Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian

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player for CSM București. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the

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. 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.

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 The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

winner with Győr, Amorim obtained the premier continental club competition title in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Additionally, in an online fans' poll launched by the

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she was chosen the best left back of the competition in 2014.

International

The Brazilian left back has won the gold medal on the

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, that was played on home soil. She also participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in China, where the Brazilian team placed ninth, and the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, where Brazil finished sixth. In 2013, she won the

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and was elected the

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of the competition.

Achievements

: **''Winner'': 2013 *

: **''Winner'': 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 **''Finalist'': 2012, 2016 **''Semifinalist'': 2010, 2011, 2021 *Romanian Cup: **''Winner'': 2022 *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: **''Winner (10)'': 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: **''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 The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was estab ...

**''Winner'': 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 *

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: **''Winner'': 2007, 2011, 2017 **''Runners-up'': 2009 *

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: **''Winner'': 2007, 2011, 2019

Awards and recognition

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: 2014 *

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: 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:

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* Best Defender of the EHF Champions League:

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* Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2014 * All-Star Left Back of the

* 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

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