| Samira Rocha | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Samira in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha | ||
| Born |
(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 Recife, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Kisvárdai KC | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Colégio Decisão | ||
– | Sport Recife | ||
– | Clube Portuguese do Recife | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2012 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
2012–2013 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||
2013–2014 | Mios Biganos Handball | ||
2014–2016 | OGC Nice | ||
2016–2020 | Kisvárdai KC | ||
2021-2022 | CB Salud | ||
2022-2023 | SCM Craiova | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011-? | Brazil | 121 | (320) |
Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha (born 26 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team.1
She was part of the Brazilian team that won the 2013 World Championship, the first time ever that Brazil won the World Championship.23 She also participated at the 2011 World Championship in Brazil.45
Career
Rocha started playing handball at the age of 14 at Colégio Decisão in Recife.6 She later played for Sport Recife and Clube Portuguese do Recife.6 After the 2011 World Championship she moved to Europe to become professional. She chose Austrian Hypo Niederösterreich due to them having many Brazilian players.6
In 2012 she signed for Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod together with Alexandra Lacrabère.7 A year later she signed for French club Mios Biganos Handball, followed by OGC Nice.8
After two seasons at Nice she joined Hungarian Kisvárdai KC,9 where she played until 2020. In the 2021-22 season she joined Spanish CB Salud, followed by SCM Craiova in Romania.
Achievements
- Austrian League:
- Winner: 2012
- Austrian Cup:
- Winner: 2012
- Russian Superleague:
- Bronze Medalist: 2013
- EHF Challenge Cup:
- Semifinalist: 2014
- World Championship:
- Winner: 2013
- Pan American Championship:
- Pan American Games
- South American Championship:
- Winner: 2013
Individual awards
- All Star Team Left Wing of the Pan American Championship: 2015, 2017
- Top Scorer of the Women's Four Nations: 2016
- MVP of the Pan American Championship: 2017
References
References
- EHF profile
- "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- "Brazil World Champions for the first time". ihf.info. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Brazil" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- Samira. cob.org.br
- ""A seleção almeja medalha", afirma pernambucana Samira Rocha". superesportes.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 June 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- "Alexandra Lacrabère : « Je ne sers à rien ! »" (in French). Le Républicain lorrain. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- "European Handball Federation - Samira Pereira Da Silva Rocha / Player". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- "Visszatér a világbajnok balszélső" (in Hungarian). Kisvárdai KC. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
External links
External links
- Samira Rocha at the European Handball Federation
- Samira Rocha at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Samira Rocha at Olympedia
- Samira Rocha at InterSportStats