Maria Palama

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Maria Palama
Personal information
Full name Maria Palama
Date of birth (2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Korinos, Greece[2]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 MTK Hungária FC
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Pierides Mouses
2015 Sepoliakos
2015–2016 Odysseas Glyfadas
2016–2017 Elpides Karditsas
2017–2018 PAOK 22 (4)
2018–2020 Empoli 6 (0)
2020–2022 Diósgyőr 42 (6)
2022– MTK 25 (4)
International career‡
2016–2017 Greece U17 6 (1)
2017–2018 Greece U19 9 (0)
2021– Greece 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023[5][6][2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023[3][4]

Maria Palama (born 14 June 2000) is a Greek footballer currently playing as a defender for MTK Hungária in the Női NB I and the Greek national team.

Club career[edit]

Pierides Mouses

Maria Palama started her career at second division club Pierides Mouses. In 2013, the club was relegated to the third division,[7] where it remained for the next two seasons. She left in the summer of 2015 after 2.5 years.[2]

Sepoliakos

At the age of 15, she moved to Athens to play for newly-promoted A Division side Sepoliakos. After losing the first 7 games of the 2015/16 season, the club withdrew from the league.[8] Palama decided to leave in December, only 6 months after she joined the team.[2]

Odysseas Glyfadas

In the second half of the 2015/16 season, she joined fellow A Division side Glyfada. They finished 9th in the league, but due to a last-minute point deduction from Chania, they moved up to 7th place, thereby avoiding relegation.

Elpides Karditsas

In the summer of 2016, she signed for A Division runners-up Elpides Karditsas. After a season-long battle for top spot, Elpides finished second behind PAOK.[9]

PAOK

In 2017, she joined 12-time league champions PAOK. In her first and only season, she made 22 appearances and scored 4 goals, helping the team win their 4th consecutive championship.[10] In August 2017, she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut in a qualifying round match against Sarajevo, when she came on as a substitute in the 81st minute for Elena Dimitrijević.[11] PAOK qualified for the knockout phase, where Palama started both games as they lost 8–0 on aggregate to Sparta Praha.[12][13]

Empoli

In the summer of 2018, she made her first move abroad, joining Italian club Empoli, who competed in Serie B.[14] In her first season she only made 6 appearances as her team finished second in the league and won promotion for the 2019–20 Serie A. She picked up an ACL injury during international duty.[6] She also made 15 appearances for the U19 team, including 3 in the 2019 Viareggio Cup, and scored 2 goals.[15]

Diósgyőr

In 2020, she moved to Hungary and Női NB I side Diósgyőri VTK. During her 2 seasons at the club, she played 42 times and scored 6 goals.[5] In the 2020/21 season, they finished 4th after losing to Astra Hungary in a match for 3rd place.[16] In the 2021/22 season, they finished 5th and failed to qualify for the playoffs round.[17] In the 2021 Hungarian Cup, they reached the semifinals where they lost to Astra Hungary.[18]

MTK

In 2022, she joined Női NB I club MTK Hungária. In the 2022/23 season, she made 25 appearances and scored 4 goals. MTK finished 3rd in the league after beating Puskás Akadémia in the third-place match.[19]

International career[edit]

Maria Palama made her debut for the Greek U17 team on 6 October 2016 against Montenegro in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. She scored her first international goal in a 2–0 win over Malta.[20] In total, she made 6 appearances and scored 1 goal for Greece U17.[4]

She made her debut for the Greek U19 team on 12 September 2017 against Poland in the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification. She also played in the qualifying round of the 2019 edition. In total, she made 9 appearances for Greece U19.[4]

She made her senior debut for Greece on 17 September 2021 against France in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification. In total, she has represented Greece 14 times.

Honours[edit]

Elpides Karditsas
PAOK
Empoli
MTK

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Maria Palama". uefa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Μαρία Παλαμά το δεξί μπακ του ΠΑΟΚ που από την νέα χρονιά θα αγωνίζεται στην Ιταλική Εμπολι". korinosnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Maria Palama". flashscore.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "M. PALAMA". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Ποδόσφαιρο Γυναικών: Στη ΜΤΚ Βουδαπέστης η Μαρία Παλαμά". kingsport.gr. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Μαρία Παλαμά: "Ελπίζω κάποτε, να φτάσουμε το γυναικείο ποδόσφαιρο σε ευρωπαϊκά επίπεδα"". athlitikoskosmos.gr. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Β ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ". epo.gr. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Πέφτουν τρεις από την Α' Εθνική Γυναικών". neakriti.gr. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας Γυναικών". epo.gr. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας Γυναικών". epo.gr. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. ^ "PAOK (GRE) 3 - 0 Sarajevo (BIH)". uefa.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  12. ^ "PAOK 0 - 5 Sparta Praha". uefa.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Sparta Praha 3 - 0 PAOK". uefa.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Otto nuovi arrivi per l´Empoli Ladies". empoliladies.it. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Οι επιδόσεις των αθλητών μας (Μαρία Παλαμά)". korinosnews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Simple Női Liga NB I. 3. helyért 1. forduló". ada1bank.mlsz.hu. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  17. ^ "TABELLA". adatbank.mlsz.hu. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Országos Női Magyar Kupa 5. forduló". adatbank.mlsz.hu. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Simple Női Liga NB I. 3. helyért 1. forduló". adatbank.mlsz.hu. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Greece 2 - 0 Malta". uefa.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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