AEK (women's water polo)

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AEK
Founded2019
League A1 Ethniki Water Polo
Based in Athens, Greece
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PresidentAlexis Alexiou
Head coachMarco Micic
Website aek.gr

AEK Women's Water Polo Club is the women's water polo department of the major Greek multi-sport club, AEK Sports Club, based in Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 2019 and compete in the Greek Women's Water Polo League.

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History

The women's water polo team of AEK started its efforts from the A2 Greek Women's Water Polo League in the 2019–20 season. [1] On 6 March 2020, the newly formed AEK women's water polo team gave its first official match. [2] In their maiden season the team won the promotion to the Greek Women's Water Polo League as champion of the second division. [3]

Honours

Current squad

Season 2020–21

No.Nat.PlayerBirth DatePositionL/R
1 Flag of Greece.svg Maria Tsouri May 25, 1986 (age 37) Goalkeeper
2 Flag of Greece.svg Emmanouela Archontaki Goalkeeper
3 Flag of Greece.svg Christina KotsiaJuly 10, 1994 (age 29)Centre back
4 Flag of Greece.svg Kiki StratidakiJune 7, 1996 (age 27)Centre forward
5 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasia LoudiSeptember 21, 2000 (age 23)Centre back
6 Flag of Greece.svg Marianna MastrokalouApril 12, 2000 (age 24)Centre forward
7 Flag of Greece.svg Katerina GavalaWing
10 Flag of Greece.svg Smaragda GrozopoulouJanuary 4, 2002 (age 22)Wing
11 Flag of Greece.svg Katerina MichailidouWing
12 Flag of Greece.svg Elli ProtopappaJuly 23, 1999 (age 24)Wing
13 Flag of Greece.svg Evdokia-Maria TsimaraJanuary 17, 2003 (age 21)Wing
14 Flag of Greece.svg Evfrosini TsimaraWing
15 Flag of Greece.svg Efstathia-Nefeli KovasevicWing
16 Flag of Greece.svg Myrto KassariWing
17 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasia Bekri Goalkeeper
18 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiota ZachariouCentre forward
19 Flag of Greece.svg Zoi-Eleni VamvakariWing
20 Flag of Greece.svg Marina Kalpouzou Goalkeeper
21 Flag of Greece.svg Danai KalpouzouWing
22 Flag of Greece.svg Melachrini PapadimitriouWing

Staff

Technical Staff
Section Chairman Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Alexiou
Section Leader Flag of Greece.svg Petros Deverikos
Technical Manager Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Siamanis
Head Coach Flag of Serbia.svg Marco Micic
Technical Director Flag of Greece.svg Maria Balomenaki

See also

Sponsorships

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