Luisa Kiala

Luisa Kiala

Player information
birthday	January 25, 1982
place of birth	Luanda , Angola
citizenship	Angolan
height	1.74 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	1º de Agosto
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000–2016	Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
2016–	1º de Agosto
National team
	Games (goals)
Angola	110 (198)
As of August 17, 2016

Luisa Kiala (born January 25, 1982 in Luanda ) is an Angolan handball player .

Career

Luisa Kiala initially played for the Angolan club Atlético Petróleos de Luanda . In January 2016 she signed a contract with city rivals 1º de Agosto .

Kiala is a member of the Angolan national team , with which she participated in the 2004 , 2008 , 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games . She was the flag bearer of the Angolan Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The backcourt player was also a member of the Angolan World Cup squad five times. At the 2011 World Cup in Brazil, she finished sixth in the scorers list with 44 goals.

Her siblings Marcelina and Natália Bernardo also play handball.

Web links

• Luisa Kiala in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ihf.info: Team Roster , accessed on August 17, 2016
2. ↑ ihf.info: Cumulative Statistics , accessed on August 17, 2016
3. ↑ ^{a b} angop.ao: Handball: Luisa Kiala signs for 1º de Agosto , accessed on August 5, 2016
4. ↑ handball-world.com: Flag bearer: Three handball players are leading their nations to the start of the Olympic Games today , accessed on August 5, 2016
5. ↑ www.ihf.info: World Cup 2007 squad , accessed on August 5, 2016
6. ↑ www.ihf.info: WM-Kader 2009 , accessed on August 5, 2016
7. ↑ www.ihf.info: World Cup 2011 squad , accessed on August 5, 2016
8. ↑ www.ihf.info: World Cup 2013 squad , accessed on August 5, 2016
9. ↑ www.ihf.info: WM-Kader 2015 , accessed on August 5, 2016
10. ↑ www.ihf.info: List of goalscorers World Cup 2011 , accessed on August 5, 2016