José Guilherme de Toledo (born 11 January 1994) is a Brazilian
handball
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player who plays for
Recoletas Atlético Valladolid and the
Brazilian national team.
Career
José Toledo was born in
São Paulo
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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
World Championship
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campaign. Toledo led his national team to the 9th place after beating
Spain
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in the group stage and
Hungary
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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
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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
EHF Champions League
The 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 men's com ...
against
Beşiktaş
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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
Qatar
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. He also won the
2016 Pan-American Championship with Brazil and was part of the squad in the
2016 Olympic Games
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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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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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