Fabiana Diniz
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Guaratinguetá, Brazil
| Fabiana Diniz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Fabiana Carvalho Carneiro Diniz | ||
| Born |
13 May 1981 Guaratinguetá, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
– | Guaratinguetá | ||
-2003 | Mauá/São Gonçalo | ||
2004-2006 | Gil Eanes | ||
2006–2008 | Club León Balonmano | ||
2008–2009 | BM Elda Prestigio | ||
2009–2010 | CB Mar Alicante | ||
2010–2012 | Bera Bera BM | ||
2012–2014 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
2014–2015 | Neptunes de Nantes | ||
2015–2016 | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Brazil | 211 | (349) |
Fabiana "Dara" Carvalho Carneiro Diniz (born 13 May 1981) is a retired Brazilian handball player. She played on the Brazilian national team that won the 2013 World Championship, the first time ever Brazil won that title.[1] She also participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]
National team
Diniz started playing handball at her hometown club. In 2003 she joined Mauá/São Gonçalo. In 2004 she joined Porguguese team Gil Eanes.[5][6]
In 2006 she joined Spanish side Club León Balonmano. Here she won the 2006 Copa ABF.[7] In 2008 she joined BM Elda Prestigio to replace Begoña Fernández, who had left the club.[8]
In 2009 she joined CB Mar Alicante.[9]
In 2012 she joined Austrian side Hypo NÖ, who had a history of having many brazilian national team players. She joined the team together view national team collegues Mayara Fier de Moura and Karoline de Souza[10] Here she won the 2013 and 2014 Austrian League and cup.
In 2014 she joined French side Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball.[11] Here she played until 2015, where she joined German side SG BBM Bietigheim.[12] She retired after a single season at the club.[13]
With the Brazilian National Team she won the 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2013 Pan American Handball Championships, as well as the 2003, 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games.[14][15]
She also represented Brazil at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Her biggest triumph was in 2013, when Brazil won the World Women's Handball Championship for the first time for both Brazil and South America as a whole.[1]
