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(Redirected from Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa) Handball player (born 1986)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cabral and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.
Alexandrina Barbosa
Alexandrina Barbosa in 2015
Personal information
Full name Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa
Born (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 38)
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese, Spanish
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2005 Madeira Andebol SAD
2005–2008 BM Sagunto
2008–2010 Rulmentul Braşov
2010–2012 SD Itxako
2012–2013 CS Oltchim Vâlcea
2013–2014 Thüringer HC
2014–2016 Fleury Loiret HB
2016–2018 Rostov-Don
2018–2020 Nantes Handball
2020–2021 CSM București
2021–2022 CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
2022–2023 BM Morvedre
2023–2024 Brest Bretagne Handball
National team
Years Team
Portugal
2012–2024 Spain 166 (750)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Handball All Star Game 2013, held in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain. 8 June 2013

Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986), also known as Alexandrina Cabral or Alexandrina Barbosa or Shandy Barbosa, is a former handballer who last played for Brest Bretagne Handball. Born in Portugal, she represented Spain at international level. She retired after the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life

Barbosa was born in Lisbon, Portugal, as ninth of 11 siblings. She took up handball in Portugal, but in April 2010 was suspended for two weeks after refusing to attend a training camp. After that she moved to Spain and received Spanish citizenship in June 2012. Whenever possible she wears number 86 during the game because it is the year of her birth.

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.

In April 2012, she signed for the Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.

International

In 2012, after playing for many years in Spain, she obtained Spanish citizenship and decided to represent Spain on the international level.

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Alexandrina Cabral". esp.coe.es (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Español. Retrieved 8 November 2024. Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa, conocida como "Shandy Barbosa", nacida el 5 de mayo de 1986 en Lisboa, Portugal, es una jugadora española de balonmano.
  2. "Alexandrina BARBOSA". handlfh.org (in French). Ligue Féminine de Handball. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  3. ^ Iaragón Iarramendi, Jose María (5 August 2024). "El adiós de Shandy Barbosa, la líder sonriente" [The farewell of Shandy Barbosa, the smiling leader]. balonmano.info (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Cabral says goodbye to handball at Paris 2024 and has new aims: "I want to become a police officer"". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 3 August 2024. With 168 matches for Spain and 756 goals, Alexandrina Cabral is one of Spain's best ever players, having been in the team which secured the silver medal at the 2019 IHF Women's World Championship and at the EHF EURO 2014.
  5. "Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  6. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014. CABRAL Alexandrina
  7. ^ "Alexandrina Cabral". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
  8. "EHF Women's Champions League 2010/11 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2012. Cabral Barbosa Alexandrina
  9. "EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2012. Cabral Barbosa Alexandrina
  10. "Alexandrina Barbosa joins Oltchim Valcea". Handball Planet. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  11. "Una jugadora total a las órdenes de Jorge Dueñas" [A total player under the orders of Jorge Dueñas]. rfebm.net (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Balonmano. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012. Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa
  12. "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" [VIDEO Barbosa, elected the best player at the "Carpathian Trophy"]. digisport.ro (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013. Alexandrina Barbosa

External links

CSM București – current squad
Spain squads
Spain squad – Women's handball – 2012 European Championship – 11th place
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Spain squad – Women's handball – 2013 World Championship – 9th place
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Spain squad – Women's handball – 2014 European Championship – Silver medal
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Spain squad – Women's handball – 2015 World Championship – 12th place
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Spain squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 6th place
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Spain squad – 2016 European Championship – 11th place
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Spain squad – 2017 World Championship – 11th place
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Spain squad – 2019 World Championship – Silver medal
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