Lysa Tchaptchet
Handball player (born 2001)
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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]
Yaoundé, Cameroon
| Lysa Tchaptchet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lysa Tchaptchet Defo | ||
| Born |
20 December 2001 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 | |||
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
- EHF Champions League:
- Norwegian League:
- Winner: 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2021, 2022/23, 2023/2024
- Danish League:
- Gold: 2025
