Deborah Nunes


Deborah Hannah Pontes Nunes, 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.

Career

Nunes played in Brazil for Metodista/São Bernardo, where she won the 2012 Brazilian championship. A year later she finished second with the club.
In 2019 she signed for Russian club HC Astrakhanochka. After she had broken the quarantine rules during the COVID-19 pandemic during a stay abroad in March 2020, her contract was cancelled.
For the 2021-22 season she joined Spanish side CB Atlético Guardés.

National team

She has played in the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.
In the summer of 2013 she won the 2013 Pan American Championship with Brazil. In December the same year, she won the World Championship. She scored 11 goals during the tournament.

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