Pauletta Foppa
French handball player (born 2000)
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Pauletta Soréa Foppa[1] (born 22 December 2000) is a French handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.[2][3][4]
Amilly, France
| Pauletta Foppa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Foppa in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Pauletta Soréa Foppa | ||
| Born |
22 December 2000 Amilly, France | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | USM Montargis | ||
2017–2018 | Fleury Loiret Handball | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018– | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | France | 96 | (247) |
Medal record | |||
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2024 | |||
Career
Foppa started playing handball at the age of 10. In 2018, at age 17, she began her senior club career with Brest,[5] and made her senior debut on the French national team on November 22, 2018.
Her sporting achievements include 3 gold medals with the French national team at the European Championships (2018),[6] the Olympic Games (2020),[7] and the World Championships (2023).[8] She has also won the French league and the French Cup with her club Brest.
For the 2025 World Championship she won bronze medals losing to Germany in the semifinal and beating Netherlands in extra time in the third place playoff.[9] During the tournament she played both as her usual position pivot and as a back player, leaving the pivot position to Sarah Bouktit.
Personal life
Born in France, Foppa is of Cameroonian descent.[10]
Achievements
Club
International
- EHF Champions League
- Finalist: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
Domestic
- French league:
- Winner
: 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) - Tied 1st: 2020 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2022, 2023 and 2024 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
- French Cup (Coupe de France):
- Winner : 2021 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Runner up: 2019 (with Brest Bretagne Handball)
- Winner
National team
Senior
Youth
- U-17 European Handball Championship:
- 2017: 4th place
- U-16 Mediterranean Handball Championship:
- 2016: Gold
- 2016:
Awards and recognition
Individual
- All-Star Line player at the Olympic Games: 2020[11]
- All-Star Line player of the EHF Champions League: 2021[12]
- All-Star Line player of the Youth European Championship: 2017
- Best Young Player of the EHF Champions League: 2022[13]
- All-Star Line player of the World Championship: 2021
- All-Star Line player of the European Championship: 2022[14]
- Best Defender of the European Championship: 2024[15]
- EHF Excellence Awards Rookie of the season: 2022/23[16]
- Best Line player of the French League: 2022/23
- Best Defender of the French League: 2022/23
- Best Player and Topscorer of the U-16 Mediterranean Handball Championship: 2016
State and civic honours
- Inducted into the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier: 2021[17]
