Salvador Salvador
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Samora Correia, Portugal
| Salvador Salvador | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Salvador Salvador in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Salvador Martinho Rocha Nogueira Salvador | ||
| Born |
29 July 2001 Samora Correia, Portugal | ||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2010–2014 | NA Samora Correia | ||
2014–2019 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018– | Sporting CP | ||
2019–2020 | → Boa-Hora FC (loan) | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Portugal | 42 | (89) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2026 | |||
Salvador Martinho Rocha Nogueira Salvador better known as Salvador Salvador (born 29 July 2001) is a Portuguese handball player for Sporting CP and the Portuguese national team.
He started playing team handball in his hometown at NA Samora Correia at the age of 8.[citation needed] Prior to that he had played soccer.[1]
In the 2019–20 season he was loaned out to league rivals Boa-Hora FC, where he scored 150 goals in 27 matches.[1]
In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.[2] At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he was part of the Portugal team that got 5th place, their best ever finish at a European Championship.[3]
