Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986) is a
handballer who plays as a left back for
BM Morvedre
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. Born in Portugal, she represents the
Spain women's national team.
[Alexandrina Cabral]
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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.
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Career
Club
Barbosa was amongst the top 10 scorers of EHF Women's Champions League
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in the 2005–06 season playing for CBM Astroc Sagunto, with 46 goals in the old format of the competition.
Playing for SD Itxako
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, she was the fifth best goal scorer of EHF Champions League
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in the 2010–11
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season and fourth in 2011–12.
In April 2012, she signed for Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
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International
In 2012, after playing for many years in Spain, she obtained Spanish citizenship and decided to represent Spain on the international level.
Achievements
* Spanish Championship:
**''Winner'': 2011, 2012
*Spanish Cup
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**''Winner'': 2012
* Romanian Championship:
**''Silver Medalist'': 2009
*EHF Champions League
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:
**''Finalist'': 2011
**''Semifinalist'': 2006, 2013
*Women's EHF Cup
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:
**''Winner'': 2016
**''Semifinalist'': 2009
Individual awards
*Carpathian Trophy
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Most Valuable Player
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: 2013
*French Championship
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Best Left Back: 2015, 2016
*EHF Cup Winners' Cup
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Winners
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Top Scorer: 2015
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*All-Star Team Best Left back of the World Championship
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: 2019
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References
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lisbon
Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Naturalised citizens of Spain
Spanish people of Cape Verdean descent
Spanish sportspeople of African descent
sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent">European sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Spanish female handball players
Portuguese female handball players
Expatriate handball players
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players of Spain
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain
Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent