Helen Stoumbos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Helen Stoumbos | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Guelph, Ontario | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Center Midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1993 | Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Buffalo FFillies | |||
| Toronto Inferno | |||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–2000 | Canada | 35 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:45, 1 September 2013 (UTC) |
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Helen Stoumbos (born October 18, 1970) is a retired Canadian soccer player and television broadcaster. A Center Midfield, she represented Canada at the 1995 edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup and scored the team's first ever goal at World Cup level. Stoumbos was a member of the winning Canadian squad at the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship and was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008.
After injury curtailed Stoumbos' playing career, she moved into television broadcasting, working on football coverage from Sportsnet, CBC Sports and GolTV.
Helen went onto to host and produce a number of sports related TV Series: Direct Kicks, Direct Kicks for Chicks, Slapstick TV: The Hockey Show, SportsTrek and most recently We Live Soccer. These series aired on various networks in Canada, the USA and Malaysia.
Currently Helen is a partner in Gleam Media Inc.
In 2016, together with 3 former teammates, Helen launched the Canadian Women's Soccer Alumni Association.
Stoumbos played local soccer in Guelph from the age of 10, encouraged and supported by her Greek father John. From 1989 to 1993 Stoumbos played college soccer for Wilfrid Laurier University. Helen was an All Canadian All Star 4 times and received the Presidents Award for Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year a record 3 times. She returned to coach the team in 1996 and was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
During the late 1990s Stoumbos played professionally in the North American W-League for Buffalo FFillies and Toronto Inferno.
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