Ana Cristina de Souza | |||||||
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Full name | Ana Cristina Menezes Oliveira de Souza | ||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 April 2004||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||
Spike | 310 cm (120 in) | ||||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||
Volleyball information | |||||||
Position | Outside hitter / Opposite | ||||||
Current club | Fenerbahçe | ||||||
Number | 12 | ||||||
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Ana Cristina Menezes Oliveira de Souza (born 7 May 2004) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who is a member of the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, winning a bronze medal [1] and the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, [2]
On the club level, she played for Sesc Flamengo, and plays for Fenerbahce Opet. [3] [4] [5] [6]
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