Athina Papafotiou | |||||
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Born | Athens, Greece | 23 August 1989||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Panathinaikos | ||||
Number | 10 | ||||
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Athina Papafotiou is a female professional volleyball player from Greece. She plays as setter. [1]
In 2014-15, Athina Papafotiou played for Allianz MTV Stuttgart. There, Papafotiou played alongside Kim Renkema who later became the club's sporting director. [2]
In April 2020, she returned to Stuttgart. [2]
In Mai 2021, she signed with Panathinaikos again after ten years of absence. [1]
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