Alexandrina Cabral

Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986) is a handballer who plays as a left back for Brest Bretagne Handball. Born in Portugal, she represents the Spain women's national team.[1][2][3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cabral and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.
Alexandrina Barbosa
Cabral in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa
Born (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986
Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality Portuguese, Spanish
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Brest Bretagne Handball
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–
 Brest Bretagne Handball
National team
Years Team
Portugal
2012–
 Spain 120 (573)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2019 Japan
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2014 Croatia/Hungary
Handball All Star Game 2013, held in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain. 8 June 2013

Personal life

Cabral 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.[3]

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.[4][5]

In April 2012, she signed for the Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.[6]

International

In 2012, after playing for many years in Spain, she obtained Spanish citizenship and decided to represent Spain on the international level.[7]

Achievements

Individual awards

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandrina Barbosa.
  1. "Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. Alexandrina Cabral Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. "EHF Women's Champions League 2010/11 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. "EHF Women's Champions League 2011/12 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. "Alexandrina Barbosa joins Oltchim Valcea". Handball Planet. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. "Una jugadora total a las órdenes de Jorge Dueñas" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Balonmano. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. "VIDEO Barbosa, alesă cea mai bună jucătoare de la "Trofeul Carpați"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 24 March 2013.
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