Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986), also known as Alexandrina Cabral or Alexandrina Barbosa or Shandy Barbosa, is a former handballer who last played for Brest Bretagne Handball. Born in Portugal, she represented Spain at international level. She retired after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Personal life Barbosa was born in Lisbon, Portugal, as ninth of 11 siblings. She took up handball in Portugal, but in April 2010 was suspended for two weeks after refusing to attend a training camp. After that she moved to Spain and received Spanish citizenship in June 2012. Whenever possible she wears number 86 during the game because it is the year of her birth.
Career Club Barbosa was amongst the top 10 scorers of EHF Women's Champions League in the 2005–06 season playing for CBM Astroc Sagunto, with 46 goals in the old format of the competition.
Playing for SD Itxako, she was the fifth best goal scorer of EHF Champions League in the 2010–11 season and fourth in 2011–12.
In April 2012, she signed for the Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.
International In 2012, after playing for many years in Spain, she obtained Spanish citizenship and decided to represent Spain on the international level.
Achievements Spanish Championship: Winner: 2011, 2012 Spanish Cup: Winner: 2012 Romanian Championship: Silver Medalist: 2009 EHF Champions League: Finalist: 2011 Semifinalist: 2006, 2013 Women's EHF Cup: Winner: 2016 Semifinalist: 2009
Individual awards Carpathian Trophy Most Valuable Player: 2013 French Championship Best Left Back: 2015, 2016 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Top Scorer: 2015 All-Star Team Best Left back of the World Championship: 2019
See also List of women's handballers with 1000 or more international goals
References
External links
Alexandrina Cabral at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)