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Agni Zygoura
Personal information
Born (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 29)
Kastoria, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Center back
Club information
Current club Bursa BB SK
Number 81
Youth career
Years Team
–2014
 Kastoria
Senior clubs
Years Team
2014–2018
 OF Nea Ionia
2018–2020
 PAOK
2020–2022
 BM Remudas
2022
 SSV Dornbirn Schoren
2023
 PAOK
2023–2024
 Neckarsulmer SU
2025–
 Bursa BB SK
National team
Years Team
2018–2024
 Greece

Agni Zygoura (Greek: Αγνή Ζυγούρα; born 4 February 1996) is a Greek handballer, who plays for Bursa BB SK in the Turkish Women's Super League and the Greece women's national team.

She played in two clubs in her country, winning many championships and cups. She was with Spanish, Austrian and German clubs before she moved to Turkey.

Early life

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Agni Zygoura was born in Kastoria, Western Macedonia, Greece on 4 February 1996.

Club career

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Zygoura is 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall,[1] and plays in the center back position.[2]

Greece

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She started her handball career in her hometown in Kastoria,[2] where she played until her age of 18.[2]

In 2014, she moved to Athens, and signed with OF Nea Ionia. She won four championships and three cups during her time until 2018.[2] With OF Nea Ionia, she took part at the Women's IHF Cup in 2014–15,[3] 2015–16,[4] 2016–17,[5] and 2017–18.[6]

For the 2018–19 season, she transferred to the Thessaloniki-based club PAOK.[1] She won the A1 Thniki and the Greek Cup. She was also named the MVP of the championship.[2] In 2020, she extended her contract with PAOK.[7] She competed for PAOK at the Women's EHF Cup in 2019–20,[8] and 2020–21.[9]

Spain

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In December 2020, the Gran Canaria-based Spanish club BM Remudas announced that Zygoura signed a deal for the second half of the 2020–21 season, with an optional one-year extension. With her transfer, the club intended to replace their injured player, and strengthen the team in the upcoming final-16 matches of the EHF Women's European Cup.[2] She played her first match on 20 December.[10] In 2021, she played at the 2020–21 EHF Women's Champions Trophy,[11] and 2021–22 Women's EHF European League.[12]

Austria

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In the 2022–23 season, she played for SSV Dornbirn Schoren in the Women Handball Liga Austria.[13][14][15] Despite her multiple injuries and her team's five lost matches, she was named three times MVP. In a league match, she set a personal record in her career abroad with 13 goals.[16]

Greece again and Germany

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In the second half of the 2022–23 season, she returned to her former club PAOK.[1] Mid June 2023, she transferred to Neckarsulmer SU in Germany on a two-years contract in 2023.[13][17] She is to strengthen the team as the newly transferred Czech player was injured.[17] She left the club after the season end.[18]

Turkey

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In the beginning of January 2025, she moved to Turkey, and joined Bursa Büyükşehir Bld. SK to play in the second half of the 2024-25 Turkish Super League season.[19][20]

International career

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Zygoura is a member of Greece national team.[13]

She took part at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Group A, IHF World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification in 2021,[21] and 2023 as well as 2024 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches.[22]

Honours

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Turkish Women's Handball Cup
Bursa BBSK
Winners (1): 2025

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Η Αγνή Ζυγούρα επέστρεψε στον ΠΑΟΚ". Handball (in Greek). Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Η Καστοριάνη αθλήτρια Αγνή Ζυγούρα πήρε μεταγραφή για τα Κανάρια Νησιά!". Mpetskas (in Greek). 6 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  3. ^ "O.F.N. Ionias EHF Cup 2014/15 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  4. ^ "O.F.N. Ionias EHF Cup 2015/16 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ^ "O.F.N. Ionias EHF Cup 2016/17 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  6. ^ "O.F.N. Ionias EHF Cup 2017/18 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Η Αγνή Ζυγούρα μιλά στο greekhandball.com για τα όνειρα ..." (in Greek). Greek Handball. 21 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  8. ^ "A.C. PAOK EHF Cup 2019/20 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  9. ^ "A.C. PAOK EHF Cup 2020/21 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  10. ^ "El Rocasa Gran Canaria cierra el 2020 con victoria ante el San José Obrero en Lanzarote" (in Spanish). Federación Canaria de Balonmano. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Rocasa Gran Canaria Chanpions Trophy 2020/21 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Rocasa Gran Canaria EHF European Cup Women 2021/22 Participation". EHF Competition Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "Αγνή και Βάσια στη Γερμανία" (in Greek). Greek Handball. 17 June 2023. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Ντεμπούτο για την Αγνή Ζυγούρα". Svoura News (in Greek). 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Ferduell Um Den Klassenerhalt" (in German). SSV DornBirn Schore. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Ρεκόρ για την Καστοριανή αθλήτρια Αγνή Ζυγούρα στην Αυστρία". Ditikostipos (in Greek). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Griechisches Duo für die Sport-Union: Agni Zygoura und Vasiliki Gkatziou verstärken den Kader zur Saison 2023/24" (in German). Handball Bundesliga Frauen. 16 June 2023. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  18. ^ "Weitere Personalentscheidungen: Zwei Abgänge und ein ligaunabhängiger Verbleib von Vasiliki Gkatziou" (in German). Handball Bundesliga Frauen. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Agni Zygoura" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Agni Zygoura Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor'da" (in Turkish). Bursasporx. 3 January 2025. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  21. ^ "Tólf marka sigur á Grikkjum - Úrslitaleikur framundan" (in Icelandic). mbl. 20 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  22. ^ "Greece 27 : 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina". Globak Sport Archive. 3 March 2024. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
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