Deborah Nunes
Brazilian handball player (born 1993)
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Deborah Hannah Pontes Nunes (born 14 March 1993) is a Brazilian handball player. She plays for the Russian club HC Astrakhanochka and is also member of the Brazil women's national handball team. In 2013 she won the World Championship; the first time ever for Brazil and South America.[3]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Deborah Hannah Pontes Nunes | ||
| Born |
14 March 1993 Recife, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central back | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
-2012 | Metodista/São Bernardo | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2012-2019 | Metodista/São Bernardo | ||
2019-2020 | HC Astrakhanochka[1] | ||
2021-2022 | CB Atlético Guardés | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013- | Brazil | 35[2] | (55) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2023 | |||
Career
Nunes played in Brazil for Metodista/São Bernardo, where she won the 2012 Brazilian championship.[4] A year later she finished second with the club.[5]
In 2019 she signed for Russian club HC Astrakhanochka.[6] After she had broken the quarantine rules during the COVID-19 pandemic during a stay abroad in March 2020, her contract was cancelled.[7]
For the 2021-22 season she joined Spanish side CB Atlético Guardés.[8][9]
National team
She has played in the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.[10]
In the summer of 2013 she won the 2013 Pan American Championship with Brazil.[11] In December the same year, she won the World Championship.[3] She scored 11 goals during the tournament.[12]
Titles
- Pan American Women's Club Handball Championship:
- Liga Handebol Brasil
- 2012