Salvador Salvador

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Salvador Salvador
Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Boys Semifinal ARG-POR 022 (cropped).jpg
Salvador Salvador in 2018
Personal information
Full name Salvador Martinho Rocha Nogueira Salvador
Born (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 23)
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
YearsTeam
2010–2014
NA Samora Correia
2014–2019
Sporting CP
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2018–
Sporting CP
2019–2020
Boa-Hora FC (loan)
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Portugal 16 (28)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 11 January 2024

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. [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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Salvador Salvador" (in Portuguese). www.zerozero.pt. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark . Retrieved 2 February 2025.