Lysa Tchaptchet

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Lysa Tchaptchet Defo (born 20 December 2001) is a professional handballer who plays as a pivot for Danish club Odense Håndbold. Born in Cameroon, she moved to Spain at the age of 5, and she represents Spain at international level.[1][2]

Full name Lysa Tchaptchet Defo
Born (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 24)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nationality Cameroonian, Spanish
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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Lysa Tchaptchet
Personal information
Full name Lysa Tchaptchet Defo
Born (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 24)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nationality Cameroonian, Spanish
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Odense Håndbold
Number 20
Youth career
Team
–
 CD Beti Onak
Senior clubs
Years Team
2019–2021
 CB Elche
2021–2024
 Vipers Kristiansand
2024–2026
 Odense Håndbold
2026–
 Ferencvárosi TC
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
 Spain 56 (72)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 26 August 2024
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She is primarily a defensive player.

Tchaptchet represented Spain at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Career

Tchaptchet began playing handball at CD Beti Onak.[5] In 2019 she joined top league team CB Elche.[6] Here she played for 2 seasons before joining Norwegian team.Vipers Kristiansand.[7] Here she won the Norwegian championship three times; in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the EHF Champions League in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 she transferred to Danish side Odense Håndbold.[8] In the 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular season with Odense Håndbold, winning 26 of 26 games.[9] Later the same season she won the Danish Championship, when Odense beat Team Esbjerg in the final 2-1 in matches.[10]

She debuted for the Spanish national team on November 27th 2020.

Private life

Her younger sister, Lyndie Tchaptchet, also plays handball in the Spanish National handball team.[11]

Achievements

References

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