Evangelia Chantava (; born 26 October 1990) is a Greek female professional

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player. She plays for

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

Career

She was born in

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and started her volleyball career at the age of 7 playing for her hometown's club, Grevena G.C. In 2005 at the age of 15, Chantava took the first big step in her career, when suddenly from playing against local teams, she found herself competing in the A1 league with

Iraklis Thessaloniki Gymnastikos Syllogos Thessalonikis "Iraklis" (), commonly referred to as Iraklis Thessaloniki, is a multi–sporting club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. G.S. Iraklis Thessalonikis was founded on 29 November 1908 and i ...

(2005–2009) alongside great athletes. While she was playing for Iraklis she took the opportunity at the age of 16 to play with the

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for the first time. After that and for the next two seasons (2009–11) she signed a contract with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

. On 16 April 2011, they won the

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, the first trophy for the women's club. Chantava was voted most valuable player. After a successful year for the club and her personally, she took another important step in her career and signed with

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(Italian 2nd league) for the 2011–2012 season. For the next season, she moved to Izmir and signed a one-year-contract (2012–2013) with

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(Turkish 2nd league), and her team qualified for the final four of the Turkish cup, the first time in history of Turkish volleyball that a team from second division beat a team from first division and they played the final four of Turkish cup against Vakıfbank, Galatasaray and Eczacıbaşı. They took the 4th place. For the next season she turned back in Greece for the team of Nargile Vrilissia (1st division-Greece) and with very good performances she took the MVP of the year 2013–2014. After that, a very good opportunity came to her career opening a bigger door in the world of volleyball and for 2014–2015 she signed for Lokomotiv Baku (1st division-Azerbaijan).

Titles

National cups

* 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

, with Olympiacos Piraeus * 2015/2016 Simple gold cup

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, with

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* 2021/2022 Simple gold cup

, with

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos (, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the mos ...

* 2021/2022 Gold medal with cup

Greek League, with

Awards

*(2016) Cup Winner (1st place) of Romanian Championship with CSM Targoviste *(2014) Most Valuable Player award for the championship – Nargile F.O. (Greece) *(2011) First place in Greek Final Cup with Olympiacos – Most Valuable Player award *(2009) Second place in Greek Final Cup with Iraklis Thessalonikis – Most Valuable Player award for the Women's All Star Game *(2006) 8th place in the World School Championship Federation in Porec of Croatia *(2005–2008) Three school championships with Aristotelio College *(2005–2009) Two U19 girls and one U17 Greek Championship

References

External links

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