Karoline de Souza

Karoline Souza
Personal information
Full name	Karoline Helena de Souza
Born	(1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 35) Paranaguá, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	CS Minaur Baia Mare
Number	90
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	AD Estrela de Guarulhos
0000–2011	UCS Caxias do Sul
2011–2012	Siófok KC
2012–2013	Hypo Niederösterreich
2013–2014	TTH Holstebro
2014–2016	Nykøbing Falster
2016–2019	Váci NKSE
2019–2020	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
2020–2022	CS Minaur Baia Mare
2022–2024	HC Dunărea Brăila
2024-	CSM Iași 2020
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011-	Brazil	71	(53)
Medal record World Championship 2013 Serbia Pan American Championship 2011 Brazil 2015 Cuba South and Central American Championship 2018 Brazil 2022 Argentina
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 September 2024

Karoline Helena de Souza (born 24 April 1990) is a Brazilian handball player for CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) and for the Brazilian national team. ^{[1] [2]} She is a world champion from 2013. ^[3]

Career

Karoline de Souza started her career at AD Estrela de Guarulhos followed by UCS Caxias do Sul. In January 2011 she joined Hungarian team Siófok KC. ^[4] In the summer of 2012 she joined Austrian Hypo Niederösterreich. ^[5] Here she won the 2013 Austrian championship, ÖHB Cup and EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

In 2013 she joined Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro. ^[6] In 2014 she joined league rivals Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub. ^[7]

In 2016 she returned to Hungary and joined Ipress Center-Vác. ^[8] In 2019 she joined Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE. ^[9] A year later she joined Romanian CS Minaur Baia Mare. ^[10] In 2022 she joined league rivals HC Dunărea Brăila. ^[11] In 2024 she joined CSM Iași 2020. ^[12]

National team

Karoline de Souza debuted for the Brazilian national team in 2011. In 2013 she won the 2013 World Championship; Brazils and South Americas first ever World Cup title. ^{[3] [13]} She also won the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Championships. ^[14]

Achievements

• Women Handball Austria :
  • Winner: 2013
• ÖHB Cup :
  • Winner: 2013
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winner: 2013
• Pan American Championship :
  • Winner: 2011, 2015
• World Championship :
  • Winner: 2013

References

1. EHF profile
2. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
3. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 22 December 2013.
4. "Harmadik brazil válogatott kézisét igazolta le a Siófok". origo.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 December 2013.
5. "Hypo NÖ verstärkt den Kader" [Hypo NÖ strenghens the team] (in German). laola1.at. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
6. "Team Tvis Holstebro sikrer sig 23-årig brasilianer" (in Danish). dagens.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
7. "NFH henter 3 verdensmestre" (in Danish). tv2east.dk. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
8. "Változások a Vácnál" (in Hungarian). handball.hu. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
9. "Női kézilabda NB I - Világbajnokokat igazolt a Mosonmagyaróvár: Karoline de Souza is érkezik az MKC-hoz" (in Hungarian). kisalfold.hu. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
10. "Campioană mondială în 2013, Karoline de Souza a semnat cu CS Minaur" (in Romanian). ziarmm.ro. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
11. "Brazilianca Karoline Helena de Souza a semnat cu Dunărea Brăila" (in Romanian). realitateadebraila.net. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
12. "Liga Florilor / Reunire cu multe noutăți la CSM Iași" (in Romanian). handbalmania.ro. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
13. "Brazil World Champions for the first time". ihf.info. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
14. "Seleção Feminina bate Cuba e fatura o título do Pan-Americano". ccnnews.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 November 2022.