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Siraba Dembélé Pavlović

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Siraba Dembélé Pavlović
Personal information
Born (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 (age 38)
Dreux, France
Nationality French
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club CSM București
Number 28
Youth career
Years Team
1996-2003
 HBC Vallée d'Avre
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2004
 Dreux AC
2004–2008
 Mérignac Handball
2008–2009
 Issy-les-Moulineaux
2009–2012
 Toulon Saint-Cyr
2012–2013
 Randers HK
2013–2016
 HC Vardar
2016–2018
 Rostov-Don
2018–2020
 Toulon Saint-Cyr
2020–2023
 CSM București
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2021
 France 291 (848)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2009 China
Silver medal – second place 2011 Brazil
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 France
Silver medal – second place 2020 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sweden
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 June 2023

Siraba Dembélé Pavlović (née Siraba Dembélé 28 June 1986) is a French retired professional handballer who most recently played as a left wing for CSM București[1] and is a retired captain for the French national team,[2] where she has won both the World Championship and European Championship.

She has played the 2nd most matches for the French national team ever, behind Isabelle Wendling and scored the 2nd most goals for the French national team behind Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland.

Career

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Dembélé started playing handball in 1996 at Vallée d'Avre. In 2003 she and the club was promoted to Nationale 3, the 5th tier of French handball. In 2003 she joined Dreux AC and a year later the elite club Mérignac Handball. She debuted in the French top league on September 18th 2004 against Fleury. She then played for Issy-les-Moulineaux for a year before joining Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball. Here she won the French championship in 2010 and the French cup in 2011 and 2012.

In 2012 she joined the Danish club Randers HK. In 2013 she joined Macedonian RK Vardar. Here she won the Macedonian league and cup double in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

In 2016 she joined Rostov-Don.[3] Here she won the EHF European League in 2017 and the Russian championship in 2017 and 2018.

In 2018 she returned to Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball.[4]

In 2020 she joined Romanian CSM București.[5] In April 2021 she ruptured her ACL.[6] With CSM București she won the Romanian championship in 2021 and 2023 and the Romanian cup in 2022 and 2023. After the 2022/23 season she retired.[7]

National team

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Dembélé debuted for the national team on May 26th 2006 against Turkey. She reached the final of the 2012 Olympics with the French team.

In 2017 she won the World Championship in Germany. On that occasion she was included the tournament all-star team.[8]

She won another gold medal for France at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship at home.[9] This was the first time France won the tournament.

She retired from the national team in 2021, two years before retiring from profesional handball all together.[10]

International honours

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Individual awards

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  • All-Star Left Wing of the EHF Champions League: 2015, 2018
  • All-Star Left Wing of the Championnat de France: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Championnat de France MVP: 2011

Personal life

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In November 2019, she gave birth to twins. Her husband is the Montenegrin ex football goalkeeper Igor Pavlović.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Transferts : Siraba Dembélé va signer à Bucarest" (in French). L'Équipe. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ "La Française Siraba Dembélé en Russie à la fin de la saison" [The french Siraba Dembele to Russia at the end of the season] (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Handball: Toulon/Saint-Cyr tient une recrue de choix" (in French). varmatin.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Transfer de marcă pentru CSM București!". csmbucuresti.ro (in Romanian). CSM București. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Rückschlag für französische Nationalmannschaft: Orlane Kanor fällt langfristig aus" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ "CSM Bucureşti, echipă de stele! Cum arată formaţia "tigroaicelor" în sezonul viitor cu transferurile anunţate". fanatik.ro. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Im Video: Medaillengewinner dominieren All-Star Team der WM" [Video: Medal winners dominate the World Cup all-star team] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  9. ^ "French girls take European crown for the first time!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  10. ^ "La Drouaise Siraba Dembélé met un terme à sa carrière internationale" [The Dreux born end her international career] (in French). www.lechorepublicain.fr. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. ^ "CSM Bucureşti transferă căpitanul naţionalei Franţei, care n-a mai jucat însă din aprilie 2019" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 18 February 2020.
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