Stella Christodoulou Explained

Stella Christodoulou
Fullname:Styliani Christodoulou
Birth Date:July 19, 1991
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Position:Setter
Weight:80kg (180lb)
Spike:285cm (112inches)
Block:275cm (108inches)
Currentclub: AO Thiras
Currentnumber:14 (club and national team)
Years:2000–2007
2007–2010
2011–2020
2021
2021–2023
2023–
Clubs: Enosi Vyrona Athens
Panellinios G.S. Athens
Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
AO Thiras
Nationalteam: Hellas - 93 caps (05.2018)
Updated:30 October 2023

Stella Christodoulou (Στέλλα Χριστοδούλου; born July 19, 1991, in Athens, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the Greece women's national volleyball team.[1] At club level, she plays in Hellenic Volley League for Greek club AO Thiras.

Career

Stella Christodoulou started her career from Enosi Virona. In 2007 she was transferred at Panellinios G.S. Athens. In 2010, she signed for Panathinaikos Athens, but Panellinios blocked her transfer at Sports Court.[2] Christodoulou was inactive during 2010–11 season. In 2011 she was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus.[3] Since her arrival at the red-whites of Piraeus, Christodoulou has won 7 Hellenic Championships, 8 Hellenic Cups, the silver medal of the 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup but mainly the golden medal of the same competition in 2017-18 season.

In atomic level she has been named two times Hellenic Championship MVP, in 2016–17[4] and 2018–19 [5] seasons and two more times Hellenic Cup MVP in 2014[6] and 2019[7] editions. However, her most important individual award was the European Challenge Cup MVP, in the 2018 edition of the competition.[8]

Stella Christooulou, who is considered to be one of the ever best setters in the Hellenic women's volleyball, renewed her contract with the Piraeus team in June 2020, for two more years.[9] In December 2020 the Hellenic championship was uncertain whether it would continue due to COVID-19 disease and Olympiacos allowed their players (despite their contracts) to move abroad until next summer. Thus, Stella Christooulou moved to Turkish "Sultanlar Ligi" for Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor,[10] where she met her compatriot Anthi Vassilantonaki.

International career

Stella Christodoulou is a member of the Hellenic National Team. She began her international career in 2007 with the Junior (U19) team, competing in the preliminary round of 2008 Junior Women's European Championship.[11] One year later she was promoted to the Women's squad, participating in the preliminary rounds of the 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[12] Since then she has many caps with the National team, of which she is the captain, since May 2017. In 2018 Mediterranean Games she won the silver medal as the captain of the Hellenic National Team.[13] In 2019, she was the captain of the Hellenic National Team in the final phase of the European Championship, participating in all 6 games of Greece.[14]

Personal

Stella is the daughter of Christos Christodoulou, and niece of Fanis Christodoulou. Her sister Elena is also a volleyball player.[15] Christodoulou family has hails from Rozena Korinthia.[16]

Sporting achievements

National Team

Clubs

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

Individuals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greece women's national volleyball team. 3 June 2017.
  2. http://www.inewsgr.com/11/anakoinosi-panathinaikou-gia-tin-apofasi-tou-asead-schetika-me-tin-ypothesi-tis-stellas-christodoulou.htm Blocking of Christodoulou transfer from Sports Court
  3. http://www.sport24.gr/Sports/Volley/a1_volley_women/ston-olympiako-h-stella-xristodouloy.1338959.html Christodoulou transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus
  4. http://www.volleynews.gr/a1-women-mnu/mvp Hellenic Championship history review
  5. http://www.volleyball.gr/volleyleague-gunaikon/mvp/article/4187/h-stella-xristodoulou-mvp-tou-protathlhmatos-ths-volleyleague-2018-19 2018-19 Hellenic Championship MVP
  6. http://www.volleynews.gr/cup/women/mvp Hellenic Cup history review
  7. http://www.volleyball.gr/kupello/article/4032/h-stella-xristodoulou-mvp-tou-kupellou-gunaikon 2019 Hellenic Cup MVP
  8. https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=1040&NewsID=27108&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 European Challenge Cup 2018 MVP
  9. https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/el/content/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1-%CF%87%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85 Christodoulou renews her contract with Olympiacos
  10. Web site: Christodoulou in Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor. https://web.archive.org/web/20201223163617/https://www.aydinbsbspor.com/transfer-hos-geldin-styliani-christodoulou/. usurped. December 23, 2020. www.aydinbsbspor.com. 24 December 2020.
  11. http://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=5752&ID=390 2007 Hellenic Junior women National team
  12. http://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=5750&ID=388 2008 Hellenic women's national team
  13. http://www.volleynews.gr/national-teams/ethniki-gynaikon/item/52810-%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%B3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7-%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC-%CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1-%CF%83%CE%B5-%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82 Silver medal of Hellenic National Team in 2018 Mediterranean Games
  14. https://www-old.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=32139 2019 European Championship: France-Greece 0-3
  15. http://www.sport24.gr/Sports/Volley/h-elena-kai-h-stella-xristodouloy-sto-sport24-gr.1505344.html Stella and Elena Christodoulou
  16. https://streetlife.gr/2017/04/19/apo-ta-rozena-i-archigos-toy-olympiakoy/ Από τα Ροζενά η αρχηγός του Ολυμπιακού streetlife.gr