Samira Rocha

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)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Serbia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dominican Republic
Gold medal – first place 2015 Cuba
Gold medal – first place 2017 Argentina

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.[2][3] She also participated at the 2011 World Championship in Brazil.[4][5]

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

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Brazil" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Samira. cob.org.br
  6. ^ a b c ""A seleção almeja medalha", afirma pernambucana Samira Rocha". superesportes.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 June 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Alexandra Lacrabère : « Je ne sers à rien ! »" (in French). Le Républicain lorrain. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. ^ "European Handball Federation - Samira Pereira Da Silva Rocha / Player". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Visszatér a világbajnok balszélső" (in Hungarian). Kisvárdai KC. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.