Carolina Martene Miranda Morais a.k.a. Carol (born April 13, 1986) is a
team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
player from
Angola
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. She plays on the
Angola women's national handball team
The Angola women's national handball team, nicknamed As Pérolas (''The Pearls''), represents Angola in international handball competitions.
History
Angola became a member of the African Handball Confederation in 1980.
Summer Olympics
Angola p ...
, and participated at the
2011 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...
in Brazil and the
2012 Summer Olympics in London.
At club level, she plays for Norwegian side
Vipers Kristiansand,
having previously played for
Primeiro de Agosto
Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...
.
Achievements
*
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...
:
**''Winner'':
2020/2021
**''Bronze Medalist'':
2018/2019
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Norwegian League:
**''Winner'': 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021
*Norwegian Cup:
**''Winner'': 2019, 2020
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Angolan female handball players
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Angola
Handball players from Luanda
African Games gold medalists for Angola
African Games medalists in handball
Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
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