José Guilherme de Toledo (born 11 January 1994) is a Brazilian

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player who plays for Recoletas Atlético Valladolid and the Brazilian national team.

Career

José Toledo was born in

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and started to play handball in the local club Handebol Itapema. In August 2013, Toledo was called-up to the national youth team of Brazil for the

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campaign. Toledo led his national team to the 9th place after beating

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in the group stage and

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in the 9th place game. He finished the tournament as the top goalscorer, with 64 goals. One year later, in the summer of 2014, Toledo signed a three-year contract with Spanish team

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. In his first season in European handball, Toledo scored 107 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions, which made him a key player in the rotation of

, one of the most successful clubs in Spain. Toledo started the following season with 47 goals in nine games in Liga ASOBAL. In November 2015, he joined Polish powerhouse

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on a two-year contract. He made his debut in EHF Champions League against

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, scoring four goals. He finished his first season with 82 goals, 30 of which were scored in the Champions League. Toledo was part of the squad of Brazil senior team to the 2015 World Championship in

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. He also won the 2016 Pan-American Championship with Brazil and was part of the squad in the

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Achievements

2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship The 2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the 18th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It was held from 16 to 24 June 2018 in Nuuk, Greenland. It also acte ...

: Best right back

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toledo, Jose 1994 births Living people Brazilian male handball players Olympic handball players for Brazil Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Expatriate handball players in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Wisła Płock (handball) players Liga ASOBAL players BM Granollers players Handball players from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian people