14 Facts About Eduarda Amorim

Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska was born on 23 September 1986 and is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player.

Eduarda Amorim played most of her career in Gyor as a player of Gyori ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League.

Eduarda Amorim was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2014 by the International Handball Federation.

Eduarda Amorim is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time.

Eduarda Amorim was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.

Originally a rhythmic gymnastics athlete, encouraged by her older sister Ana Eduarda Amorim, who was already part of Brazil women's national handball team, Eduarda Amorim started to play handball at age 11 in the Colegio Barao do Rio Branco.

Eduarda Amorim finished runner-up with her new team in that season.

Eduarda Amorim moved to Europe in February 2006, joining her sister in the Macedonian capital team Kometal Skopje.

Eduarda Amorim 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.

Eduarda Amorim found her new home in Hungary, signing with Gyori ETO KC on 23 February 2009.

Eduarda Amorim then signed with CSM Bucuresti, playing two Champions League games and the final stretches of the Liga Nationala and the Cupa Romaniei, and upon the season's conclusion in May 2022 Amorim announced her retirement.

Eduarda Amorim participated in four Olympic handball tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals of London 2012 and Rio 2016.

Eduarda Amorim got married in 2013 to Macedonian Dean Taleski.

Eduarda Amorim got a master's degree in sports management from the Johan Cruyff Institute.