Mayssa Pessoa | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa | ||
Born | João Pessoa, Brazil | 11 September 1984||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Sola HK | ||
Number | 84 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
Colégio Lourdinhas | |||
2011–2012 | Issy-Paris Hand | ||
2012–2014 | Dinamo Volgograd | ||
2014–2016 | CSM București | ||
2016–2017 | HC Vardar | ||
2017–2021 | Rostov-Don | ||
2021–2022 | Dunărea Brăila | ||
2022–2024 | HH Elite | ||
2024– | Sola HK | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Brazil | 94 | (0) | |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 August 2024 |
Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa, also known as Mayssa Pessoa (born 11 September 1984) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for Norwegian club Sola HK and formerly the Brazilian national team. [1]
She was one of nearly two dozen LGBT Olympians at the London Games. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pessoa comes from a family of intellectuals. Nicknamed Taffarel, she resides in the same city with Hulk (João Pessoa). Her father is a university professor and a former athlete who competed in handball, volleyball, basketball, futsal and beach handball. Her mother is a lawyer, and one of her two sisters is a pediatrician. [8]
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