Stella Christodoulou will compete in the AO Thiras jersey next season. After 12 years at Olympiakos, the 32-year-old passer found the next stop of her career in Santorini.
The Islanders announced her acquisition with a lengthy announcement, listing her dozens of accolades.
In detail, the announcement:
“The administration of A.O. Thiras is extremely pleased to announce the start of the club’s partnership with Stella Christodoulou ahead of the 2023-2024 Women’s Volleyleague season. THE Acclaimed former Olympiakos passerfor which no special recommendations are needed, will strengthen this year’s effort to distinguish AO Thira, which is the 5th station in her brilliant career.
Born on July 19, 1991 in Athens, Stella Christodoulou (1.84m) and her sister Elena grew up in a family with DNA… athletic! Daughter of veteran international basketball player Christos Christodoulou and niece of the great “Bepi” of Greek basketball, Fani Christodouloufollowing another sport, was instilled from a very early age in life with the values ​​and sporting ideals, always setting high goals.
Stella took her first steps in volleyball in Byron, competing with the Byron Union (2004-2006) and later went to Panhellenic. With the “colors” of the Kypseli team, he played for 5 years (2006 – 2011) and then moved to Piraeus, on behalf of Olympiakos. There, with the exception of the few months of 2021, when, due to the interruption of the domestic championships due to Covid, she competed in the Turkish Belendiye Aydin, Christodoulou remained “red and white” until the last season.
Sta 12 years of her presence at Olympiakos, the new great acquisition of our team, left her “indelible mark” in the history of the women’s team of the Piraeus club, leading the “red and white” in 2018 to win the first and only European trophy in the history of Greek women’s volleyball, the Challenge Cup , where a year ago he was named a finalist. At the same time, he celebrated 8 league titles (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) and 8 Greek Cup conquests (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
Apart from the precious “cups” and medals that adorn the trophy case of Stella Christodoulou, the record of the 32-year-old ace with No. 14 in Olympic and National, is equally “rich” in individual distinctions: MVP of the Challenge Cup (2018) of CEV, Best Passer of the European League 2015, two-time MVP of the Greek league (2016-2017, 2018-2019), most valuable player of the Greek Cup as many times (2014, 2019), and of course many titles leading athlete of competition days in the Volleyleague championships.
Christodoulou performed member of the National Team of our team, where starting her career with the Junior National Team and later as a member of the Women’s National Team, thanks to her competitive qualities, hard work and personality, in her 14 years of presence, until last year’s “goodbye” she recorded more than 125 entries in “blue and white”. A fact that ranks the newly acquired “maestro” of A.O. Thiras in the “Pantheon” of Greek volleyball athletes, with the most appearances with the national emblem.
The former captain of the “blue and white” has taken part in qualifiers for the World and European Championships, as well as in matches for the European League, in which she won two bronze medals with the national team in the 2015 and 2016 competitions. In the 2015 competition, she was also top passer. He has also taken part in the Mediterranean Games (2013, 2018), where the last time as captain of the “blue and white” in Tarragona, Spain, he led our National Team to the 2nd place. In August 2019, she was the main passer of our representative group in the finals of the European Championship, in which Greece took 14th place among 32 countries.
Stella Christodoulou in her first official statements as an athlete of the A.O. Thiras expressed her excitement, saying: “It is a new beginning for me with the team of A.O Thiras. I would first like to thank Mr. Spyros and Andreas Patiniotis for their approach and the respect they showed me. I wish that we have a beautiful season with good health and that the team succeeds in realizing the goals it will set“.
The management of the club warmly welcomes the new member of the A.O Thiras family and wishes Stella a good sporting year, with health and many successes on a collective and personal level with our team”.
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