Eduarda Amorim
| Eduarda Amorim | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Amorim in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska | ||
| Born |
23 September 1986 Blumenau, Brazil | ||
| Nationality |
Brazilian Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–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) | ||
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; the first ever for both Brazil and South America.
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation.
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. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time.
She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.