Paola Egonu

Paola Egonu
Paola Egonu
Personal information
Full name	Paola Ogechi Egonu
Nationality	Italian
Born	18 December 1998; Cittadella, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Spike	3.44 m (135 in)
Block	3.21 m (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Imoco Volley Conegliano
Number	18
Career
2013–2017	Club Italia
2017–2019	AGIL Novara
2019–	Imoco Volley
National team
2015–	Italy
Women’s volleyball
Representing Italy
World Championship
European Championship
FIVB World Grand Prix

Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian female volleyball player of Nigerian heritage.[1] She plays for Imoco Volley and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters,[2] 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship,[3] and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]

On club level she played for Club Italia in 2015.[5] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[6]. In 2017 she moved to AGIL Novara.

Personal life

She was born at Cittadella, in Veneto, to Nigerian parents, Her father, Ambrose is from Lagos and her mother Eunice from Benin City [7] [8] and she has two siblings. Openly lesbian, she was in relationship with AGIL teammate Katarzyna Skorupa from 2017 to 2019.

Awards

Clubs

2017 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2017-18 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2018-19 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2018–19 CEV Women's Champions League - Champion, with AGIL Novara
2019 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
2019-20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano

Individuals

2016 Europe Olympic Qualification Tournament "Best Outside Spiker"
2018 Montreux Volley Masters "Most Valuable Player"
2018 FIVB World Championship "Best Opposite Hitters"
CEV Champions League 2018–19 "Most Valuable Player"
2019 Italian Supercup "Most Valuable Player"
2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player"

References

"Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
"Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018". www.volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
"Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
"Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
"Team Roster – Italy". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
"All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
Cozzari, Eleonora (7 January 2016). "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" (in Italian). Bergamo: Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
Candida Morvillo (3 November 2018). "Paola Egonu: «Le mie lacrime in Giappone e la lezione della mia fidanzata»" [Paola Egonu:]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2018.

Awards
Preceded by Sheilla Castro	Best Opposite Spiker of World Championship 2018	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile". Corriere.it. Eleonora Cozzari. 2016-01-07. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[2] "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - Montreux Volley Masters 2018". www.volleymasters.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-11.

[3] "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018". japan2018.fivb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.

[4] "Player - Paola Ogechi Egonu - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-01-11.

[5] "Team Roster – Italy". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[6] "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[7] Cozzari, Eleonora (7 January 2016). "Paola, Sara e Valentina: è colorata la nuova Italia del volley femminile" (in Italian). Bergamo: Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[8] Candida Morvillo (3 November 2018). "Paola Egonu: «Le mie lacrime in Giappone e la lezione della mia fidanzata»" [Paola Egonu:]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 5 November 2018.