Stella Christodoulou ( gr, Στέλλα Χριστοδούλου; born July 19, 1991, in Athens, Greece) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece, who is a member of the

Greece women's national volleyball team The Greece women's national volleyball team represents Greece in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team first competed on the highest level at the 1985 European Championship, finishing in 12th pla ...

. At club level, she plays in Hellenic Volley League for Greek club AO Thiras.

Career

Stella Christodoulou started her career from Enosi Virona. In 2007 she was transferred at Panellinios G.S. Athens. In 2010, she signed for

Panathinaikos Athens Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, but Panellinios blocked her transfer at Sports Court. Christodoulou was inactive during 2010–11 season. In 2011 she was transferred to

Olympiacos Piraeus Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. Since her arrival at the red-whites of Piraeus, Christodoulou has won 7 Hellenic Championships, 8 Hellenic Cups, the silver medal of the

2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup The 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 37th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup". Format The tournament was played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. On 30 June 2016, a d ...

but mainly the golden medal of the same competition in 2017-18 season. In atomic level she has been named two times Hellenic Championship MVP, in 2016–17 and 2018–19 seasons and two more times Hellenic Cup MVP in 2014 and 2019 editions. However, her most important individual award was the European Challenge Cup MVP, in the 2018 edition of the competition. Stella Christooulou, who is considered to be one of the ever best setters in the Hellenic women's volleyball, renewed her contract with the Piraeus team in June 2020, for two more years. In December 2020 the Hellenic championship was uncertain whether it would continue due to COVID-19 disease and Olympiacos allowed their players (despite their contracts) to move abroad until next summer. Thus, Stella Christooulou moved to Turkish "Sultanlar Ligi" for

Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor is the women's volleyball department of Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kulübü, a Turkish sports club based in Aydın, Turkey. The team plays its home matches at the Mimar Sinan Spor Salonu hall in Aydın. ...

, where she met her compatriot Anthi Vassilantonaki.

International career

Stella Christodoulou is a member of the Hellenic National Team. She began her international career in 2007 with the Junior (U19) team, competing in the preliminary round of 2008 Junior Women's European Championship. One year later she was promoted to the Women's squad, participating in the preliminary rounds of the

2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The cities that hosted matches were ...

. Since then she has many caps with the National team, of which she is the captain, since May 2017. In

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

she won the silver medal as the captain of the Hellenic National Team. In 2019, she was the captain of the Hellenic National Team in the final phase of the European Championship, participating in all 6 games of Greece.

Personal

Stella is the daughter of Christos Christodoulou, and niece of Fanis Christodoulou. Her sister Elena is also a volleyball player. Christodoulou family has hails from Rozena Korinthia.Από τα Ροζενά η αρχηγός του Ολυμπιακού streetlife.gr
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Sporting achievements

National Team

* 2018

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