Eduarda Amorim

Eduarda Amorim
Amorim in 2016
Personal information
Full name Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska
Born (1986-09-23) 23 September 1986 (age 38)
Blumenau, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Hungarian[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left back
Number 18
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2002
Colégio Barão do Rio Branco
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2004
Metodista/São Bernardo
2004–2006
USCS/São Caetano
2006–2009
Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje
2009–2021
Győri ETO KC
2021–2022
Rostov-Don
2022
CSM București
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2021
Brazil 204 (677)
Teams managed
2023–
North Macedonia (assistant)
Medal record

Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.

She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014[2] by the International Handball Federation.[3]

In an election made by the website Handball Planet was elected as the best player in the world of the 2010s, through the popular vote, Duda was considered the best defender of the last ten years.[4] She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time.

  1. ^ "Eduarda Amorim állampolgársági esküt tett | Győri Audi ETO KC".
  2. ^ Karabatic and Amorim – Grundfos World Handball Players of the Year. ihf.info (25 February 2015)
  3. ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ^ https://www.nsctotal.com.br/noticias/duda-amorim-de-blumenau-e-eleita-a -best-handball-player-in-the-world-in-the-decade