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José Guilherme de Toledo (born 11 January 1994) is a Brazilian
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
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
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team
BM Granollers Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a professional handball club based in Granollers, Spain. History The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of t ...
. 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
BM Granollers Club Balonmano Granollers, commonly known as BM Granollers, is a professional handball club based in Granollers, Spain. History The club was founded in 1944 and it is one of the oldest and most successful Spanish handball clubs in terms of t ...
, 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
Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...
on a two-year contract. He made his debut in
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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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in
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.


Achievements

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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, José 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 Handball players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 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 Wisła Płock (handball) players Liga ASOBAL players BM Granollers players Handball players from São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in handball Pan American Games handball players for Brazil Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia Brazilian expatriate handball players in Spain Brazilian expatriate handball players in Romania RK Vardar players