Noelia Artigas


Noelia Beatriz Artigas Pizzo is a Uruguayan handball player who currently plays for in Uruguay.
Video summary of the best saves from the 2024/2025 season.

Career

Noelia Artigas is a handball goalkeeper who has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions.
She was part of the Uruguay women's national handball team that competed in the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, where Uruguay made history by winning its first-ever match at a World Championship and achieving its best overall ranking in the tournament's history.
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She also took part in Handball at the 2010 South American Games, where Uruguay won the bronze medal.
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In 2018, she traveled to China with the Uruguay women's national handball team as part of a sports cooperation agreement between Uruguay and China. The team spent a month in Nanning for high-performance training and friendly matches, under the guidance of Chinese coaches. The program was part of Uruguay’s preparation for the Juegos Suramericanos, Cochabamba, 2018.
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Between 2006 and 2012, she was a member of the Uruguay women's national beach handball team. During this period, she proudly represented the national team, participating in three World Championships: Río 2006, Cádiz 2008, and Omán 2012.
Notably, she competed in the 2012 Beach Handball World Championships, where Uruguay finished in sixth place—its best placement to date in the competition.
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During her career in Uruguay, Artigas played for the and notably won six consecutive national championships with her club between 2018 and 2023.
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These titles earned her club a place in the last five editions of the South and Central American Women's Club Handball Championship: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
She was also nominated for the Charrúa Awards during the 2018–2019 season, recognizing her outstanding performance throughout that period.
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In August 2024, Artigas signed her first professional contract, joining in Italy for the 2024–2025 season.
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In 2025, she competed in the Coppa Italia with and was nominated as the MVP in the quarter-final match against .
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Clubs

International competitions

[Uruguay women's national handball team]

[Uruguay women's national beach handball team]

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