Athina Papafotiou

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Athina Papafotiou
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Born (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 35)
Athens, Greece
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike278 cm (109 in)
Block266 cm (105 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Panathinaikos
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2014
2014–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018
2018
2018–2019
2020–2021
2021–
Flag of Greece.svg Ilisakos
Flag of Greece.svg AE Agias Paraskevis
Flag of Greece.svg Panionios
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens
Flag of Germany.svg Allianz MTV Stuttgart
Flag of France.svg ASPTT Mulhouse
Flag of Italy.svg Imoco Volley
Flag of Poland.svg ŁKS Łódź
Flag of France.svg ASPTT Mulhouse
Flag of Germany.svg Allianz MTV Stuttgart
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
National team
0000 Flag of Greece.svg Greece

Athina Papafotiou is a female professional volleyball player from Greece. She plays as setter. [1]

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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]

Awards and accomplishments

Pro career

2011, 2012, 2022, 2023, 2024 [3]
2022
2015
2017
2018

Personal Awards

2019
2016, 2017, 2019
2023 [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Panathinaikos: Papafotiou is wearing green again Apostolos Vaxevanellis (athina984.gr), 11 May 2021. Accessed 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 MTV Stuttgart holt Zuspielerin Athina Papafotiou zurück Christiane Rebhan (Stuttgarter Zeitung), 21 April 2020. Accessed 19 November 2021.(in German)
  3. "Panathinaikos Defeats Olympiacos 3-2 And Are Women's Volleyball League Champions Once Again". Greek City Times. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. s.a, sunTech (5 June 2023). "Η Αθηνά Παπαφωτίου KYANA MVP του πρωταθλήματος της Volley League γυναικών". www.volleyball.gr. Retrieved 7 May 2023.