Deborah Nunes

Deborah Nunes
Personal information
Full name	Deborah Hannah Pontes Nunes
Born	(1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 32) Recife, Brazil
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Central back
Number	9
Youth career
Years	Team
0000-2012	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)
Medal record World Championship 2013 Serbia Team Pan American Championship 2013 Dominican Republic Team Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Team Pan American Youth 2010 Brazil Team Pan American Junior 2012 Dominican Republic Team
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2023

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]

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 :
  • 2016

• Liga Handebol Brasil
  • 2012

References

1. "Fphand".
2. "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
3. "Brazil World Champions for the first time". ihf.info. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
4. "Metodista/São Bernardo é campeã da Liga Nacional Feminina 2012" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 January 2014.
5. "Metodista/São Bernardo é vice-campeã da Liga Nacional feminina de handebol" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
6. "Кубок губернатора покидает Астрахань. Трефилов побеждает и судит свысока" (in Russian). handballfast.com. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
7. "С гандболисткой «Астраханочки» расторгли контракт из-за коронавируса" (in Russian). astravolga.ru. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
8. "La brasileña Deborah Nunes, primer fichaje del Guardés 2021/2022" (in Spanish). lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
9. "El Motive.co se pone a prueba ante el Atlético Guardés" (in Spanish). lne.es. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
11. "Pela oitava vez, Brasil levanta a taça do Campeonato Pan-Americano Feminino". brasilhandebol.com.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Handball Confederation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
12. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 2 January 2014.