Helena Paulo
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Full name
Helena Gilda Simão Paulo
Born
24 January 1998
Nationality
Angolan
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
| Helena Paulo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Helena Gilda Simão Paulo | ||
| Born | 24 January 1998 | ||
| Nationality | Angolan | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM Târgu Jiu | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-2024 | Primeiro de Agosto | ||
2024- | CSM Târgu Jiu | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Angola | 63 | (208) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2025 | |||
Helena Gilda Simão Paulo (born 24 January 1998) is an Angolan handball player for Romanian CSM Târgu Jiu and the Angolan national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's Handball.[1]
She represented Angola at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany,[2] and at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[3]
In 2018, she represented Angola at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship where she finished as the competition's top scorer with a total 73 goals.[4][5]
Club career
At club level she played with Primeiro de Agosto until 2024.[6] In 2019 she was part of the team that won the IHF Women's Super Globe. Paulo scored 10 goals in the final.[7]
Achievements
- Carpathian Trophy:
- Winner: 2019
- Super Globe
- Winner: 2019
