Marizza Faría

Marizza Alejandra Faría Servin (born 20 August 1983) is a Paraguayan handball player for club Liberbank Gijón and the Paraguay national team.[1][2]

Marizza Faría
Personal information
Full name Marizza Alejandra Faría Servin
Born (1983-08-20) 20 August 1983
Asunción, Paraguay
Nationality Paraguayan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club BM La Calzada
Number 9
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Dep Recoleta
 Cerro Porteño
 Dep San José
2007-2010
 BM Monóvar
2010-2012
 BM Elda Prestigio
2012-2014
 CB Mar Alicante
2014-2015
 CBM Elche Mustang
2015-
 BM La Calzada
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Paraguay 173 (73)
Medal record
Handball
Pan American Championship
Bronze medal – third place2017 Argentina
South and Central American Championship
Bronze medal – third place2018 Brazil
Bronze medal – third place2021 Paraguay
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 TrujilloTeam
Beach handball
Bolivarian Beach Games
Silver medal – second place2016 IquiqueTeam

She represented Paraguay at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, where the Paraguayan team placed 21st.[3]

In 2021 she was the first handballer to play a professional league match alongside her daughter, Yeruti Faría in the spanish handball league[4]

Individual awards

References
  1. EHF profile
  2. 2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster
  3. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Paraguay" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. "Marizza y Yeruti Faría, madre e hija y también compañeras de equipo". marca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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