Eduarda Amorim

Eduarda Amorim Taleska
Personal information
Full name Eduarda Idalina Amorim
Born (1986-09-23) September 23, 1986
Blumenau, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back
Nickname Duda
Club information
Current club Győri Audi ETO KC
Number 18
Youth clubs
0000–2002 Colégio Barão do Rio Branco
Senior clubs
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2009
2009–		 Metodista/São Bernardo
USCS/São Caetano
Kometal Skopje
Győri Audi ETO KC
National team
  Brazil 133 (440)
Medal record
World Championship
2013 Serbia
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan American Championship
2007 Dominican Republic
2011 Brazil

Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986)[1] is a Brazilian handball player who plays as a left back for the Hungarian club Győri Audi ETO KC and the Brazilian national team. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014[2] by the International Handball Federation.[3]

Career

Club

Encouraged by her older sister, Amorim started to play handball at age 11 in the Colégio Barão do Rio Branco. She moved to Metodista/São Bernardo in 2002, after an invitation of Silvio Rodriguez, who spotted her during the youth games in Recife. She finished runner-up with her new team in that season.[4]

Two years later, by then as a USCS/São Caetano player, Amorim won the São Paulo state junior championship and faced a marathon of matches, as she played parallel for the youth, junior and adult team.[4]

She moved to Europe in February 2006, joining her sister in the Macedonian capital team Kometal Skopje. Eduarda spent three-and-a-half seasons with Kometal, when the club faced heavy financial troubles and let some of their key players go to cut their expenses.[5]

Amorim found her new home in Hungary, signing with Győri Audi ETO KC on 23 February 2009.[6]

In 2013 and 2014 she won the EHF Champions League with Győr. Additionally, in an online fans' poll launched by the European Handball Federation she was chosen the best left back of the competition in 2014.[7]

International

The Brazilian left back has won the gold medal on the 2007 Pan American Games, that was played on home soil. She also participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Brazilian team placed ninth, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Brazil finished sixth.[1] In 2013 she won the World Championship and was elected the Most Valuable Player of the competition.[8]

Achievements

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Eduarda is the younger sister of Brazilian international handballer Ana Amorim.

References

  1. 1 2 "Duda Amorim Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2402 Karabatic and Amorim – Grundfos World Handball Players of the Year
  3. ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Duda Amorim: Handebol" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Újabb élcsapat hullik szét" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Amorim az ETO-é" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Női kézi BL: három győri, öt montenegrói az álomcsapatban" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Női kézi-vb: Görbicz az All Star-csapatban, Amorim az MVP" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

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