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
  6. ↑ Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem
  7. ↑ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  8. ↑ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  9. ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

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