Eduarda Amorim facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eduarda Amorim
Personal information
Full name	Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska
Born	(1986-09-23) 23 September 1986 (age 38) Blumenau, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian Hungarian
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 World Championship Gold 2013 Serbia Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Gold 2011 Guadalajara Team Gold 2019 Lima Team Pan American Championship Gold 2007 Dominican Republic Gold 2011 Brazil Gold 2017 Argentina Silver 2009 Chile South and Central American Championship Gold 2018 Brazil

Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born on September 23, 1986) is a famous former handball player from Brazil and Hungary. She is known as one of the best handball players ever!

Duda played most of her career for Győri ETO KC in Hungary. With this team, she won the top European club competition, the EHF Women's Champions League, five times! She also played for the Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years. With her national team, she won the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.

In 2014, Duda was named the IHF World Player of the Year. This is a huge honor for any handball player! She was also chosen as the best player of the 2010s by Handball Planet website. People especially admired her skills as a defender.

Eduarda Amorim's Handball Journey

Starting Young

Eduarda Amorim didn't start with handball. She was first a rhythmic gymnastics athlete. Her older sister, Ana Amorim, was already a handball player for Brazil. She encouraged Duda to try handball. Duda started playing handball at age 11 at Colégio Barão do Rio Branco.

In 2002, she joined Metodista/São Bernardo. A coach named Silvio Rodriguez saw her talent and invited her to play. In her first season, her new team finished second in the championship. Two years later, playing for USCS/São Caetano, Duda won the São Paulo state junior championship. She played many games, sometimes for three different teams (youth, junior, and adult) at once!

European Adventures

In February 2006, Duda moved to Europe. She joined her sister at Kometal Skopje in North Macedonia. She played there for three and a half seasons.

Amorim playing for Győri ETO KC in 2011.

On February 23, 2009, Duda found her new home in Hungary. She signed with Győri ETO KC. This club became a very important part of her career.

Champions League Success

Duda Amorim became a legend with Győri ETO KC. She won the EHF Women's Champions League five times! These wins happened in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The EHF Champions League is the biggest club competition in Europe. Fans even voted her as the best left back in the competition in 2014.

Duda played her last professional season with Rostov-Don in Russia. She left the team in March 2022. This was because Russian teams were no longer allowed to play in the EHF Champions League. After that, she joined CSM București in Romania. She played a few games there before announcing her retirement in May 2022.

Playing for Brazil

Amorim playing for Brazil at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Duda was a key player for the Brazilian national team. She won gold medals at the Pan American Games three times. These wins were in Rio 2007, Guadalajara 2011, and Lima 2019.

She also played in four Olympic handball tournaments. Her team reached the quarterfinals in London 2012 and Rio 2016. In 2013, Duda helped Brazil win the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship. She was even named the Most Valuable Player of that tournament!

Major Wins and Awards

Top Achievements

• World Championship:
  • Winner: 2013
• EHF Champions League:
  • Winner: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalist: 2012, 2016
• Romanian Cup:
  • Winner: 2022
• Hungarian Championship:
  • Winner (10): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Hungarian Cup:
  • 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
• Pan American Games:
  • Winner: 2007, 2011, 2019

Special Awards

Amorim holding her 2013 World Women's Handball Championship gold medal.

• IHF World Player of the Year: 2014
• EHF Player of the Year: 2019
• 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
• Handball-Planet.com Player of the Decade: 2020

Life Outside Handball

In 2013, Eduarda Amorim married Dean Taleski from North Macedonia. They had a daughter named Idalina in May 2023. Duda also earned a master's degree in sports management from the Johan Cruyff Institute.

See also

In Spanish: Eduarda Amorim para niños