Fofão (volleyball player)

Hélia Souza
Fofão in 2010
Personal information
Full nameHélia Rogério de Souza Pinto
NicknameFofão
Born (1970-03-10) 10 March 1970 (age 54)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Spike283 cm (111 in)
Block264 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubRetired
Number15 (1992–1996)
7 (1999–2008)
National team
1991–2008 Brazil
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sidney Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1994 Brazil Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Japan Team
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1995 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 1994 Shanghai Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Shanghai Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Hong Kong Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Sendai Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Reggio Calabria Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Yokohama Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Shanghai Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Yu Xi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Manila Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Final Four Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Fortaleza Team
CSV South American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1991 Osasco
Gold medal – first place 1995 Porto Alegre
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lima
Gold medal – first place 1999 Valencia
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bogotá
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rancagua / Santiago
Silver medal – second place 1993 Cusco

Hélia Rogério de Souza (born 10 March 1970), nicknamed Fofão, is a Brazilian female retired[1] volleyball player who competed for her country's national team in five consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a gold medal in 2008 and twice won a bronze medal, in 1996 and 2000. She also claimed the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

She is nicknamed Fofão because of her large cheeks similar to a famous character of a 1980s children's TV program in Brazil named "Fofão".[2]

Career

Fofão participated at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.[3] She won the 2006–07 CEV Cup with the Italian club Sirio Perugia and was awarded Best Setter.[4] The next season with Grupo 2002 Murcia she was awarded "Best Setter" at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League.[5]

Fofão retired from the Brazil national team on 7 September 2008, after helping her country beat Dominican Republic 3-0 and won the Final Four competition.[6] From 1991, when she played her first game for Brazil, to 2008, she played 340 games for the national team.[6]

Fofão signed with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Acıbadem since 4 July 2010.[7]

Fofão won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.[8][9]

Fofão won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[10]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Fofão played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.[1] At age 45, this was Fofao's last match, after which she announced her retirement.[1]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ "fofão profile". fofao7.com.br.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball VIII World Cup 1999 02-16.11 Japan +9GMT - Winner Cuba". Todor66.com. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ^ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  5. ^ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Na despedida de Fofão, Brasil vence por 3 sets a 0" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Fofao set for Fenerbahçe Acibadem". fenerbahce.org.
  8. ^ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  9. ^ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World Grand Prix
1999, 2000 		Succeeded by