Samira Rocha

Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha (born 26 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team.^[1]

Samira Rocha
Samira in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha
Born	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 36) 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 2013 Serbia Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team Pan American Championship 2011 Brazil 2013 Dominican Republic 2015 Cuba 2017 Argentina

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

• 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:
  • Winner: 2011, 2013, 2015
• Pan American Games
  • Winner:2011, 2015
• 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