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Emiliya Turey

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Emiliya Turey
Turey in 2009 during a match against FC Midtjylland
Personal information
Full name Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey
Born (1984-10-06) 6 October 1984 (age 40)
Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left Wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2005
Astrakhanochka
2005–2008
Slagelse DT
2008–2010
FCK Håndbold
2010–2011
SD Itxako
2011–2012
Rostov-Don
2012–2013
Astrakhanochka
2013–2014
CSM Bucharest
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Russia 180[1] (613)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Russia Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 France Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 China Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Sweden Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Macedonia Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 4 December 2012

Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey (Russian: Эмилия Халсбериевна Турей; born 6 October 1984 in Astrakhan)[2] is a Russian former handballer who played as a left wing. She is a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 & 2009), silver medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2006 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship, all with the National Team of Russia. She also won the EHF Champions League in 2007 and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2009 as a club player. Turey is of Sierra Leonean descent through her father.

She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[3] where the Russian team placed 6th.

Career

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Turei started her career at her hometown club HC Astrakhanochka. In 2005 she joined Danish side Slagelse DT, where she won the 2007 EHF Champions League.

In 2008 she joined FCK Håndbold together with coach Anja Andersen and a handful of other players.[4] Here she won the 2009 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the 2010 Danish Cup.

In 2010 she left FCK, because she wanted more security regarding playing time.[4] She then joined Spanish side SD Itxako, where she played for a single season, winning the Spanish championship. She then joined Russian Rostov-Don. A year later she returned to HC Astrakhanochka. After the 2012-13 she retired from handball.[5] In December the same year she returned to the court and joined CSM Bucharest for the rest of the season.[6]

From 2020 to 2022 she was the sporting director at HC Astrakhanochka.[7]

International honours

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Individual awards

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  • All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2011[8]

References

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  1. ^ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Emiliya Turey Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roster Russia" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Josephine Touray stopper i FCK" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Эмилия ТУРЕЙ в публикациях stadium.ru" (in Russian). infosport.ru. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Emilia Turey va juca la CSM București" (in Romanian). activenews.ro. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Emilia Turey nicht mehr Sportdirektorin bei Astrachan" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". International Handball Federation. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
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