Foteini Tricha
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| Native name | Φωτεινή Τριχά | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Greece[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 2005 Athens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Olympiacos SFP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Foteini Tricha (Greek: Φωτεινή Τριχά; born 26 April 2005 in Athens) is a Greek water polo player[2] who plays as a wing for Olympiacos SFP and the Greece women's national team.[3][4][5][6][7].
In December 2025, she was named the world's top female water polo player for year 2025 winnning the Total Player Award by World Aquatics,[8] thus becoming the youngest ever recipient of this honour.[9]
Career
Tricha started playing water polo at age six in Marousi and later joined Nireas Chalandriou, where she won multiple youth championships.[10] In 2020, she signed with Olympiacos and became part of their senior team in the Greek A1 Women's League.[11] In 2023, she renewed her contract for four more years.[12]
Internationally, Tricha was part of the Greece U17 team that won bronze at the 2019 European Championships and silver at the 2022 FINA Junior World Championships, where she was named MVP.[13]
She made her senior debut in 2023 with the Greek national team, and played well at the 2025 World Aquatic Championships in Singapore, being the first scorer of the whole tournament with 25 goals scored, and led the Greek national team to the gold medal.
References
- ^ "Foteini TRICHA". World Aquatics. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ Press, TW (2 January 2023). "23 for 2023: Top female youngsters to look out for this year". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "Water Polo player profile & career statistics". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ^ "World Aquatics: Η Φωτεινή Τριχά κορυφαία πολίστρια του κόσμου για το 2025". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). 29 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "Φωτεινή Τριχά: Η καλύτερη πολίστρια κάτω των 18 ετών στον κόσμο είναι Ελληνίδα!". BN Sports (in Greek). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "Πόλο: Η Φωτεινή Τριχά αναδείχθηκε καλύτερη παίκτρια για το 2025". MEGA TV (in Greek). 29 December 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "Φωτεινή Τριχά: Το κορίτσι θαύμα του ελληνικού πόλο, πολυτιμότερη παίκτρια του Παγκοσμίου Πρωταθλήματος". Gazzetta (in Greek). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ C., Aris (29 December 2025). "Fotini Tricha – World's Best Female Water Polo Player for 2025". ellines.com. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ Press, TW (29 December 2025). "Foteini Tricha First Greek and Youngest Ever Total Player!". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ https://www.sport24.gr/polo/
- ^ https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/
- ^ https://www.fina.org/
- ^ https://www.swimswam.com/
External links
- Foteini Tricha at World Aquatics
- Foteini Tricha at InterSportStats