Brazilian handball player

Ana Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian handball player for CSM București.

She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation.

In an election made by the website Handball Planet, one of the most important in the Duda modality was elected as the best player in the world of the decade (2011/2020). In this same vote, through the popular vote, Duda was considered the best defender of the last ten years. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Club
  • 1.2 International
• 2 Achievements
• 3 Awards and recognition
• 4 Personal life
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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.

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.

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.

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

A five times EHF Champions League winner with Győr, Amorim obtained the premier continental club compe*ion *le in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Additionally, in an online fans' poll launched by the European Handball Federation she was chosen the best left back of the compe*ion in 2014.

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. In 2013, she won the World Championship and was elected the Most Valuable Player of the compe*ion.

Achievements

• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2013
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalist: 2012, 2016
  • Semifinalist: 2010, 2011, 2021
• Romanian Cup:
  • Winner: 2022
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner (10): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner (11): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
• Brazilian Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2002
• Macedonian Championship
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Macedonian Cup
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Pan American Championship:
  • Winner: 2007, 2011, 2017
  • Runners-up: 2009
• Pan American Games:
  • Winner: 2007, 2011, 2019

Awards and recognition

• IHF World Player of the Year: 2014
• EHF Player of the Year: 2019
• All-Star Left Back of the Junior World Championship: 2005
• MVP of the World Championship: 2013
• All-Star Left Back of the EHF Champions League: 2014
• Best Defender of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2014
• All-Star Left Back of the Pan American Championship: 2017
• Handball-Planet.com All-Star Defender of the Year: 2019
• Handball-Planet.com Player of the Decade: 2020

Personal life

Eduarda is the younger sister of Brazilian international handballer Ana Amorim. She got married in 2013.

References

External links

• Eduarda Amorim player profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official Website
• Eduarda Amorim at European Handball Federation
• Eduarda Amorim at Olympedia
• Eduarda Amorim at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)